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Kitchen Assignment

For my kitchen I chose to have an island kitchen because there is more storage, more space to prep and cook on. When you're designing a kitchen you cant just do what you want. You have to think about safety, storage, traffic, and ADA (american disability act).

It's important to have a traffic flow in your kitchen, so you can move around easily without interfering with other work centers. The reason why its so important to have a traffic flow is because, you don't want other people trying to get by you when you are working in the kitchen. Someone could get hurt, and its very dangerous if you have 5 people crossing from all different directions in the kitchen, trying to get to places. Door entry, Door Interference, Distance between work centers, Separating work centers, Work Triangle Traffic, Work Aisle, and seating are all regulations that are needed in your kitchen to have a steady traffic flow.
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**Safety**: Safety plays a huge role when designing your kitchen. You must follow all the standards and regulations to making your kitchen a safe zone. For example you shouldn't have your stove far away from your sink, and refrigerator because cooking on the stove can be dangerous. You don't want to put steaming hot pans in the sink or dishwasher if it is far away ect. Also you should always have a smoke detector in your kitchen, and shouldn't place curtains right about the stove, or anything else flammable. The things that you need to follow are a safe preparation/work area, a place to through your trash away, Dishwasher placement, cooking surface safety, microwave open placement, countertop space, and many more.

Storage makes it so that your kitchen is neat and organized. Without storage our kitchens would be a total mess. If your kitchen is not clean, and organized then most people wont even cook in it. In order to having your kitchen have lots of storage it is best to have many cabinets. You should also have a trash can to store your trash, a refrigerator to store your food, and a sink or dishwasher to put dirty dishes in. You can also use racks, shelfs, pantries, and any other think that helps your kitchen be organized.
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The american disability act is very important for handicap people to get around. When you design your kitchen, you need to make sure that it is ADA approved. In order to make your kitchen handicap accessible, you need to widen your doors, lower stoves, counters, tables, chairs, ect. In the kitchen that I designed, my kitchen is all open area so that is easy to get in and out of. If a handicap person lives in your house you need to make sure that you widen your traffic flow, aisles, and make sure there is enough room so that a person in a wheelchair can do a complete turn. Adjusting your kitchen to meet these requirements will make life much easier for a handicap person, and will make them feel more safe. *sent pictures on first class.
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Bathroom assignment
In this assignment I had to show how to make a proper bathroom. I needed to have ADA, Safety, Accessibility, and storage. my bathroom is very simple, has plenty of room to walk through (clear space). The purpose of this assignment was to design a bathroom that would meet specific requirements of safety. In order to have a bathroom, you need to make it safe for others, and handicap accessible. This is what you have to think about when designing your bathroom; safety, storage, traffic, and ADA (american disability act).

picture # one. *In this picture it shows that my ceiling height meets the requirements. My ceiling height is 97" & the requirement was at least 80".*

picture # two. *This picture shows a clear floor space, traffic flow, my sink and cupboard, my toilet, shower, and my door/entry.*


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 * It's important to have a traffic flow in your bathroom, so you can move around easily without interfering with other work centers. The reason why its so important to have a traffic flow is because, you don't want other people trying to get by you when you are in the bathroom. The bathroom is a popular room where more than one person might need to use it. For example, in the morning, if you have a large family, more than one person might need to brush there teeth, put on makeup, or brush their hair. In order to do this you need to have clear space in front of every station in your bathroom. Without a clear traffic flow, people could get hurt. I showed this in picture number two. The red square boxes represent the clear space in front of each station. The red boxes have to be 30 x 48. **

Safety plays a huge role in a bathroom. A bathroom can be very dangerous if not designed properly. In bathrooms a lot of the time the floor gets wet and slippery due to the shower/tub. People can slip and fall, and this is why we have to make sure that the sink, toilet, shower/tub/ counters are spread apart. In picture two it shows that my counter is placed up against a wall. This is safe because that corner of the counter is not sticking out, and will hurt less if someone was to trip and bang their face off form it. Also, the door/entry was has a clear space and nothing is in the way of the door. It is very safe entering and exiting the bathroom.
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Storage is for organizing your bathroom. Without storage your bathroom would be very messy and dangerous. In bathrooms there are a lot of accessories that you store in your bathroom. For example, in bathrooms you need to store your tooth brushes, toothpaste, toilet paper, a plunger, a place to put your make up, hair brush, medicine, towels, wash cloths, hygiene products such as deodorant, shampoo, conditioner, shaving supplies, perfume, hair products, and many more things. A trash can is also a good thing to have to store your trash in the bathroom. If you didn't store any of these things it could be dangerous. You could trip over something on the floor and fall, you wouldn't be able to find anything, or do what needed to do if objects were in your way.
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The american disability act is very important for handicap people to get around. When you design your bathroom, you need to make sure that it is ADA approved. In order to make your bathroom handicap accessible, you need to have a seat in your tub/shower with a handrail. Also, countertops, sinks, and toilets should be lowered. They also have to have enough space for people in wheelchairs to turn in a complete circle. I designed my bathroom so that there was plenty of room to get around in. The door entry is also widened, and there is a clear space in front of it. Adjusting your bathroom to meet these requirements will make life much easier for a handicap person, and will make them feel more safe.
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Fine Arts Architectural Design Write up

-Balance -Contrast -Emphasis/ Dominance -Rhythm -Pattern -Unity -line -shape -color -texture -space -value

Two types of lines that I used are vertical lines, and horizontal lines. The horizontal lines are in the siding of my house, they make my house look wide. The vertical lines are in the tiles of my floors. The vertical lines make my floors look tall and slim. Three shapes that I have in my design are squares, ovals, and rectangles. I have these shapes placed in my house because they all fit differently in a certain way in a room.