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Introduction To Interior Design Process

This document provides an overview of considerations for interior design projects, including identifying user requirements like activities, needs, and territorial requirements. It outlines analyzing the nature, frequency, and compatibility of activities as well as requirements for privacy, access, flexibility, and other factors. Additional sections cover determining furnishing and equipment needs, analyzing the existing or proposed space, required dimensions, desired qualities, and relationships between spaces and activities.

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Introduction To Interior Design Process

This document provides an overview of considerations for interior design projects, including identifying user requirements like activities, needs, and territorial requirements. It outlines analyzing the nature, frequency, and compatibility of activities as well as requirements for privacy, access, flexibility, and other factors. Additional sections cover determining furnishing and equipment needs, analyzing the existing or proposed space, required dimensions, desired qualities, and relationships between spaces and activities.

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INTRODUCTION TO INTERIOR DESIGN

An over view of the design considerations

1
USER REQUIREMENTS
• IDENTIFY USERS
Individual or Group?
•
TERRITORIAL REQUIREMENTS
Personal Space
If Group How many? Privacy
Specific or Anonymous Interaction
Age Group Access

• IDENTIFY NEEDS Favored Objects


Group needs Favorite Colors
Specific Individual Needs Special places
Special interests

2
ACTIVITY REQUIREMENTS
• IDENTIFY PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ACTIVITIES
Name and function of primary activity
Names and functions of secondary activities

• ANALYSE NATURE OF THE ACTIVITIES


• Active or Passive?
• Noisy or quiet?
• Public small group or quiet?
• If space is to be used for more than one activity , how compatible are the activities?
• How often the space is to be used? What times in the day or night?
• REQUIREMENTS FOR:
• Privacy and enclosure
• Access
• Flexibility
• Light
• Acoustic quality 3
FURNISHING REQUIREMENTS
• DETERMINE FURNISHING AND EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR EACH
ACTIVITY
• DETERMINE DESIRED QUALITY OF PIECES
Comfort
Safety
Variety
Flexibility
Style
Durability
Maintenance
• DETERMINE POSSIBLE ARRANGEMENTS
Grouping according to function eg: in an office layout 4
Tailored/Designed groupings eg: seating in a library
Flexible arrangement eg : in an exhibition pavilion
SPACE ANALYSIS

• DOCUMENT EXISTING OR PROPOSED SPACE


• ANALYZE SPACE
Form , scale and proportion of the space
Doorway locations, Points of access, and the circulation paths
they suggest
Windows and the light views and the ventilation they afford
Wall, floor and ceiling materials

Location of Mechanical fixtures and outlets

What modifications would be feasible if necessary?


5
DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS
• DETERMINE REQUIRED DIMENSIONS FOR SPACE AND FURNITURE
GROUPINGS
Access, Circulation around furniture, movement within the activity
areas, Appropriate social distances and interaction

• DETERMINE FIT BETWEEN ACTIVITY & DIMENSIONS OF SPACE


Study ways in which the activity groupings can be accommodated
within the shape and proportion of the floor area and the vertical
dimension of the space.

6
DESIRED QUALITIES
• DETERMINE QUALITIES APPROPRIATE TO SPATIAL CONTEXT AND
COMPATIBLE WITH USER’S NEEDS OR WISHES
Mood, Style, Sensation
Degree of spatial enclosure
Comfort and security
Quality of light
Focus and orientation of Space
Color and theme
Acoustical environment
Flexibility

7
DESIRED RELATIONSHIPS
• DESIRED RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN:
Related activity areas
Activity areas and space for movement
Room and adjacent spaces

• DESIRED ZONING OF ACTIVITIES


Organization of activities into groups of compatibility and use.

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