Explore the intricacies of reviewing floor plan documents and their careful alignment with a site's landscape. Understand how various aspects such as the site plan, the orientation of the house, and the indication of garages are considered in creating and interpreting these design documents.
Key Insights
- The floor plan documents under discussion present a three-floor house integrated into a hill site, including a ground level or basement, a first floor, and a second floor.
- The house's orientation is a crucial part of the design representation, with the north arrow indicating the direction and the shadow of the house showing its placement on the site.
- Notations like the garage entrances are included in the floor plans, with the orientation of the north arrow further helping in the accurate interpretation of the design.
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Let's actually begin reviewing the floor plan documents themselves. This house has three floors.
The house is integrated into a hill site. We have a basement or ground level, a first floor, and a second floor. This A2.1 sheet is showing the first floor.
If I go to the next page, A2.2 is the ground floor, and A2.3 is the third floor. So I'm going to tab back a few pages, and I'm back on my enlarged site plan. You can see that I have my parking pad that's right here, and here I have the shadow of the house as it is covering the ground.
So you can see that this house is oriented correctly on the site. You can see I have a north arrow down here that shows that north arrow was pointing up. I have recesses right here, here, and here for the garages.
So what I'm going to do is tab forward to the A2.2 sheet. Now, if you look down here, you can see that the north angle is at an angle. The north arrow is at an angle.
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So what's happening is that whereas on the site plan, I'm showing north as being up, and the bottom of the house is angled relative to the sheet of paper, if I tab down to the A2.2 sheet, you can see that north goes over. Because right here, here, and here are the three indentations that I was showing for the garage. So let me just go back to make sure you understand.
Here are the garage entrances, here and here. North is up. I tab over, and I can see that north is angled in.