Space Planning Basics

by Karlen, Mark

• ISBN13: 9780470231784
• ISBN10: 0470231785
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-05-04
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Space planning involves much more than sketching a preliminary floor plan. A designer must take a client's programming needs into account and must also consider how other factors such as building codes and environmental factors affect a spatial composition. Space Planning Basics, now in its Third Edition, offers a highly visual, step-by-step approach to developing preliminary floor plans for commercial spaces. The book provides tools for visualizing space and walks the designer through other considerations such as building code requirements and environmental control needs. Specific programming techniques covered include matrices, bubble diagrams, CAD templates, block plans, and more. New to this edition are coverage of the basics of stair design, an essential aspect for planning spaces.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

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 Methodology

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

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