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Floor plan

Meaning in architecture, with examples

nounCore term

In architecture, floor plan means: A drawing that shows a building from above as if it were cut horizontally about a metre above the floor, showing walls, doors, windows and rooms.

In Turkish: kat planı, plan

How it is used

The most common architectural drawing, used from the first sketches to the final drawing set. Architects draw, develop and revise floor plans, usually at 1:100 or 1:50, and name them by level: ground floor plan, first floor plan, basement plan.

Example sentences

  1. Can you send me the ground floor plan as a PDF before the meeting?

  2. In the new floor plan, the kitchen opens directly onto the living room.

Common collocations

  • ground floor plan
  • draw up a floor plan
  • typical floor plan
  • revise the floor plan
  • sectionA drawing of a building cut vertically from top to bottom, showing the floors, ceiling heights, roof, stairs and how the inside spaces relate to each other.
  • elevationA drawing that shows one side of a building straight on, without perspective, so that heights, openings and materials on that face can be read and measured.
  • site planA drawing that shows the whole plot from above: the building's position, boundaries, access roads, landscaping, levels and its relationship to neighbouring buildings.
  • scaleThe ratio between the size of a drawing or model and the real size of the building; at 1:100, one centimetre on paper equals one metre in reality.
  • layoutThe way rooms, furniture or areas are arranged within a plan, including their sizes, positions and relationships to each other.

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