2. Drawing to Scale Tab 3 Notes

3. Introduction to Floor Plans & Blueprints Every home is built from a unique set of plans, traditionally called blueprints. An architect draws the plans for each home and for the layout of the community, and the local municipality approves them. Plans are used primarily by site supervisors and subcontractors before and during construction. Sales reps and homebuyers, however, also may use plans to understand the structural choices for each model available in a community. In addition, they can locate a specific home site within the community using site development plans.

4. Typical Blueprint

5. Drawing To Scale A Blue Print is helpful in designing a room because it helps you decide where to put rooms/obje cts

6. Drawing To Scale Items that you must measure for a floor plan (this includes allowances for molding): 1) Width and length of the room from end to end

7. Drawing To Scale 2) Location and width of doors, walls, and windows, including molding

8. Drawing To Scale 3) Location and depth of closets

9. Drawing To Scale 4) Location and size of doorways/hallways

10. Drawing To Scale 5) Location and size of outlets

11. Drawing To Scale 6) Location and sizes of vents or registers

12. Drawing To Scale

13. The common scale used for floor plans: –¼ in. = 1 ft. –May also use, ½ in. = 1 ft.

14. If you draw your floor plan on graph paper with ¼” squares, you can count one square as 1 foot. Drawing To Scale

15. *This graph paper has ¼” squares—31 across by 40 long. *According to our “1/4 in. scale” a room using this entire sheet of graph paper would be 31 ft. x 40 ft. *According to our “1/2 in. scale” a room using this entire sheet of graph paper would be 15 ft. x 20 ft.— explain why!

16. Templates: Templates are furniture/appliance shapes drawn to the exact scale as the floor plan. Place them on the floor plan, and move the templates around to see how different placements might work. Drawing To Scale

18. Standard Blueprint symbols: Use the correct symbols to indicate doors, windows, appliances, utilities, and other features. Drawing To Scale

19. Standard Blueprint symbols: *Indicate in which direction each door opens/shuts. That way, you can allow enough space for its swing. Drawing To Scale

24. Principles of good furniture placement: –Keep the room’s traffic-flow in mind –Consider such features of the room as doors, windows, heating, and cooling vents, and electrical outlets. Drawing To Scale

25. Furniture Placement * Note: Open traffic flow, furniture dispersement, focal points, etc…

26. Principles of good furniture placement: –Provide for ample space/movement –The route people use to get through a room or from one part of a home to another. –Leave traffic space –Additional space furniture takes up when it is in use Drawing To Scale

27. Do not overcrowd a room Disperse furnishings Drawing To Scale

28. Create a focal point Consider views Use creativity & imagination Drawing To Scale

29. Floor Plans Two-dimensional layout of rooms A scaled (1/4 inch = 1 foot) drawing showing less detail than the blueprints Used by all trades-people Drawn for each floor level of a structure Drawing To Scale

30. Shows: –Exterior and interior walls –Size and location of windows and doors –Built-in cabinets and appliances Drawing To Scale

31. Shows: –Permanent fixtures –Stairs and fireplaces –Porches, patios, and decks –Room names and approximate sizes Drawing To Scale

32. Used to: –Judge space dimensions in a room –Determine architectural detail placement in a room –Study suitability to lifestyles –Create a decorating plan Drawing To Scale

33. Lower-Level Floor Plan

34. Living— includes the living room, dining room, family or recreation room, hobby rooms, study, library, etc… Three Main Areas of the Home

35. Sleeping—includes bedrooms, bathrooms and dressing areas Three Main Areas of the Home

36. Service—includes kitchen, clothes care center, utility room, basement, and garage Three Main Areas of the Home

37. Storage space needs to be adequate—10-15% of the home Should be convenient and easily accessible Storage Considerations

38. Should be incorporated throughout the entire home Storage Considerations

39. Storage Types: Built-in—cannot be moved around the room, an architectural detail of the room –Cupboards, closets, pantries, etc…. Storage Considerations

40. Storage Types: Furniture—can be moved from one room to another –Desks, chests, dressers, trunks, armoires, etc… Storage Considerations

41. As a rule of thumb, items on a floor plan indicated by a solid line are those that begin at the floor level and extend 4 feet vertically. Items shown by a dotted line are those above 4 feet, such as features in the ceiling. For example, kitchen cabinets standing on the floor are indicated by solid lines; kitchen cabinets hung above the countertops are shown using dotted lines. Drawing A Floor Plan

42. In-Class Activity Classroom Floor Plan Project Pt.1 “1st Practice Floor Plan” “Rough” Drawing of Classroom Blueprint: Scale Drawing (1/4” = 1 ft.) Blueprint symbols included Drawing of Blueprint symbols “Key” of symbols used in your room DO NOT MEASURE; Try to rely on your own spatial skills

43. In-Class Activity Classroom Floor Plan Project Pt.2 –Take the actual Measurements of the Classroom (as best you can) –“Redraw” this Measured FloorPlan OVER Rough copy using new measurements