Commercial Interiors Midterm

What skills are needed in commercial design?

Speed, software knowledge, detail oriented

Design Process Steps

1. Programming

2. Conceptual Schematic

3. Design Development

4. Construction Documents

5. Construction Administration

Programming Stage

Research, No design

Conceptual/Schematic

Brainstorming

Design Development

Refinement, Selections, Perspectives, Finishes

Construction Documents

Detailed out for building

Construction Administration

Building, Site visits, General management

Post Occupancy Evaluation

Revisit site to check work

ADA

Americans with Disabilities Act

Signed: 1990

Enacted 1992, 2 years later

Occupancy Load Equation

SF / Load allowances

Universal Design

The design of all products, buildings, and exterior spaces to be useable by al people to the greatest extent possible

7 Principles of Universal Design

1. Equitable Use

2. Flexibility in use

3. Simple and Intuitive use

4. Perceptible information

5. Tolerance for error

6. Low physical effort

7. Size/space for approach and use

Equitable Use

Useful and marketable (Automatic doors, sinks, ect.)

Flexibility In Use

Wide range of individual preferences and abilities (Moving walkway)

Simple/Intuitive

Easy to understand regardless of the user’s experience, knowledge, language skills, or current concentration level (Escalator)

Perceptible Info

Communicates necessary information effectively regardless of ambient conditions, or the user’s sensory abilities (Signs with pictures explaining)

Tolerance for Error

Minimizes hazards and the adverse consequences of accidental or unintented actions (Edge protection on a trail)

Low Physical Effort

Efficient and comfortable with minimum fatigue (horizontal door handle levers)

Size/Space for Approach and Use

Appropriate size/space is provided for approach, reach, manipulation, and use (Reception desk with various height for ADA)

What is a designer’s responsibility when planning electrical systems?

Place the outlets and switches. Whatever electrical the client needs

Cornell Study on Lighting

Indirect lighting = healthy, more productive because its softer on the eyes and less glare

Daylighting

Access to light

NRC

Noise Reduction Coefficient (0.0 - 1.0)

Party Wall/Demise

Shared wall

Standard transaction top height

44” Tall

Retrofit

Abandoned spaces turned into something with another purpose

Variance

Special exception in code

Vestibule

Entryway to control inside temperature better

Minimum commercial corridor width

44”

ADA Hanging code

Can not protrude more than 4”, unless hanging lower than 27”

Cove Lighting

Casts a soft glow onto ceiling, can’t see the light itself

Facilities Management

Helps businesses optimize their workspaces to allow for function and safety while seeking opportunities to reduce costs

Stair Tread MAX & MIN

No step taller than 7”

No tread less than 11”

When do you need at least 2 exits

More than 50 people and doors must swing out

Exit Separation

½ building diagonal NO sprinklers

1/3 building diagonal WITH sprinklers

Turning radius

60” Diameter

ADA Title for equal opportunity to access building

Title 3

Acoustical Ceiling Tiles

Reduce acoustic transmissions

Means of Egress

Clean and unobstructed path of travel from any place within a building to the building’s exterior

Plenum

Space above ceiling with mechanical

Which Design Process phase is gathered info analyzed?

Conceptual schematic

What type of design is changing because of aging population?

Health Care Facilities

Code that Indiana follows

International Building Code 2012

Means of Egress Exit door widths

36” door, 32” clear space

Type of construction that is most strict

Type 1

Non-combustible material examples

Concrete, brick, masonry, steel

Guard rail

Protects from falling off anything above 36”

Minimum of 30” tall itself

Drinking fountain wall depth

17” min

19” max

Ergonomics

How the human body interacts with surroundings

3 Acoustical ceiling tile types

Tegular

Tegular Lay-in

Concealed