Space Planning Basics

Name: Space Planning Basics
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ISBN: 9780470231784

ISBN-10: 0470231785

ISBN-13: 9780470231784

Edition: 3rd 2009

Authors: Mark Karlen, Karlen

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Space planning involves much more than sketching a preliminary floor plan. A designer must take a clients 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…

Book details

List price: $65.00
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/4/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 11.00" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



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