Initial Designs
Intro to Architecture
How do you start to design a home?
Bubble sketches
A tool used by architects to quickly and
easily create a drawing that the client can
use to get a rough idea of how the house
will be laid out
Shows relationships between the rooms
Not meant to be drawn to exact scale
Do not use rectangles
Label rooms
Hand drawn in pencil
How do you start to design a home?
Bubble sketches cnt’d
Multiple sketches should be made each of a
totally different design
Look at the different bubble sketches and
identify the features of each that you like,
and those that you don’t like
Generate one final bubble sketch
What next?
Concept sketches
A drawing that more closely resembles a
floor plan
Walls are drawn in as rectangles
Doorway openings are shown
Approximate the scale
Hand drawn using pencil
Concept sketch example
Review initial concept sketch
Concept sketches are just that,
concepts, they should be reviewed and
revised as necessary to address any
concerns or additional features that you
may have