This weekend I practiced the interior and building layouts for the schematic design exam of the architect registration exam. The image is my solution for PPI’s interior layout #1 problem. It is wrong, because it is missing an office. Rough and incorrect (i.e. FAIL), it took me 42 minutes. (I wrote down the furniture for each room as an exam strategy/method. I don’t think I’ll be doing that come exam time. 42 minutes seems a bit long for such a rough solution. Add to that I missed reading the instructions for two agent’s offices. Had I gone back and forth between the program, I might have caught the additional room.)
Weeks ago I made copies of the furniture and cut them out. If you do that, do it early. It took me longer than expected. Likely because I cut out extra furniture. I needed 6 lateral files, not 6 copiers. I made copies to cover the furniture with the most quantity and still cut out everything. Some extra items are useful. The round coffee table is 3 feet in diameter. You can use it as a sketch guide. That’s why they’re located in the way behind chairs in the conference room, manager and agent offices. They’re actually sketch circles to note 3′ clearance. Remember to use NCARB’s practice program when preparing for the schematic design exam.
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