The architecture manager has had me working on a space planning exercise for the past week. I feel this has been the biggest learning experience thus far due to the nature of what I have been given. Basically I was given the location, the plan of the current building, what we plan on doing to the building in terms of an addition and what the required office space dimensions are.
So to start this I created blocks for the different office sizes and work stations as well as blocks for the different spaces that are required in the building. I had to look through code books to determine how many toilets were needed for the occupancy load in the building. I also had to read through the code book to figure out the minimum/maximum distance for the egress access.
Talking with one of the architectural designers, she was giving me tips and ideas on how spaces are generally laid out to get me started. This included public spaces such as conference rooms & training rooms being located somewhat near the front of the space so that visitors dont have to walk through the workstation areas to get to the conference rooms. Restroom location should be considered on a basis of once it is there then it stays there even for future tenants down the road so that the plumbing or anything else associated with the restrooms doesn't have to be relocated.
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