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Space Planning. Chapter 7 and 16. Arranging Furnishings In Your Home:. Before selecting furniture in your home you need to plan how you will arrange it. This first step in the design process is called space planning.
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Space Planning Chapter 7 and 16
Arranging Furnishings In Your Home: • Before selecting furniture in your home you need to plan how you will arrange it. • This first step in the design process is called space planning. • Space planning is the process of placing furnishings for a well functioning and visually pleasing area. • To plan a space, you need the dimensions of the room. • After taking room measurements you can develop a space plan for a functional and attractive arrangement.
Developing a Scale Floor Plan: • Measure the length and the width of the room • Measure and determine the location of all the existing features in the room (doors, windows, outlets, heating/cooling vents, fireplaces, cabinets, or built in furniture pieces).
Developing a Scale Floor Plan:continued… • Develop the scale (how many centimeters or inches is equals one foot). • Typical Scale for a floor plan: ¼’’=1’ • ‘’ = inch • ‘ = foot • 12’’= 1’
Developing a Scale Floor Plan:continued… 5. Draw floor plan to the correct dimensions using either graph paper or computer program. Make sure to include existing features using symbols
Symbols: • Many features of a house cannot be drawn exactly as the finished product. • Therefore, standard symbols are represented on the drawings. • Symbols represent plumbing and electrical fixtures, windows, doors, and other common objects in a home.
Views for Architectural Drawings: • Plan views, elevation views, section and detail views. • Views from the top looking down are plan views • Site plan, floor plan, foundation plan, roof plan
Views for Architectural Drawings:continued… • Site Plan: A drawing that shows the location of the building on the property. • Floor plan is the most important drawing on a set of house plans. It is a simplified drawing that shows the size and arrangement of rooms, hallways, doors, windows, and storage areas on one floor of a home.
Views for Architectural Drawings:continued… • Architectural drawings that show the outside views of the house are called exterior elevation views. • Elevation viewsshow the finished exterior appearance of a given side of a house.
Views for Architectural Drawings:continued… • Section Views: when a view is taken from an imaginary cut through a part of a house, such as a wall. • Detail Views: an enlargement of some construction feature.
Blue Print: A reproduction or copy of the architectural drawings.
Space Planning • After you have an understanding of the drawings and floor plans, you need to consider the space within. • When planning how to use the space within a house, consideration must be given to the activities, habits, lifestyles, and life situations of the occupants.
Grouping by function: • Most areas in the home are divided into three areas (quiet area, social area, work area).
Separating Space • Screens, freestanding storage units, and careful arrangement of furniture can also be used to separate space according to its function. • An advantage of not separating areas with walls is a large open area where people can enjoy more than one activity at a time. • Ex: Kitchen open to living or family room allows those preparing food to take part in other activities, such as conversing with family members or entertaining guests.