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Environmental Programming: Case Study of Using This Versatile Design Teaching Tool
Author(s) -
Roberta
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of interior design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.229
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1939-1668
pISSN - 1071-7641
DOI - 10.1111/j.1939-1668.1985.tb00020.x
Subject(s) - class (philosophy) , variety (cybernetics) , computer science , process (computing) , graphic design , human–computer interaction , engineering management , software engineering , engineering , multimedia , artificial intelligence , programming language
Environmental programming is a flexible design teaching tool that is appropriate for use in a variety of educational settings. It encourages interior design students to emphasize development of design criteria and analysis of client needs before they approach a graphic design solution. It also provides a design approach that may be used successfully in a traditional lecture format class by students who do not possess graphic design skills. The project incorporates three separate approaches to environmental programming. Following development of a detailed user profile and environmental setting, design criteria are formulated that would be: (1) supportive for the chosen user group in a specific physical setting, (2) facilitate or support a particular social process, and (3) meet the needs of a handicapped person.