Form and Function: Exploring Programme in Design

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This episode explores the concept of 'programme' in architecture and its impact on design at various scales.

Send us Fan Mail Ever wondered what architects mean when they talk about "programme"? In our latest deep dive, we crack open this fundamental concept that shapes everything from the tiniest apartments to sprawling civic buildings. This episode begins with a seemingly simple question: what exactly is program in architecture? We explore how program operates simultaneously at multiple scales—a house within a street, a road within a city—creating nested relationships that influence design decisi...

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Hosts: Sam Brown, Ben Sutherland, Gerard Dombroski

Topics covered

• architecture
• design
• programme
• nested relationships
• urban planning

Keywords

• programme
• architecture
• design
• urban planning
• nested relationships

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Organizations: architecture

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