Financial Management

No matter what your profession will be architecture has and will have a profound effect
upon you. For the first paper you are to compose a review of how architecture affects
your discipline.
 First, define what it is that you do in your profession.
 Second, describe where you will do what you will do.
 Third, describe the perfect “setting” for what you will do.
 Describe this “setting” using the following design criteria.
EXAMPLES OF SPECIFIC USER BENEFIT DESIGN CRITERIA
Behavioral Facilitation
Functional Conformance. Does the environment have the necessary components present to make a
particular function possible? (Example: Offices should be set up with the appropriate furniture,
lighting, bookshelves, and telephones.)
Spatial Conformance. Is there adequate spatial organization to benefit users? (Example: Hallways
should be planned wide enough to permit crowd flow, and components of a setting should be placed
close enough to minimize unnecessary movement.)
Physiological Maintenance
Climate Conformance. Is the climate of a setting adequate (in terms of temperature and humidity) for
sustaining biological comfort? (Example: Building ventilation systems should be planned for comfort
level and health.)
Hazard regulation. Is the environment free of hazards or threats to user well being? (Example:
Electrical hazards such as exposed electrical wiring should be eliminated.)
Perceptual Maintenance
Sensory Initiation. Is the environment designed to accommodate various sensory functions?
(Example: Lighting in work areas should meet the demands of the kind of visual task required.)
Sensory Conformance. Does the perceptual environment have an optimal level of stimulus
patterning? (Example: Setting can be designed to increase or decrease the level of perceptual
complexity.)
Social Facilitation
Social Initiation. Does the environment provide opportunity for desired levels of social behavior?
(Example. Areas should be designed that individuals can claim as their own territory.)
Social Isolation. Can one regulate the amount of social isolation so that desired levels of privacy can
be maintained? (Example: Room barriers or furniture groupings can be used to provide privacy.)