Room Flashcards
A portion of space within a building, separated by walls or partitions from other similar spaces.
Room
A large room or building for public gatherings or entertainment.
Hall
A long, relatively narrow room or hall, esp one for public use and having architectural importance through its scale or decorative treatment.
Gallery
A recess or small room connected to or forming part of a larger room.
Alcove
An outer room that leads to a larger, more important room, often used as a waiting area.
Anteroom
A corridor or passageway in a house, hotel, or other building.
Hallway, hall
A narrow passageway or gallery connecting parts of a building esp one into which several rooms or apartments open.
Corridor
A connecte series or group of rooms arranged to be used together.
Suite
A floor plan consisting of fully enclosed spaces or distinct rooms linked by doorways.
Closed Plan
A small entrance hall between the outer door and the interior of a house or building.
vestibule
A set of furniture pieces arranged according to function and use.
Functional Grouping
A close, often compact correspondence between functional groupings and the form or structure of the enclosing space.
Tight Fit
A free and unrestrained arrangement of furniture groupings that does not necessarily correspond to the form or structure of the surrounding space.
Loose Fit
A floor plan having no fully enclosed spaces or distinct rooms.
Open Plan
The physical volume or bulk of a solid body.
mass
An empty space contained within or bounded by mass.
Void
The three-dimensional field in which objects and events occur and have relative position and direction, esp a portion of that field set apart in a given instance or for a particular purpose.
Space
Ordinary two- or three-dimensional space in which Euclid’s definitions and axioms apply.
Euclidean Space, Or Cartesian Space
Every point in three-dimensional Euclidean space is determined by three coordinates.
A palce affording shelter, protection or safety from danger or distress.
refuge
A point or place upon which interest, activity, or emotion focuses.
Center
A central point of attraction, attention or activity.
Focus
A view from a particular place, or the place offering a view.
Outlook
An outlook over a region or in a particular direction, or the place that commands such a view.
Prospect
Two spaces abutting or contiguous with each other, esp when having a common boundary or border.
Adjacent Spaces
Two spaces joined or connected by a third intervening space.
Linked Spaces
Two spaces interwoven or fit into each other so as to form a zone or field of shared space.
Interlocking Spaces
A space enveloped or incorporated as an essential part of a larger space.
Embedded Space
Movement, passage, or change from one form, state or place to another.
Transition
A small or narrow intervening space between things or parts.
Interstice
A space occupying an intermediate place or position, esp to serve as an intermediary between differing forms, structures, or functions.
Mediating Space
A line or narrow part where an area begins or ends.
Edge
A place or point of entering or beginning.
Threshold
Spaces extended, arranged or linked along a line, path or gallery.
Linear Organization
The passage of persons or things from one place to another or through an area.
Circulation
A route or course along which mvement occurs, or the pattern of such movement.
Path
Spaces gathered about or coming together at a large or dominant central space.
Centralized Organization
Spaces arranged like radii or rays from a central space or core.
Radial Organization
Spaces organized with reference to a rectangular system of lines and coordinates.
Grid Organization
Spaces grouped, collected or gathered closely together and related by proximity rather than geometry.
Clustered organization
