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Elements of A Good Floor Plan

A well-designed floor plan includes elements such as minimizing wasted space, limiting hallway length, and shaping rooms to accommodate furniture. It also separates the major living, sleeping, and service areas of the home and considers traffic flow, closet placement, and solar orientation. Key aspects are an efficient kitchen layout with a work triangle, centralizing stairs, and making outdoor areas easily accessible from indoor spaces.

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Elements of A Good Floor Plan

A well-designed floor plan includes elements such as minimizing wasted space, limiting hallway length, and shaping rooms to accommodate furniture. It also separates the major living, sleeping, and service areas of the home and considers traffic flow, closet placement, and solar orientation. Key aspects are an efficient kitchen layout with a work triangle, centralizing stairs, and making outdoor areas easily accessible from indoor spaces.

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Elements of a Good Floor Plan

The first sketch drawn in the process of designing a house is usually the floor plan.
The floor plan should be suited to the site while meeting the client’s indoor needs.
This means designing with an awareness of both the exterior and interior. The
following is a list of elements that can be seen in a well-designed floor plan.

1. The design includes very little wasted space.


2. Hallways are limited in length and rarely extend to an exterior wall.
3. Rooms are shaped to accommodate furniture.
4. The three major areas (living, sleeping, and service) are well placed.
 LIVING - Includes the entry, living, family, and dining rooms
 SLEEPING - Includes bedrooms and closets
 SERVICE – Includes garage, kitchen, utility, and possibly bathrooms. This
can be a noisy area and should be separated from the sleeping area.
5. The kitchen should have adequate work space and a convenient work triangle
(sink, stove, refrigerator).
6. The traffic flow is convenient.
7. Bedroom doors swing against a wall whenever possible since they are usually
left open.
8. A closet is placed near the entry.
9. Stairs are located in a central hallway.
10. Often closets of adjacent bedrooms are positioned to allow rooms to remain
square.
11. The distance from the kitchen to the garage is short for bringing in groceries, etc.
12. Rooms are accessible without passing through another room. The dining room is
a possible exception to this rule.
13. The outdoor living areas are easily accessible from the indoor living and service
areas.
14. Rooms with smaller or fewer windows can be placed on the side of the house
that faces the prevailing winds.
15. Because the garage is unconditioned, it can be used as a buffer for the winter
winds.
16. Rooms are placed with the view and solar orientation in mind.

Project Lead The Way, Inc.


Copyright 2010
CEA – Unit 2 – Lesson 2.3 – Elements of a Good Floor Plan – Page 1

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