Hanoi Architectural University

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English for Specific PurposesHome Design

Teacher: MA. Nguyen Thuy VanStudent: Nguyen Tuan VietClass: 13KTT

HOME DESIGN

I. Planning the Living room 1. Functions of Living room 2. Location of Living room 3. Open and closed Living room 4. Color treatment

II. Planning the Kitchen and Dinning room 1. Work triangle 2. K-shapes 3. Dinning room

III. Design of house for tropical climates 1. Warm humid 2. Hot dry 3. Composite-mosoon

I. PLANING THE LIVING ROOM* * *

1. Functions of Living room2. Location of Living room3. Open and Closed living room4. Color treatment

1. Functions of Living room

Functions of Living

room

Sitting room-

Meeting room Dining

area

Others

Showroom/Display

area

Office room

Media area

• Sitting room – Meeting room

- Family members - Friends - Relatives - Partners,Customers

• Media area

- Small bar - Play music,karaoke - Watch TV

….

• Dining area

- Death anniversary of our relatives - Big parties - Birthday parties

• And others room…

Conversation

Garages

Working

Display area

Unusual ideas- An unusual ideas of living room should be consider - Bring to our home is a unique style, a new style…

- An unusual ideas has also express yourself a little, your hobbies, your lifestyle…

2. Location of Living room

• Locate the living area to be in a central location near the front entrance.

• Create a special piece of furniture as a focal point of the living room.

• Open into foyer – foyer is the area between indoor and outdoor.- Foyer is an entryway to your home.- It is the place to greet you or guest when we come home.

• Near dining room – Kitchen- People move from living room to dining area for meal more easilier.- Express your hospitality.

• Face to pleasant view – consider glass wall or big window- Make the house become brightly, cleaning beacause of lighty sunny.- If impossible, an alternative is to build a landscaped, fenced area opening off the living room.

• Orient toward the South- Receive more natural maxium light near all day.- Save energy.

Open living room: - A fire place can be a focus point. - Maybe use screen to divide many rooms.

3. Open living room and closed living room

Closed living room- It opens into other rooms through doors or small arches

- Must have a good pleasant views.

Open living room Closed living room

Defined

- Has a minimum of walls.- Many rooms flow together.

- Has walls to the ceiling which completely enclosed it.

Advantages- Every activities also concentrated in there.- Receive much sunlight during day.

- Save our electricity bills.- It’s easier to clean our house.

Disadvantages- Air conditioning units are less effective.- It can be quiet hard to have your own privacy.

- It’s not suitable for having some big parties.

4. Color treatment

Color is one of the most important part in interior design…

Hue:describes a particular color at full value and intensity

- There are many choices for color design

- Should be choose color suitable for your house’s style, your favorite…

Value:is defined as the relative lightness and darkness of a color described in art as Tints and Shades

Shades are darker values of a hue

Tints are lighter values of hue

*Choose one kind of color and mix them by using Shades and Tints.

Intensity:describes a color’s strength or weakness – whether the hue is in a pure state, or muted towards gray

The house mixed, reduced intensity and brought a hue toward gray.

• Focus on your room's best qualities by choosing a focal point you enjoy.

• Arrange furniture for conversation.• Choose much neutral tone-color such as gray, white

or black… and comfortable colors.• Lighting design must be suitabled for interior style of

house.• Not mix too much color in one other room.

Tips

II. Kitchen and Dinning area design

- The kitchen has received considerable more attention.- Dinning area where family members, friend, guest have more delicious meal together!

The process of working in the kitchen

1.Prepare

2.Mix

3.Cook4.Serve

5.Wash up

The main working functions in a kitchen are carried out between the cooktop, the sink, and the refrigerator. These three points and the imaginary line between them, make up what kitchen experts call the "work triangle".

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3

2

- Three sides of work triangle are over 5.5 to 6 meters in total.

- The distances from the sink to the range are not too 1.8 meters and not have a between entrance.

The food storage center:- Hold fresh frozen, dried and canned foods.- The refrigerator is used often and requires convenient access.- Has cabinets to store much kinds of foods.

The cooking center

- It’s located near the dinning area to make serving easier.- The cooking unit should be planned in a place where has a hood.

