Housekeeping Report Interior Design

INTERIOR DESIGN

Basic Architectural Terms • Arch – Is a curved structure that spans an open space and supports a roadways, ceiling, or similar load

• Chicago windows – Windows with spaces on the sides of the windows to let air get in

• Columns – are long thin pieces that hold up a roof or part of a building

• Dentils – decoration along the side of a building. They look like teeth

• Dome – is a hemispheric roof or vault

• Dormers – are windows set in a small gable projecting from a roof

• Eaves – are the undersides of an overhanging roof

• Fanlight – is the semi-circular window over a door like a fan

• Gable – is the triangle-shaped part of a wall at the end of a sloping roof

• Lintels – are long piece of stone or wood above a window or door

• Quoins – Are large stones use to make the corner of a building stronger

Planning the Layout Importance: • Layout has a strong impact on the customer and your ability to service the customer.

Planning the Layout Key points to get you started. – Location of key elements: rooms, registration desk, bathrooms, etc. – Creating a good customer flow – Square footage vs. anticipated capacity – Analysis of the different types of activities happening within the space and how much square footage each activity needs. – How do the activities relate to one another. – Is your staff fully equipped to service your customers – Is the staff satisfied with the layout of their equipment? – How can you optimize the staffs working environment?

Hotel Rooms Design Two Directions of trend: • To provide more luxurious multipurpose rooms and suites • Toward economy accommodations Note: With both approaches, designers must ensure that the room or suite layouts are accessible to the physically challenged.

Accessible guest rooms have design features and floor plans that provide the maneuvering clearances for guests with limited mobility. Requirements: • Widths and clearances at the entry, connecting, closet, and bathroom doors. • Maneuvering space in front of the closet, in the sleeping area, and within the bathroom • Clearances to use and transfer to fixtures in the bathroom • Clearances to open dresser drawers, to maneuver into knee space at the desk, and to access the bed, bedside table, windows, blinds, and thermostat.

• 12’ Bay Spacing This alternative 12 ft 0 in. bayspacing design requires the dresser to be offset from the floor of the bed. The bathroom wall is stepped back to provide clearances for the bathrooms door and connecting door. The heating/ cooling unit projects into the room to allow access to the thermostat. If balconies are provided, a minimum depth of 5 ft 0 in. is recommended to allow guests with wheelchairs to turn around.

• 13’ Bay-Spacing A 13 ft 0 in. bay spacing provides room for wheelchair clearances, including a turning space in front of the closet and at the foot of the beds, an access aisle between the beds, a T-turnaround at the window aisle for access to temperature controls ad blinds and drapes, door clearances , and a bathroom that meets ANSI standards

• Suite with 14’ Bay-spacing Accessible suites should meet the same requirements for accessible guest rooms and guest baths. Because suites are usually more generous in terms of space, providing accessibility is less difficult. If a small kitchenette is included, a knee space 2 ft 3 in high should be provided below the sink. A countertop height of 2 ft 10 in. is suitable for both ambulatory guests and guest in wheelchairs. A pull-out lapboard at a height of 2 ft 6 in. provides a work space for guest in wheelchairs. The kitchenette should include a 5 ft 0 in. turning space.

These two diagrams illustrate the same bathroom plan with the required clearances for door operation and turning space and access to each fixture, including the tub/ shower, vanity, and water closet. Clearances for maneuvering space, door operation, and individual fixtures can overlap. Because at the vertical characteristics of wheelchairs, clearances can include toe space ( 9 in. high) below water closet and knee space (2 ft 3 in. high) below vanity.

Other Sample Floor plan

Registration Desk Design considerations: • The number of persons actively staffing the counter-like facility will dictate both the width and overall depth of the front desk. It is suggested that between 5 and 7 ft be allocated per staff workstation and that one workstation be allocated for every 125 to 150 rooms. For every additional 125 to 150 rooms, an additional workstation should be provided. Peak check-in/ check out loads could require even more staff workstations.

• The front desk should be easily accessible from and to the main hotel entrance. “Easily accessible” strongly implies clear visibility. • Elevators servicing the hotel guest rooms should be readily visible from the front desk. This is not always feasible in extremely large hotels.

• The front desk should be designed in such a way as to take into considerations the various users it will accommodate. Special attention should be given to the fact that hotel guests may be physically challenged or chair-bound. The overall height, writing surfaces should be designed to accommodate a hotel guest seated in a wheelchair.

• The basic front desk design should avoid, whenever possible, visual obstructions that block sight lines or create blind spots. accordingly., columns and high walls should be avoided. • Equipment and custom elements that are typically incorporated within the front desk include computer monitors with keyboards and printer, room racks, reservation racks, information racks, room status displays, mail drawers, key drawers, alpha guest listings, message- waiting display, alarm systems, and file and cash drawers.

Color Schemes The color wheel is made up of 6 colors. 3 Primary: Red, Blue, Yellow 3 Secondary: Green, Orange, Purple • Primary colors cannot be mixed from any combination of colors. • Secondary colors are combinations of the primary colors. – Red and Yellow = Orange – Red and Blue = Purple – Blue and Yellow = Green

• Complementary colors are opposite colors on the color wheel. – Red and Green are Complements – Yellow and Purple are Complements – Orange and Purple are Complements – Orange and Blue are Complements – Yellow and Blue are Complements • Complementary colors work well together. When used in an interior setting they should be used in equal amounts and equal tone or intensity.

• Harmonious colors are the colors next to one another on the color wheel. – Red and Orange – Blue and Purple – Blue and Green – Green and Yellow – Yellow and Orange – Red and Purple

• In the 1920’s Itten, who is affiliated with the German Bauhaus movement, developed the color star that included 12 colors. – 3 Primary Colors – 3 Secondary Colors 6 Tertiary Colors

• Mixing two secondary colors together creates Tertiary Colors.

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Shade – Adding white or black to a color changes the shade of that color. For example: adding white too red creates a pink, which is a shade of red. – An interior scheme made up of different shades of the same color is a monochrome color scheme.

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Tone – Tone describes different gradations of a color. There are warmer and cooler tones of a color. For example: add green too blue and you have blue-green that is warmer or add blue to purple and create a blue-purple that is cooler. – The important concept to understand is every color has a different tone or undertone. – Many times the undertone does not show itself on a single paint sample. It helps to see the colors that come before and after the color on the paint chart. This will give you a hint as to what tone the color may take on. – Another way to see a color's undertone is to put the color next to the other colors in the room. You will then begin to see the undertone of a color. – Have you ever painted a room one color and it turns out to be another? This is because all colors have an undertone. Looking at an all white paint chart will help you to visualize this concept. They are all white but if you see them next to one another some appear pink, yellow even blue.