Space Planning - CH 1

Question 1

Designing interiors entails what two basic kinds of knowledge in regards to space planning?

Answer 1

1) knowing what things need to be included (partitions, rooms, furnishing, and accessories);
2) knowing how to organize those things to achieve a functional and perceptually good solution.

Question 2

List the three categories of things included in projects.

Answer 2

1) fixed architectural elements (things that can’t be moved, such as a row of structural columns or HVAC ducts)
2) interior architectural elements (partitions, doors, windows, etc.,
3) Furnishings (commonly referred to as FF&E; lighting and decorative fixtures; lab or exercise equipment.

Question 3

Because product choices are endless, what do you need to address in your initial planning?

Answer 3

1) have a sense of what kinds of pieces are adequate for the space or given circumstances;
2) sizes of the pieces;
3) how to group pieces into groups;
4) arrange pieces for adequate space for people to get to them and to move around them

Question 4

Why is the accommodation of human needs a complex issue?

Answer 4

Not only are people different from other people, but one person may have different needs in different settings and roles.

Question 5

Name the 7 universal concepts related to the arrangement of people and their environments.

Answer 5

1) Insiders/Outsiders
2) Hierarchical Arrangement
3) Individuals vs. Community
4) Invitation vs. Rejection
5) Openness vs. Enclosure
6) Integrations vs. Segregation
7) Combination vs. Dispersion

Question 6

What is meant by microscale?

Answer 6

Everything from shelves, drawers and compartments to furnishings like beds, tables, bathtubs.

Question 7

What is meant by macroscale?

Answer 7

This scale encompasses entire floors or sometimes entire buildings or complexes.

Question 8

In what order are large projects planned?

Answer 8

Starting with macroscale then progressing down a level at a time to reach microscale level. (i.e. building to floor to department to individual office.

Question 9

What is the principle tool of the interior designer?

Answer 9

the space plan

Question 10

As a designer for a project, you should be able to identify?

Answer 10

1) Design elements (architectural elements like walls and doors and non-architectural elements like furnishings and fixtures).
2) Spaces and rooms
3) Relationships and locations (adjacencies, geographical placement)
4) Properties (concrete, observable physical characteristics (elongated room, angularity or curvature of a wall, straightness of an arrangement)
5) Attributes (subjective qualities resulting from the design).

Question 11

What purpose do the diagrams serve?

Answer 11

Allow the designer to make sense of information without much time investment.
Great for showing relationship between parts and their spatial arrangements