ABSTRACT
This chapter is about a computer system named ARK-2 in its use for facility programming. During the later half of 1976, the School of Architecture, Florida A & M University, obtained a Title III grant from the Department of Health, Education and Welfare for basic institutional development of an architectural curriculum in predesign analysis and programming. The funds available were used in part to hire consultants and to purchase the computer system ARK-2, which was developed originally by the firm Perry, Dean & Stewart 1 under the direction of Clifford D. Stewart 2 and Kaiman Lee. Natural interaction between the architect and the computer was a basic criterion in the development of the ARK-2 system, and thus it is not surprising that the training period for a newcomer to the computer field requires about one hour instruction. To become proficient, the designer need only spend a few hours of trial-and-error solo time at the ARK-2 design station, and he is ready to teach others.
