GENERAL DIRECTION! The given floor plan problems vary in complexity from basic to advanced...

GENERAL DIRECTION! The given floor plan problems vary in complexity from basic to advanced.

1. Select (or your instructor will assign) one or more of the following residential projects. The basic floor plan designs are given, along with representative exterior elevations, exterior architectural renderings, or exterior photographs for reference. You need to complete the floor plan drawing(s) by adding the missing and unidentified features as described and illustrated in Chapter 16 through Chapter 18. Try to keep exterior dimensions in 1′−0″ or 2′−0″ (300 or 600 mm) increments as much as possible for economic construction.

2. Follow the steps outlined in this chapter to completely draw the floor plan or floor plans for the selected problem or problems.

3. Use one of the following layout methods for your selected or assigned floor plan problem or problems:

 Use manual drafting to draw the selected floor plan or plans by following the steps outlined in this chapter. Do not include the electrical layout. Drawing electrical plans is covered in Chapter 19.

 Use CADD to draw the selected floor plan or plans. Include all floor plan symbols, room labels, notes, and dimensions. Do not include the electrical layout. Drawing electrical plans is covered in Chapter 19. Establish layers as identified in the American Institute of Architects (AIA) CAD Layer Guidelines, discussed in Chapter 7, and identified in chapters throughout this textbook.

ADDITIONAL DIRECTIONS: Draw all floor plans using a scale of 1/4″ = 1′−0″. Use symbols, dimensions, and layout methods described in Chapter 16 through Chapter 18 of this textbook.

 Include all floor plan symbols, room labels, notes, and dimensions.

 Use door and window sizes and specifications when given.

 Establish your own door and window sizes and specifications when not given. Create door and window schedules with your floor plan drawings.

 Calculate the final square footage of each floor and the garage and place these calculations with the floor plans as square footage for each floor, with the garage separately, and with the total living area square footage entered last. Refer to the description provided in this chapter.

 Calculate the square footage of all exterior openings, the square footage of all exterior walls, which includes the walls between the garage and living area. Calculate the ratio of exterior openings to exterior walls. Place this information as a note as described in this chapter.

Multifamily Plan

This problem is a multifamily duplex plan. A duplex is a residential plan divided into two separate living units. This is also an advanced redesign problem. Redesign the given plan using the following instructions:

 Design a utility/laundry room between the middle bedroom and the bathrooms of each unit. Make this new room large enough to accommodate the clothes washer, clothes dryer, water heater, and furnace. Remove the clothes washer and clothes dryer from the kitchen in each unit where they are currently located. Remove the water heater and furnace from the their current locations in the garages of each unit.

 Move the door from the garages into the kitchens as far as possible toward the dividing wall between the units.

 Redesign the kitchens with a pantry in the location vacated by the clothes washers and clothes dryers. Expand the kitchen cabinets as much as possible. Make the kitchen design open to the dining room, and redesign the kitchen as desired.

 Move the fireplace to a location between the dining room and living room of both units. Design the fireplaces with a double opening to the dining room and the living room. Install gas-fired logs in the fireplaces.

Remove the fireplaces from their current locations in the garages to make more garage space.

 Design a small storage room between the garage and the living area of each unit. Provide a door from the garages into the storage room. Increase the garage depths to the same amount as the new storage room depths.

 Increase the depth of the covered entry by at least 4′.

 Redesign the exterior as desired to update the appearance from the current 1960s architectural style.

 Make other design changes that you think will improve the plan.

PROBLEM Courtesy Home Building Plan Service, Inc.