Space Planning Basics
ISBN: 9780470231784 | 0470231785
Edition: 3rdFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Wiley
Pub. Date: 5/4/2009
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The definitive book on space planningRevised to address the most up-to-date developments in professional practice and technologies, Space Planning Basics, now in its Third Edition, offers a highly visual, step-by-step approach to developing preliminary floor plans for commercial spaces. It provides all the necessary tools and know-how to effectively organize and configure space and walks the designer through other considerations such as building code requirements and environmental control needs.Illustrated with new drawings and exercises, this ... MORE
| Preface: A Personal Introduction | |
| Introduction How to Read and Use This Book | |
| Chapter 1 | |
| Defining Terms and Intent | |
| The Synthesis Gap | |
| The Design Program | |
| Criteria Matrix | |
| Prototypical Plan Sketches | |
| Completing the Criteria Matrix | |
| Relationship Diagrams | |
| A Final Note on Planning Metho... MORE | |
| Chapter 2 | |
| Bubble Diagramming | |
| Space Planning Exercises | |
| Block Planning | |
| Chapter 3 | |
| Human Factors | |
| Barrier-Free Design Standards | |
| The Three-Dimensional Reality | |
| Chapter 4 | |
| The Building Shell | |
| Plumbing Systems | |
| Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Systems | |
| Chapter 5 | |
| Building Codes | |
| Lighting Design | |
| Acoustical Planning | |
| Planning Rules of Thumb | |
| Flexibility/Multiuse | |
| Furniture | |
| Spatial Quality | |
| Interior Design Specialties | |
| Chapter 6 | |
| Getting Started | |
| Construction Reality | |
| Start with Plumbing | |
| Major Spaces Next | |
| Circulation Studies | |
| Basic Room Allocations | |
| Furniture and Equipment | |
| Storage and Filing | |
| Spatial Quality | |
| Review | |
| Revisions | |
| Chapter 7 | |
| Refining the Rough Plan | |
| The Preliminary Floor Plan | |
| Drawing Quality and Techniques | |
| Chapter 8 | |
| Basic Implications | |
| Programs Within Programs | |
| Open Plan/Systems Furniture | |
| The Speculative Office Building | |
| Future Expansion | |
| Planning New Buildings | |
| A Final Note | |
| Chapter 9 | |
| Chapter 10 | |
| Basic Implications | |
| Programs Within Programs | |
| Appendix: Design Programs and Building Shells | |
| Bibliography | |
| Index | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
Mark Karlen, PhD, AIA, ASID, is the Director of the Master of Fine Arts in Interior Design program at Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is an ASID/STEP Workshop Leader preparing interior designers for the National Council for Interior Design Qualification (NCIDQ) examination. In addition to many years spent in interior design education, he has extensive practice experience in architecture and interior design. The author's academic experience includes Head of the Interior Design Department at the University of Cincinnati, Chair at the Department of Interior Design at Pratt Institute, and Dean of the Art and Design Division at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York.
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