Understanding House Plans Chapter 7 Interior Design Who

Understanding House Plans Chapter 7 Interior Design

Who is involved? • Design and construction of a house involves many people working together • Owner • Architect • Designer • Contractor • Banker • Various tradespeople

Architectural Drawings for a House • Contains information about the size, shape, and location of all parts of the house • Universal language of the construction industry uses lines, symbols, views, and notes to convey Ideas

Architectural Drawings for a House • Drawn in proportion to actual size • Drawn to scale • When an architectural drawing is either smaller or larger than the actual object • Normally drawn at a scale of ¼” = 1’ • One-foot measures on the house equal one-fourth inch in the drawing • The scale for each drawing is indicated in the footnote

Prints of Architectural Drawings • Today, Computer-aided Drafting and Design (CADD) drawings are used • Chief Architect • When the drafter completes a set of architectural drawings, copies must be made for all members of the construction team • A print is a copy of a drawing (blue print)

Alphabet of Lines • Seven different lines used in drawings • Allow the drafter to communicate ideas clearly and accurately • Lines vary in thickness or weight • May be solid or a combination of dashes and breaks

Alphabet of lines • Phanton linesalternate positions, repeated details, and paths of motion • Visible lines- outline of the building and walls • Hidden lines- edges of surfaces that are not visible in a specific view of the house • Center lines- center of an arc or circle • Dimension linesshow the size and location of the dimensions • Extension linestermination points of a dimension • Break lines- object continues on • Section lines- feature

Symbols • Many features of a house cannot be drawn exactly as the finished product • Standard symbols are used in drawings • • Plumbing and electrical fixtures Doors Windows Other common objects in a house