Housing Flashcards
Floor Plans
Scaled drawings of all the rooms of building. The purpose of which is to show the location of rooms, doors, windows & hallways from birds eye view
Furniture plans
Floor plans which show the furniture placement in each room.
Lighting plans
Floor plans which show all electrical outlets & lighting fixtures
Storage plans
show all built-in storage on the floor plan
What are the advantages of an open floor plan
Sense of spaciousness, diversified use of space, open space more convienient & function for disabled, variety of activities can take place, leads to easy maximum interaction between people.
What are the disadvantages of an open floor plan
Can be loud & busy, lack of privacy, space may look large & empty
advantages of a closed floor plan
- each space is allocated a specific activity
- leads to privacy
- different activities can happen at once in the house
disadvantages of a closed floor plan
- rooms can be small
- results in lack of interaction & communication amongst ppl.
Rooms of the rest zone
- bedroom
- bathroom
rooms of the work zone
- kitchen
- Garage
- Laundry
- Hobbby Rooms
Social zone rooms
- Lounge
- Dining Room
- Patio
Guidelines for safe & convienient traffic patterns
- not waste space - adequate space to move & do activities.
- movement - easy & guided by placement of furniture
- furniture must not prevent movement
- Work areas away from quiet areas
- traffic not disrupt privacy
- doors well positioned to guide traffic flow
What does orientation affect
- colour selections
- paintings
- textures
what factors need to be considered when evaluating existing floor plans?
- needs of the people living in the house
- zoning
- traffic patterns
- size of the room & type of floor plan
- Economic issues
- Available storage space
- Orientation
Flexibility & options for future
What are the furniture arrangement plans.
- arrange furniture according to groups or activities
- consider the traffic patterns in the room.
- consider the people & their preferences
- consider the aesthetic appeal
- allow enough space for free movement
- furniture should be placed functionally.
