Iowa Public Television

Challenge Question Number 1 for Interior Designer

Clearly describe what you expect from the students:
Your client is a high school teacher in Iowa who wants you to divide a large room into three smaller rooms. The large room measures 31'0"wide east/west by 34'0"length north/south, with one door on the north off the hallway for entrance and exit, full-length windows on the south wall, the east and west walls have no windows or doors. The three smaller rooms need the same square footage but may be in various shapes. A separate space for waiting must be created by the door for three to four students to sit while waiting for the teachers. Each space must have a separate entrance within the large room. Plan the room for classroom teaching and activities normal for a high school. The separations can be made of drywall, fabric, bookcases, files or any other ideas that meet the 1. Example: enclosed is an actual drawing of the space described in 1'8"=1'0" scale.

In order to give the teacher some guidance in evaluating the student's project(s); list some tips that may help to assess the student's work:
a)have the students drawn a floor plan to the correct dimensions? (the teacher may need to instruct the students on how to use an architectual scale (we usually use ¼"=1'0"or graph paper).
b)have the students correctly shown where the door and windows are located?
c) have the students drawn a waiting area for the students to wait for the teachers?
d) have the students divided the space equally into three separate teaching classrooms?
e) have the students indicated what materials will be used to separate the three spaces?
f) have the students solved the high school teacher's problem with good function and design ideas; i.e. can the plan layout be built, can the teacher and students complete their jobs easily, do the spaces make sense?