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Layout

Meaning in interior design, with examples

/ˈleɪaʊt/nounCore term

In interior design, layout means: The way rooms, furniture and fittings are arranged within a space, including where things are placed and how people move between them.

In Turkish: yerleşim, yerleşim düzeni, plan şeması

How it is used

One of the most frequent words in client meetings. People talk about the layout of a kitchen, an office or a whole flat, and about changing, improving or reworking it. Common adjectives are open, practical, awkward and efficient.

Example sentences

  1. The current layout wastes a lot of space in the hallway.

  2. We prepared two layout options for the meeting room: one with a long table and one with smaller tables.

Common collocations

  • kitchen layout
  • furniture layout
  • rework the layout
  • layout options
  • awkward layout
  • floor planA scaled drawing of a room or building seen from directly above, showing walls, doors, windows and often furniture, as if the building were cut horizontally.
  • space planningThe stage of design in which you study how a space will be used and decide where activities, furniture and routes go, before choosing colours and materials.
  • circulationThe routes people use to move through a building or room, such as corridors, stairs and paths between furniture, and the space these routes need.
  • zoningDividing a space into areas for different activities, such as cooking, eating, relaxing or working, using furniture, rugs, lighting or changes in floor and ceiling.

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