The Book

Programming and Research: Skills and Techniques for Interior Designers, Second Edition, provides a step-by-step approach to mastering the process of documenting client and user requirements for any design project. Replete with examples and analyses of student and professional work, this book guides its readers through the creation of their own program documents. Both the National Council for Interior Design Qualification (NCIDQ) and the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA) consider programming a required core of knowledge. Programming and Research focuses on how the study of programming for interior designers prepares students for and advances them into the professional realm.

Features
-More than 100 images, including student work, help illustrate and explain the programming process
-Appendices include actual programming documents used by successful interior design firms, a residential questionnaire, and a list of helpful resources
-Key terms are highlighted in the text and defined in a comprehensive glossary

New to this Edition
-Updated with new coverage on evidence-based design, integrated project delivery (IPD), building information modeling (BIM), design across disciplines, LEED programming, designing on a budget, and time management
-New examples and case studies throughout cover new technological tools being employed in the industry to collect data
-More intuitive integration of art and graphics to explanations in the text

Teaching Resources
-Instructor's Guide provides suggestions for planning the course and using the text in the classroom, supplemental assignments, lecture notes, and sample test questions
-PowerPoint® presentations include images from the book and provide a framework for lecture and discussion

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments

1. What is Programming?
2. The Process of Design
3. Defining Your Topic and Structuring Your Program Document
4. Research Methods
5. Historical, Observational, and Interactive Research
6. Building and Site Analysis
7. Precedent Studies
8. Generating the Program
9. Written and Visual Analysis
10. Challenging Your Thinking

Appendix A: Tsoi Kobus & Associates Programming Forms
Appendix B: MPA (Margulies Perrozi Architects) Design Programming Forms
Appendix C: A List of Helpful Resources
Glossary
Resources
Credits
Index

About The Authors

Rose Mary Botti-Salitsky is a Professor at Mount Ida College in Boston, MA.