What’s on the Programme and Adjacency poster?

5 numbered steps. Relationships first, shapes second. List every space — Name, area, how many people, and how public or private it is.; Score the pairs — Must touch, should be near, must be apart, must not overlook.; Draw the bubble diagram — Sizes to scale, lines for the must-touch pairs. No walls yet.; Add servant spaces — Cores, stores, plant and lavatories. Kahn: served and servant.; Only then draw walls — Fit the diagram to the site grid and the structure you can span.. Public to private is the strongest ordering device in most building types. Sequence it deliberately.

Who is the Programme and Adjacency poster for?

Programme and Adjacency belongs to the Architecture section rather than to a school year, because design is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning design method can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.

When should you use the Programme and Adjacency poster?

Use it when the plan will not resolve. Usually two things that must touch are apart. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Programme and Adjacency belongs on the wall where that design work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.

What other posters go with Programme and Adjacency?

Human Dimensions, Reading the Brief and Circulation sit alongside Programme and Adjacency in the Architecture section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.

Is the Programme and Adjacency poster free to download and print?

Yes. Programme and Adjacency downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Architecture section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.

What size does the Programme and Adjacency poster print at?

Programme and Adjacency is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Programme and Adjacency loses nothing.

Programme and Adjacency — free printable poster

Programme and Adjacency — printable design wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

Programme and Adjacency, step by step

Relationships first, shapes second.

List every spaceName, area, how many people, and how public or private it is.
Score the pairsMust touch, should be near, must be apart, must not overlook.
Draw the bubble diagramSizes to scale, lines for the must-touch pairs. No walls yet.
Add servant spacesCores, stores, plant and lavatories. Kahn: served and servant.
Only then draw wallsFit the diagram to the site grid and the structure you can span.

Public to private is the strongest ordering device in most building types. Sequence it deliberately.

Questions about the Programme and Adjacency poster

What’s on the Programme and Adjacency poster?: 5 numbered steps. Relationships first, shapes second. List every space — Name, area, how many people, and how public or private it is.; Score the pairs — Must touch, should be near, must be apart, must not overlook.; Draw the bubble diagram — Sizes to scale, lines for the must-touch pairs. No walls yet.; Add servant spaces — Cores, stores, plant and lavatories. Kahn: served and servant.; Only then draw walls — Fit the diagram to the site grid and the structure you can span.. Public to private is the strongest ordering device in most building types. Sequence it deliberately.
Who is the Programme and Adjacency poster for?: Programme and Adjacency belongs to the Architecture section rather than to a school year, because design is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning design method can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Programme and Adjacency poster?: Use it when the plan will not resolve. Usually two things that must touch are apart. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Programme and Adjacency belongs on the wall where that design work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Programme and Adjacency?: Human Dimensions, Reading the Brief and Circulation sit alongside Programme and Adjacency in the Architecture section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Human Dimensions Reading the Brief Circulation
Is the Programme and Adjacency poster free to download and print?: Yes. Programme and Adjacency downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Architecture section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Programme and Adjacency poster print at?: Programme and Adjacency is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Programme and Adjacency loses nothing.Printing guide

Programme and Adjacency, step by step

Questions about the Programme and Adjacency poster

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