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Week 13: Regulations

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 The difference between a licensed or certified design professional and a regulated professional is that the regulated professional must comply with local, state, and federal regulations or risk losing his/ her status Regulations about certification and licensure vary from state to state and province to province Educated professionals must find out what regulations are in place within the jurisdiction where they are working.  Programming During the programming stage, the interior designer interviews the client and creates a user needs assessment and spatial analysis of what is required of the projects all research and case studies are done occupancy type is determined and codes that apply are considered.  Schematic Design During the schematic design period, preliminary design solutions are presented to the client. Several options are considered and one solution is accepted. The design team will conduct occupancy calculations, determine the required number of exits, and de...

Week 12: Interior Building Systems

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 Interior systems that impact the design of a successful interior environment Data voice and telecommunications systems Telephone lines and internet are necessities in the interior environment.  Many clients also request wireless service Request interior spaces dedicated to teleconferencing Projection space planning needs to made sure that all occupants in the space can see the projected image the closest person should be no closer than 2X the height of the screen and the top of hte screen should form an angle of more than 30 degrees from the horizontal sight line of the viewers Energy control systems, security systems Lock down systems are used to secure a facility after hours or during an emergency prisons, retail malls, schools burglar alarms used in many building types alarm may sound when someone enters or exits a building alarm may sound for an emergency such as a fire Metal detectors identifies pieces of metal that could pose a risk to people such as guns and other haza...