Prof.

Dafne Gonzalez -USB Building

evaluated:__________________________________

Oral Presentation: Building Evaluation Checklist

(prepared by students and teacher - ID3-126 - Nov. 2004)

A. Content ( 10 points) Questions we should ask when evaluating a building

Not
Aspect/Question Used
used
1.Form: Does the building have a creative and original volumetry?
2.Context: How does the building interact with its context?
a. Is the building respecting the existing Rhythm?
b. Does the building give something back to the context?
3.Function: How does the building respond to its function? Does it fulfill its
function?
4.Circulation: How does it work? Are there enough stairs, elevator, etc, to
serve the demands of the people who use the building?
5.Is the main entrance a real access to the building or just a simple door?
6.Is the structure type in accordance with the building type?
7. Do the façades demonstrate what happens inside the building?
8. Does the scale of the building correspond with:
a. Its context?
b. Its function?
9. Is the conceptual language, used in the external form, also used in the
interior distribution?
10. Are the materials the most adequate for the building?
11. How is the acoustics?
12. How is the light?
13. Does it relate properly to the user?
14. How is the quality of spaces?
15. How is the technology used?
Total

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evaluated:__________________________________

B. Presentation (5 points)
Aspects Poor Fair Good Excellent
Organization:
0 0.25 – 0.5 0.75 1
a. Structure
b. Coherence 0 0.25 – 0.5 0.75 1

Visuals:
0 0.25 – 0.5 0.75 1
a. relation text/image
b. Color contrast 0 0.25 – 0.5 0.75 1
c. Font size 0 0.25 – 0.5 0.75 1

C. Language (5 points)

Presenter ____________________

Aspects Poor Fair Good Excellent

Vocabulary 0 0.25 - 0.5 0.75 - 1 1.5
Syntax 0 0.25 - 0.5 0.75 - 1 1.5
Comprehensibility 0.25 0.5 - 1.5 1.75- 2.25 2.5 - 3
Comments:

Presenter ____________________

Aspects Poor Fair Good Excellent

Vocabulary 0 0.25 - 0.5 0.75 - 1 1.5
Syntax 0 0.25 - 0.5 0.75 - 1 1.5
Comprehensibility 0.25 0.5 - 1.5 1.75- 2.25 2.5 - 3
Comments:

Presenter ____________________

Aspects Poor Fair Good Excellent

Vocabulary 0 0.25 - 0.5 0.75 - 1 1.5
Syntax 0 0.25 - 0.5 0.75 - 1 1.5
Comprehensibility 0.25 0.5 - 1.5 1.75- 2.25 2.5 - 3
Comments: