SPACE PLANNING
Space planning describes any and all structural work that can be done to an existing structure.
Space planning moves or removes walls, converts attics and basements into livable, well-functioning spaces, adds staircases, can change room layouts and adds or removes windows.
I work closely with a structural engineer wherever appropriate and/or necessary.
Space planning:
- Moves and removes walls
- Converts attics and basements into livable, well-functioning spaces
- Adds stairs and steps
- Changes room layouts
- Adds and removes windows
- Adds soffits, coves, niches and other cosmetic details
Ruth Hyndman and Space planning
There is a spacial, 3-dimensional quality to space planning, for which I have a particular passion.
Space planning has to do with envisioning how spaces flow and function and, most of all, how they 'feel' (as well as how the look).
Of course, there are also more pragmatic concerns: stairs must be a minimum width to function, laundry rooms must be of sufficient size and proportion to hold the appliances, dining rooms must consider how many people they must seat, entrys and hallways must allow for comfortable movement. And one is always working with a defined quantity: the size of the existing structure - all adaptations are made within its parameters.
There is a spacial, 3-dimensional quality to space planning, for which I have a particular passion.
Space planning has to do with envisioning how spaces flow and function and, most of all, how they 'feel' (as well as how the look).
Of course, there are also more pragmatic concerns: stairs must be a minimum width to function, laundry rooms must be of sufficient size and proportion to hold the appliances, dining rooms must consider how many people they must seat, entrys and hallways must allow for comfortable movement. And one is always working with a defined quantity: the size of the existing structure - all adaptations are made within its parameters.
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