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Details Title: InteriorDesignReferenceManual Description: Ch.4 Space Planning Total Flash Cards: 10 Created: 07/15/2007 13:26:17	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Steps in developing a space plan Definition 1. determining existing conditions (relationship to surrounding areas, size of existing space, views, special features, structural, plumbing, electrical considerations) Term four most common space plan organizational concepts Definition 1. linear organizations 2. axial organizations 3. grid systems 4. central Term circulation patterns - most common problem Definition allowing adjacency requirements to dictate the arrangement of rooms and ending up with a maze of circulations routes that decrease efficiency or other problems Term circulation patterns - hierarchy Definition major routes connect major rooms or spaces and have secondary paths branching from them Term 3 basic patterns of circulation Definition 1. dumbell layout- simplest & most flexible circulation path patterns, spaces are laid out along a straight path that connect two major elements at the ends 2. doughnut layout-very efficient because it makes a continues exitway, appropriate to larger groups of spaces 3. radial layout-orientated on one major space with paths extending from the central area Term Code restrictions Definition typically two exits are required. make sure that the door is a minimum of 36" wide, swings in direction of travel, doors must not encroach more than 7" into the exit space when fully open, 44" corridors - 60" preferred for turn-around, no dead ends greater than 20' Term design considerations for practicum Definition 1. maintain adjacencies required and provide efficient circulation 2. public vs. private space 3. enclosed vs. open space 4. daylighting, views, & artificial lighting Term effective daylighting depth Definition 2.5x the height of the window. Term daylight factor Definition the ratio of the indoor illuminance at a point on a horizontal surface to the unobstructed exterior horizontal illuminance Term LEED options in space planning Definition 1. area for recycling must be provided if applying for credits. no other credit can be obtained until this first criteria is met. 2. reuse of existing conditions, building supply.(40% minimum, additional credit given at 60% mark) 3. bike and shower spaces earn credit.