Interior Design

TO CREATE A
FUNCTIONAL AND
BEAUTIFUL LIVING
ENVIRONMENT.

SPACE
Space is nothing it is emptiness
But it has meaning - meaningful emptiness
It is infinite without limit still it has dimension -

when scooped out for a function ie putting limit to

limitless in terms of
LENGTH
BREADTH
WIDTH

The Beginning of Any Design is SPACE

The raw material is Space

Space is the essence

Meaningful, though empty
Emptiness: space exist. But unplanned
No length breadth or height that is unlimited
That is this space exist but undefined

Now a meaning is attached

An intended purpose is served

The Process of Design

The process of design involves

1.
2.
3.

4.

Understanding of the GIVEN SPACE

The Principles of Design&elements of design
The Technology/ The Engineering
Personal Skill

Knowing Your Given Space

Usually an interior designer is provided with a

made or built space

So knowing it, is important
Imbibing knowledge/ means experiencing it
Through your pre-acquired theory passed down
through words
Through your 5 senses touch - smell hear see -taste
Through your mind psychology
Through soul/spirit

Knowing Your Given Space

So with your acquired pre knowledge like data,

plan, sketch, photographs you can start with.

Still personal experience with the space is equally
important
Never dare to do a work sitting away from the given
space or sending another person.

Two Major Aspects About Space

I.
II.

Physical Quantity
Attached Quality

I. QUANTITY
It is the form or geometry.
It is the dimensions.
Available geometry pure form- is very limited.
The circle the triangle- the quadrangle
vruta tricona chatur cona
Each geometry is only a form which is two
dimensioned; it can grow into third dimension.
For example, a prism or pyramid.
Still these are only forms. That means a quantity
is not defined - how big or small.
Now you need a dimension to define the quantity
that is how big or small the space is.

Assessing the Quantity

For this you need to know two things

1.

2.

The purpose intended

A scale to quantify

1. The Purpose Intended

The size of the room or any other interior which is

expresses by length x breadth x height

Which depends on:

The number of people using the room at a time

The furniture or equipments they use
Articulation space
Space for limbs movement while in action
Space for the movement of the furniture or equipments

2. Scale
To quantify an unknown matter or space you

need a scale
This scale should be something known and
familiar unit.
This unit is called the scale

Ex: a foot, a square foot, a cubic foot, etc

How many times a foot is a cot ?

You want to assess or quantify the length of the

given cot, it is a comparison of this unknown cot

with a known foot which is the unit which is the
scale.
This is a way of understanding or a method of
conveying scale .

Scale
It is a tool to measure length, area, volume or weight.
It has to be universally acceptable
It has to have a compatible relation with element

that is to be measured.
It should be universally known unit.
It is used to asses an unknown quantity.

Ex: 4 long pencil, 10 cm long line, 1 Kilometer distances

Scale
Inch, cm, furlong, Km etc are units, of length used to

measure lengths.
Four times of one such unit inch will be the
understandable / assessed length of a pencil, which
was unknown before.
The unit inch cannot be made a tool to measure any
road distances because it is not compatible.

Scale
a.
b.

Absolute scale
Comparative scale

Architectural Scale
A window can be taken as a unit to count and assess

the number of floors in a multistoried building.

A door help us to judge the total room height.
It the frame of building is not associated with any
scale there can be confusion, or misjudgment in
quantifying

Comparative Scale
Height of man:
Is not an absolute unit but a unit
To assess the door or height of the habitable room is

compared with height of man.

The depth of a well is expressed in terms of how many
mans depth
A picture of a man or a tree will give an understanding of
building facade.
A single storey building will be giving an understanding of a
multi storey building.
Hence all these things will make a handy architectural scale

Scale

Comparative Scale
Thus a scale is essential for a good interior or

exterior
A scale gives clarity, no confusion and serenity
applies peace.
An apprehension which means a grip over the
space by the user
But definitely the chosen scale should be
Familiar
Universal
Acceptable
Compatible