ARE 5.0: PPD case studies
ARE 5.0: PPD · Put your knowledge to work in context.
Project Planning & Design (PPD) is one division of ARE 5.0, the Architect Registration Examination that NCARB publishes for candidates working toward an architecture license. It sits at the point in a project where a written program must become a buildable scheme, so the material is integrative rather than narrowly technical: site and environmental context, the codes and regulations that constrain a layout, the selection and coordination of building systems, materials and assemblies, the marriage of program requirements with those systems, and the cost and budget consequences of early design moves. The ARE 5.0: PPD case studies are 5 cases and about 3,682 words.
1A South Facade That Behaves Differently on Every Floor
A six-story, 150,000 sf office building in Climate Zone 4A occupies a corner site. The south facade is 45 percent vision glass (SHGC 0.32, VLT 0.40); the east facade is 70 percent glass.
753 words, about 4 min2Warehouse Conversion With One Stair and No Sprinklers
A 1920s three-story, 27,000 sf unreinforced masonry warehouse is being converted. Floor 1 becomes mercantile (9,000 sf); floor 2 becomes an assembly space with tables and chairs (6,000 sf) plus 3,000 sf of business use; floor 3 remains business (9,000 sf).
723 words, about 4 min3VAV System Heating and Cooling at the Same Time
A 110,000 sf, five-story speculative office building uses VAV air handling units with hot-water reheat and 55 F supply air. After the first tenant occupies floors 2 and 3, the property manager logs three recurring complaints: interior zones are cold all year; the south perimeter is warm on winter afternoons while reheat is active in the same zone; and the third floor feels stuffy at 2:00 p.m.
742 words, about 4 min4Mold on the Corridor Side of a Two-Year-Old Brick Veneer Wall
A four-story, 120-room hotel in Climate Zone 2A was completed two years ago. The exterior wall is brick veneer on a 1 in.
758 words, about 4 min5A GMP That Lands $3.2 Million Above Budget
A 90,000 sf public library and community center has a construction budget of 48 million. At design development the estimate was 46 million in current dollars.
706 words, about 4 min