The floor plan is the most common of all architectural drawings. Builders, architects, engineers, interior designers, realtors, are the top professions that benefit from this drawing. The floor plan tells us a lot about a house. Size of environments, floor covering, circulation pattern, stair location, fireplace, structure, total area of the house, location of doors, windows, electric points, plumbing, fixture, furniture layout and more…
Unfortunately the floor plan only gives information in two dimensions, which often hinders the understanding. Let’s show you how easy it is to read a floor plan:
The floor plan is a flat view, in two dimensions. Each room is shown to give you an idea of the furniture that will occupy this place, as well as all doors and windows, stairs, cabinets, appliances…
The rooms and all other environments are specified, which lets us know where each area is and how this room is relative to another. We can still get the idea of general circulation, how to get from room to room.
The legend for each plan should include some basic items:
- Indicate which floor it is;
- The scale in which the drawing is, and can be indicated numerically or by graphic scale;
- The indication of the north, which by convention should always point to the top right corner of the drawing page;
- Name of the owner, as well as the address of the property;
- Name of the architect responsible for the project;
- The date of the last modification.
