Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Ground floor as a whole

Tatiana Zelenova One of the main components of comfort in a country house - well thought-out planning and interior design solutions. And the owners, especially first lived in small apartments, typical of thrust to strikingly different from the standards of urban housing planning: without tight hallways and small small rooms with high ceilings, lots of natural light, panoramic windows, and several exits of the house - in the garden, the terrace and / or in the patio. So largely in line with the aspirations of the union of the first floor into a single space. But at the same designation of separate functional areas - the urgent need that affects the architectural appearance of the building. The first requirement for any home - a feeling of comfort, such as to leave no desire. In this case, architects and designers take into account many factors. Zoning accordance with the requirements of ergonomics (a rational distribution of furniture, shelving, electrical equipment and other items), with the natural light, is taken into account and how close to appoint different zones of the house. In addition, the division into functionally different spaces can not be associated with the architecture of buildings - one way or another, it affects its appearance, or, alternatively, the external appearance of the building makes adjustments to the internal layout. Function is everything! Each household process and engage in house corresponds to a certain area. Its a sign - Equipment specific purpose appliances and furniture in accordance with the architectural and spatial terms, so that the space was allocated as "enchanted" by this or that kind of activity or rest. Zone characterized by the meter and the configuration space, the degree of acoustic and visual isolation, the intensity of natural and artificial lighting, etc. made to subdivide the zone into personal and obschesemeynye. Obschesemeynymi areas enjoyed by all family members, alternately or together. Zones of "all" includes a dining room, living room, fireplace, recreation area, home fitness center, etc. Most of the country house, all these areas tend to be placed on the ground floor, and very often do not consider it necessary to rail main walls one zone from another. For each functionally significant nook not only choose the furniture, but also provide space for opening the doors of the furniture and doors leading into the room, the ability to move people and other things. The distance between the outermost to the passage of pieces of furniture, located in the position must be at least 30 cm when the area enjoyed a one-three people, and not less than 50 cm - if four or more. Passages between the zones must be a minimum width of 50 centimeters. What comes first: the plan space or a beautiful facade? When creating a project at home is optimal to build on requests and opportunities for families, in particular the preference in the choice of material for construction, which, in turn, largely determines the constructive solution of the building. For example, if the house is brick and joists are made of prefabricated concrete slabs (up from 2,4 to 6 meters), depending on the length of plates suit bearing interior walls, which must have vent pipes and chimneys. In planning the house, carefully consider all aspects of its formation. For the right combination of size, first draw the plan of premises in 1:50 scale, and only after that front, continuing to search for and something changing in terms of home and in the lines of the facade. Architects of most construction companies are well aware that the pursuit of individual housing has become a characteristic feature of our time and to some extent encouraged this trend: the redevelopment of premises is permitted in most of today's projects of country houses. Especially in this respect are good options that have no internal load-bearing walls (such as a special case of such a solution - a project where the overlap on the beam stick slung over a steel rack, installed in the pantry). Lack of internal walls to freely vary the size and zoning areas. Lean out the window one more technique, fairly facilitated the task of combining space for architects - it's glazing. It is known that the windows - how and where they are located, their sizes, etc. - are of great importance in the zoning. For instance, if in a combined space of the little windows on the facade, is unlikely to be pleasant to sit in the dining area, which is directly adjacent to the blank wall and into the shadowy area between the light fluxes from the windows, that on both sides. Translucent building envelope, as should properly be called a fully glazed facades, completely remove this problem from the agenda. Buildings with large areas of external glazing appeared at the beginning of the XIX century. A century later, this theme is reflected in the work of Le Corbusier. Genius architect designed such buildings in his "Five theses on architecture, notes that the facade in this case, loses load carrying capacity, and the windows can go to any length, regardless of the internal division of the building. Extensive glazing of the facade is actively practiced in the Russian private housebuilding. At the same facade design of the system profiles can be either visible fixing elements (mullion-transom and modular systems) and hidden (structural glazing). There is also an intermediate option, when the facade of the building there are only horizontal or vertical division of aluminum profiles. Traditional nogging-rack glazed with a profile on the outside of the front cheaper than so-called structural, without a profile. However, the latter winning in architectural terms, as reinforces the impression of the integrity of the facade: the outer parts are visible only glass and filled with silicone joints, which can be one color with glass. Planar (besprofilnoe) glazed facades - a fundamentally new word in the technology of production and reconstruction of the facades of suburban homes. Such designs are called spider-system. They are mounted at intervals on the supports of the building framework or on its own steel substructure (steel frame, a system of ropes and stretch) with the help of point elements, of alloy steel. Whichever option glazing is chosen, the task of separating the zones combined first floor of this choice will simplify. Remains only to emphasize the function of each corner, using one or another technique. Divide and conquer most often in the same space on the ground floor have all obschesemeynye areas: communication and lounge with sofa and chairs for all members of the family kitchen, dining room, winter garden, sports area, etc. In addition, as a rule, the kitchen is not tear from the dining room, the other deep-seated tandem - home fitness room and a bathroom. Decided to arrange the living room next to the dining room or a conservatory, if the house has. To emphasize the "self" of each functional area, produced a lot of tricks. The most common ones and involves the creation of any design - it is the erection of barriers between the zones (complete, that is, reaching to the ceiling, and incomplete), creating different levels of podiums and ceilings. Partitions may be either opaque (usually giprochnye design), and glass. The latter are more acceptable because, on the one hand, transparency, and without prejudice to the joint space, on the other - do not miss the smells and sounds, which is especially important for the kitchen. For the convenience of dining area is often combined with a kitchen, using as a separator in this space stand out cupboards and shelves. In the dining rooms often do catwalks; often used a combination of stage and repeats the configuration of tiered ceiling. Raise the floor or, alternatively, make it a little lower than in the rest room, and can in the fireplace area and a recreation area. In planning for a common room can be transformed through folding or sliding partitions. This option significantly increases the comfort of living and improves the aesthetic expressiveness of the interior. As the space dividers may make the column, including with built-in home furnishings. For example, consider a column with fireplace. In addition to structural separation exists a visual division. Here the architecture is somewhat irrelevant - "works" exclusively design. The basic technique - the use of different materials or of the same material but different colors and textures. For example, laying floor tiles or parquet flooring, living room or dining area can be described quite different from the rest of the figure, so that even in the absence of furniture, it will separate. Paramount importance lighting, wall decor and furniture. Ground floor cottage - an unusual premise. It agreed to make additional inputs and outputs, in order to be able to get into, for example, from the kitchen to the glazed veranda and living room - on an outdoor terrace with a swimming pool. All these aspects should be thought out at the design stage.

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