HD·FI·03 Basic → Advanced
Interior Space Planning
Arranging rooms around how people actually move and gather.
Space planning organises furniture, circulation, and activity zones within a room to support how it will actually be used. This course covers circulation paths, zoning by activity, and the scale and proportion decisions that make a planned space feel resolved rather than merely filled.
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LEARNING OUTCOMES
- 01 Plan circulation paths that support how occupants actually move through a space
- 02 Zone a room by activity rather than by furniture category alone
- 03 Apply scale and proportion principles to furniture arrangement within a room
- 04 Evaluate an existing space plan for circulation and zoning problems
- 05 Balance flexibility and defined zoning within a single multi-use space
- 06 Plan for accessibility within a space layout
- Circulation paths should be planned before furniture placement, not after
- A visually pleasing arrangement that blocks natural movement paths will be fought against by its occupants
- Activity zoning organises a space more usefully than furniture-type grouping
- One room can hold multiple activity zones if transitions are planned deliberately
- Furniture scale must be judged against the room, not in isolation
- A well-designed piece can still be the wrong scale for its intended space
- Total flexibility can leave a space feeling purposeless
- Some visual or spatial zoning cues are needed even in flexible layouts
- Code compliance is a floor, not a guarantee of genuine usability
- Accessibility should be planned from the first layout draft, not retrofitted
- Evaluate by walking through intended activities, not just viewing the plan from above
- A plan that looks balanced on paper can still fail in lived use