1. Designing Functional Interiors &
Interior Design Unit
Designing Functional Interiors &
Floor Plans

2. Floor Plans: Scale diagrams of a space as seen from above.
They are architectural drawings and have to be precise.

3. Housing Zones Well-designed homes divide the space into zones.
Each contains areas with similar functions.
When a home is zoned, activities are less likely to cause conflict.

4. 3 Most Common Housing Zones: 1. Private Zone
Quiet, comfortable areas for sleeping & relaxing, and privacy for bathing & dressing
Usually bedrooms & bathrooms

5. 2. Service Zone For household work
Kitchen, laundry room, workshop, garage…

6. 2. Social Zone
for activities & entertainment (living, dining, family, and recreation rooms, entrance hall, patios, decks & other outdoor living spaces)

7. Open Floor Plan
When few dividing walls separate rooms (typically in Social Zone)
Advantages: Entertaining, lighting, easy to move furniture
Drawbacks: hard to heat, no privacy, noise

8. Closed Floor Plan
Rooms are separated & self-contained (typically in Private Zone)
Advantages: Privacy, contains heat & noise
Drawbacks: less community feel, not as good for entertaining

9. Traffic Patterns
The paths people take as they walk from room to room during everyday activities.
A well-designed floor plan provides convenient pathways to all areas of the home.