Space Planning Makes or Breaks Interior Design

A beautiful space that lacks functionality and flow prevents residents or workers from enjoying their daily activities. Learning about space planning at interior design school can prevent your projects from looking great, but working poorly.

A beautiful space that lacks functionality and flow prevents residents or workers from enjoying their daily activities. Learning about space planning at interior design school can prevent your projects from looking great, but working poorly.

When a space planning professional performs his or her work well, few people notice. A flashy or trendy interior design might mask an effortless way in which a flat screen television masquerades as a mirror when not in use. Families gathering around a kitchen island might not realize that a designer planted it exactly where many people like to congregate.

Space Planning Adds another Dimension to Interior Design

Most accredited interior design schools require students to understand the importance of space planning in the interior design process. By blending the form of exciting design with the function of living and working spaces, students learn how to craft rooms that make people’s lives easier and more stylish at the same time.

Space planning specialists consider:

• traffic flow
• equipment and appliances
• conversation areas
• power outlets and data cables
• quality of sound and light

Space planning takes into account the culture of a business, or the personal routines of private clients. A space planner, hired by a company that encourages spontaneous communication, would produce an office with a lot of communal space, and fewer walls. Likewise, a family that enjoys personal time could expect a space planner to carve lots of nooks and crannies into a home design.

Savvy Clients Hire Space Planners during Early Phases of Construction

Increasingly, real estate developers, commercial landlords, and architects hire space planning experts right out of interior design school. If you have a creative and analytical mind, exploring space planning at an interior design school can lead you to a fun and intriguing career.

Sources

• Herman Miller
• Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

Posted on August 24, 2006 at 10:25 AM

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