- Fresh wash or prep sinks are used to wash produce and vegetables.

- Garbage and recycling center are usually placed near this area.

The preparation and cleanup center

Basic kitchen shapes

• In addition, peninsular and islands are useful.

Arranged in I, L, U and corridor shapes

The corridor shaped

The U-shapedThe L-shaped

The I-shapes

I-shapes

- The I-shapes kitchen in which the working triangle is reduced to a straight line, can be the most practical solution.- It good for use in small houses or apartments.

- Needed services can be planned in a minimum of space.- Avoid making it too long.

L-shapes

- Has cabinets and appliances along two walls.- The cabinets on each wall are too long.

- The L-shaped kitchen is ideal when you want to add a small dining table or kitchen island.- The L-shapes arrangement leaves a large, open floor are which can be used for dinning.

U-shapes

- Has cabinets and appliances arranged on three sides of the kitchen area.

If you have a large room, the U-shaped layout is ideal. It gives you maximum space and plenty of storage options

The corridor shaped

The corridor shaped (Galley kitchens) has cabinets and appliances on two opposite walls.

- It is used when a long, narrow area is available for a kitchen.- It can be efficiently arranged.

A peninsula kitchen

A peninsula is a section of cabinets across the end of the kitchen that has no wall.

- It forms a divider to the next room yet is open on the top.

- Used for a sink, surface unit,… or any other useful purpose.

An island kitchen

- It is not connected to any wall or other cabinets.- There is appeal in the large, old fashioned,….

This design requires a large area because it cludes all kitchen activities plus comfortable dinning.

Other planning considerations

• The kitchen should be located to allow a view of the outside play area when children are playing.

• Consider safety of all-gas or all-electric kitchen because they can make dangerously for you.

• Window is importance in a kitchen, it can make temperature of the kitchen is less hotter.

• The kitchen must be cleaned after cooking and eating

• …..

Special planning considerations:

- Provide knee space under sink.-Keep controls of cooking unit on front.- Allow adequate clear floor area.

Feng sui for kitchen design

- South-East and North-West kitchen are the best direction for a kitchen.

- If the entrance of the house is from the North-East side then the kitchen should always be in the South-East direction.

- Cook should face East while cooking, it will help our to cook tasty food.

Leaf house

House in Binh Thanh, HCM city

CHARACTERISTICS OF TROPICAL CLIMATES

• Day-time temperature is high/Night-time temperature is low

• Little cloud covering-high intensity of direct solar radiation

1.Hot-dry climates

• Considerable rainfall• Relative humidity is high• Little seasonal variety

2.Warm-humid climates

• Two-thirds of the year is hot-dry, the other third is warm-humid

3.Composite or monsoon climates

The tropical regions of the earth

• Needs to be designed so as to be self-ventilating or cooling.• Make use of prevailing wind.

1.Hot-dry climates

- Adequate protection against excessive heat and heavy rain.

- Thick wall, heat storing materials.

+ Grow trees garden on the roof.+ Increase shading of the building in general.

2.Warm-humid climtes: - Humidity levels are reduced as much as possible. - Proper ventilation occurs throughout the day. - Appliances used are well ventilated.

- An unobstructed air path through the interiors is important to ensure proper ventilation. - Balconies, verandahs and porches can be used advantageously for day-time activities as well as protection from rainfall.

Using types of materials which has absorb the humidity and helping the building to breathe .

3.Composite and

Monsoon climates

- Sometimes they are built two storeys high.- Use courtyard to ventilated wind.

The roof should provide protection against heat gain in summer and heat loss in winter.

Characteristics

Arid

- Reflect from the surface of ground and light color walls

- Contrast bright opening surrounding inside wall

Humid

- High proportion of the radiation diffuse – the sky is main source of glare

For solutions keep away from glare and heatTips

Keep windows on the external elevations small and few in

numberUse vertical slit windows

Window between the ceiling and eye level

Low large window overlooking to shading yard

Arid

Humid

Thin external walls made by natural meterials

Bamboo, palm leaf, sea grass, thatch…for wall and roof

Large opening, cross ventilation

Low overhanging eaves/wide verandahs

Screen/blind/wooven mats…made by natural material

Open windows

THE END OF MY LECTURE

Thanks for your attention!