TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION
I.1. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY 1
I.2. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM 7
I.3. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY 8
I.4. GOALS AND OBJECTIVES 8
I.5. SCOPE AND DELIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY 9
I.6. JUSTIFICATIONS OF THE STUDY 10
I.7. DEFINITION OF TERMS 11

CHAPTER II: SYSTEMS OF RESEARCH (METHODOLOGY)

II.1. DESIGN RESEARCH PARADIGM 13
II.2. RESEARCH FRAMEWORK 14
II.3. RESEARCH PROCESS 15
II.4. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK 19

CHAPTER III: TERMS OF REFERENCES

III.1. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 20
III.2. CASE STUDIES 38

CHAPTER IV: DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS

IV.1. SITE INVENTORY 51
IV.1.1. SITE SELECTION 51
IV.1.1.A GROSS SITE JUSTIFICATION 51
IV.1.1.B. DISCRETE SITE SELECTION 63
IV.1.1.C. SITE JUSTIFICATION 64
IV.1.2. SITE DATA
A. MACRO SITE DATA 66
I. PHYSICAL PROFILE 66
II. SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE 86
B. MICRO SITE DATA 89

IV.2. SITE ANALYSIS 97

IV.2.1. SWOT ANALYSIS 97
IV.2.2. SUMMARY OF SITE ANALYSIS 101

IV.3. USER ANALYSIS 102

CHAPTER V: ARCHITECTURAL PROGRAMMING
V.1. SPATIAL ORGANIZATION 121
5.1.1. STAFFING REQUIREMENT 123
5.1.2. DEFINITION OF SPATIAL ELEMENTS 130
V.2. GRAPHICAL SPATIAL TRANSLATIONS (General Matrix Diagram & Bubble Diagram) 150

CHAPTER VI: ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS

6.1. STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS 162
6.2. COMFORT SYSTEMS 165
6.3 ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS 165
6.4. MECHANICAL SYSTEMS 168
6.5 COOLING SYSTEMS 169
6.6. POOL SYSTEMS 171
6.7. EMERGENCY SYSTEMS 172
6.8. SANITARY SYSTEMS 175
6.9. WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS 181
6.10.SECURITY SYSTEMS 182
6.11. LANDSCAPING SYSTEMS 183
6.12. ACCESSIBILITY & WAYFINDING 185
6.13. INTERACTIVE SYSTEMS 187

CHAPTER VII: DESIGN FRAMEWORK

7.1. DESIGN PHILOSOPHY 190
7.2. DESIGN APPROACH 191
7.3. DESIGN CONCEPT 191
7.4. SUB-CONCEPTS 193
7.5. DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS 197
7.6. STYLE GUIDING PRINCIPLES 199

CHAPTER VIII: MANNER OF FINANCING

8.1. SOURCE OF FUNDING 207
8.2. PROBABLE PROJECT CONSTRUCTION COST 210
8.3. RETURN OF INVESTMENTS 211
CHAPTER IX: FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS 216
CHAPTER X: RECOMMENDATIONS 217
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 218
DESIGN TRANSLATIONS 219
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