Interior Architecture Drawings

Group Members: • Ong Jia Min• Daniel Chow• Harwinder

• Canisius Bong• Yap Jia En

What is Interior Architecture?

• Interior Architecture is the combination of the study and practice of interior design with architecture.

• It explores how the interior of buildings such as office blocks, houses and hospitals.

Interior Architecture Job Description

• Interior Architects specialize in designing and

building interiors for safety and functionality.

• It is important that interior architects not only understand the durability and strength of building

materials.

• Also be skilled in the use of light, color and textures in a space.

Interior Architects Job Description

• The practice of interior architecture operates with representational methods common to architectural

practice.

• There are some conventions that are particular to the interior which is Space, Sequence, Effect, Scale and

Viewpoint.

Interior Architecture Drawings

Residential designCommercial designHealthcare designUniversal designExhibition design

The type of interior architect drawing

Residential design

• Residential architects are design professionals who specialize in the design and construction of residential buildings, such as individual homes and condominiums.

• Residential architects are concerned with the aesthetic of the building, as well as the functionality.

Examples

Commercial design

• A commercial designer creates and designs the interior of commercial properties, such as office buildings, hotels, schools, and industrial facilities.

Examples:

Healthcare Design:

• Specializing in the design and planning of health care design, health care architecture and healthcare interior design.

• Healthcare interiors team is committed to solve the client’s environmental challenges.

Examples:

Universal Design:

• Universal design involves designing products and spaces so that they can be used by the widest range of people possible.

• Universal design makes things safer, easier

and more convenient for everyone.

Examples:

Exhibition design: • Exhibition designer work on cultural

exhibitions which include museums and galleries.

• There will be showcase events, trade shows and conferences.

• They base their designs on their interpretation of their client’s ideas and requirements.

Examples:

The Program Brief

• Ideas are conceived in the mind but the designer needs to visualize them.

• The design process usually begins with a verbal or written request for a design. This is known as the brief or program and can come directly from the client.

• Many clients will not have great experience of commissioning a designer so one of the first tasks is to define and clarify the brief.

The stages of drawings

Concept board

• The term of concept board originates from the tradition of interior designers fixing a fabric and paint samples and possibly sketches on to a sheet of mount board.

• Today, However, concept boards are more likely to be

put together in a layout program such as Adobe Photoshop.

Paint Samples

Fabric

Sketch

• Sketching is fast, immediate and requires only a pen and paper.

• Sketches can be drawn on the back of an envelope, in a sketchbook or on a screen.

• There are two main uses for sketching: (a) Firstly as a way of observing and recording. (b) Secondly as a way of ‘thinking aloud’.

• Sketches do not have to be works of art but will improve with practice.

Examples of sketches

Drawing

• Drawing included with space, sequence, effect, and scale.

• Space and scale always come together. While sequence and effect go together.

• It is important, therefore, to look at how a space will be used and how that might potentially change.

Examples of drawings

Viewpoint

• Last stages of producing an interior architecture drawing.

• In order to show a proposal designers use a variety of conventions: slice open the space, life the lid, take away a wall, use an x-ray effect or folded wall plan.

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