Discipline focusing on the composition of spaces, often but not always interior architectural spaces. It includes plans for the flow of the inhabitants or users of the space, adherence to building codes, environmental factors, and other such concerns. For the discipline focusing more on the aesthetic planning of spaces, prefer "interior architecture (discipline)."
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refers to drawings, sketches, prints, computer graphics, or works in other media depicting a building or any object viewed from above, geometrically represented as projected on a horizontal plane. The term is particularly used to refer to drawings or other images showing the relative positions of all the parts of a building, or of the parts of any one floor, roof, or other part of a building in horizontal section; it is thus distinguished from vertical sections or elevations. The term can also be used collectively to refer to sets of drawings or other images for a project, including plans per se as well as other drawings, such as sections. For general reference to depictions or photographs showing structures or sites seen from directly above, use "plan views." For representations of portions of the Earth's surface use "maps" or "plans (maps)"
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Orthographic drawings or works in another media depicting a building, object, or site as if cut through and exposed at one specific plane.
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lists of words, names, or phrases explaining or giving the value of conventions or symbols used on a map, chart, or other graphic document
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elevations of only part of a structure. For drawings showing a structure as partly an exterior elevation and partly an interior elevation, use "sectional elevations"
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drawings, prints, or other media in which the projectors are perpendicular to the plane of projection (drawing surface), that is, a three-dimensional object is shown fully frontally at all points, with no indication of recession into depth
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site plans containing landscaping information, such as site grading, and location and description of plantings, sprinklers, or lighting devices
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drawings done early in a design process for art or architecture. They are typically more finished than sketches
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Drawings that pertain specifically to the structural layout of a building.
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plans that illustrate the beams and girders of each floor of a building and how they are connected. They typically use a simple system of symbols and drafting lines rather than detailed drawing
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