Details are drawn to describe their particular conditions, functions or context within a scheme. Certain elements of a scheme (such as a staircase or piece of furniture) may have to be built by manufacturers that are not closely associated with the project. In such cases, a package of bespoke or specialised drawings is compiled. These drawings will contain sufficient information to allow the details to be produced separately and correctly.
Isolating the manufacture of building components in this way allows the scheme design to develop more flexibly and to be informed by a range of different specialists.
When drawing interior spaces, an important consideration is that the whole space needs to be described at once. Doing so allows an understanding between the furniture in the space, the detailed components of the space (such as its light fittings) and the material finish of the space.
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Project: Vertu retail store Location: Conceptual Designer: Group Project Date: 2007 |
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This series of images describes the development of an interior design idea for a mobile phone store. The concept started with a series of models that were photographed from the inside to explore the spaces created. Interior sketches then explored the intended views within the store. The final model brings together the contrasting opposites of light and dark, white and black, inside and outside, which were the early concept influences. |
Interior space is normally described at 1:10 and 1:20 scale, depending on the size of the room. These drawings are even more effective if they display objects we understand the scale of. For example, if we see a scale drawing of a room with a bed in it, then we can better understand the scale of the room relative to the furniture. This is because a bed is a (largely) uniformly sized object. A scale drawing of a room with a table in it will be less effective as a table can be variable in size.
Placing figures of people in interior drawings also allows the viewer to connect with the scale of the room or the space, and develop an idea of how the space might be utilised.