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Space planning

Meaning in interior design, with examples

/ˈspeɪs ˌplænɪŋ/nounCore term

In interior design, space planning means: The 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.

In Turkish: mekan planlaması, yerleşim planlaması, alan kurgusu

How it is used

A core skill in both residential and commercial work, especially offices, shops and restaurants. Designers do space planning at the start of a project and often charge for it as a separate service. You may also see space plan for the drawing that results from it.

Example sentences

  1. Good space planning made the small flat feel as if it had an extra room.

  2. Our fee covers space planning, the concept design and two rounds of revisions.

Common collocations

  • space planning stage
  • office space planning
  • do the space planning
  • space plan
  • layoutThe way rooms, furniture and fittings are arranged within a space, including where things are placed and how people move between them.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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