Before selecting a design concept, first select a room. This could be a bedroom, kitchen, corner of a study, small workspace, or any enclosed room where you can spend several minutes taking in its details without worrying about time. You are not judging whether the room looks good; instead, you are looking at how the […]
Don’t adjust walls and don’t move furniture; just draw the path. Circulation arrows are modest things, but they can quickly expose why a plan is awkward, even if the overall arrangement seems orderly. Circulation arrows simply show how a person enters, turns, passes, stops, and exits. In early architectural design, circulation arrows are often more […]
Three views can show the same small design but convey different things. A plan shows the layout as if we were looking from above. A section cuts the design to show height, levels, thickness, and interior relationships. An elevation looks at one side and shows the face of a wall, a façade, or the edge […]
The layout might appear coherent on paper if a chair is situated marginally too near a table; however, in the real space, that chair will prevent anyone from sitting, rising, or negotiating past it. Proportion is usually the point where an accurate architectural concept intersects actuality. It is not only about drawing the correct dimensions […]
