This is my exercise

1. Hanoi Architectural University
*****
English for Specific Purposes
Home Design
Teacher: MA. Nguyen Thuy Van
Student: Nguyen Tuan Viet
Class: 13KTT

2. HOME DESIGN
I. Planning the Living room
1. Functions of Living room
2. Location of Living room
3. Open and closed Living room
4. Color treatment
II. Planning the Kitchen and Dinning room
1. Work triangle
2. K-shapes
3. Dinning room
III. Design of house for tropical climates
1. Warm humid
2. Hot dry
3. Composite-mosoon

3. I. PLANING THE LIVING ROOM
* * *
1. Functions of Living room
2. Location of Living room
3. Open and Closed living room
4. Color treatment

4. 1. Functions of Living room
Functions
of Living
room
Sitting
room-
Meeting
room Dining
area
Others
Showroom
/Display
area
Office
room
Media
area

5. • Sitting room – Meeting room
- Family members
- Friends
- Relatives
- Partners,Customers

6. • Media area
- Small bar
- Play music,karaoke
- Watch TV
….

7. • Dining area
- Death anniversary of our relatives
- Big parties
- Birthday parties

8. • And others room…
Conversation
Garages
Working
Display area

9.  Unusual ideas
- An unusual ideas of living room should be consider
- Bring to our home is a unique style, a new style…

10. - An unusual ideas has also express yourself a little, your
hobbies, your lifestyle…

11. 2. Location of Living room
• Locate the living
area to be in a
central location
near the front
entrance.
• Create a special
piece of furniture
as a focal point
of the living
room.

12. • Open into foyer – foyer is the area between indoor and
outdoor.
- Foyer is an entryway to your home.
- It is the place to greet you or guest when we come
home.

13. • Near dining room – Kitchen
- People move from living room to dining area for meal
more easilier.
- Express your hospitality.

14. • Face to pleasant view – consider glass wall or big window
- Make the house become brightly, cleaning beacause of
lighty sunny.
- If impossible, an alternative is to build a landscaped,
fenced area opening off the living room.

15. • Orient toward the South
- Receive more natural
maxium light near all
day.
- Save energy.

16. Open living room:
- A fire place can be a focus point.
- Maybe use screen to divide many rooms.
3. Open living room and closed living room

17. Closed living room
- It opens into other rooms
through doors or small arches
- Must have a good pleasant
views.

18. Open living room Closed living room
Defined
- Has a minimum of
walls.
- Many rooms flow
together.
- Has walls to the ceiling
which completely
enclosed it.
Advantages
- Every activities also
concentrated in there.
- Receive much sunlight
during day.
- Save our electricity
bills.
- It’s easier to clean our
house.
Disadvantages
- Air conditioning units
are less effective.
- It can be quiet hard to
have your own privacy.
- It’s not suitable for
having some big parties.

19. 4. Color treatment
Color is one of the most important part in interior design…

20. Hue:describes a particular color at full value and
intensity

21. - There are many choices for
color design
- Should be choose color suitable
for your house’s style, your
favorite…

22. Value:is defined as the relative lightness and darkness of a
color described in art as Tints and Shades
Shades are darker
values of a hue
Tints are lighter
values of hue

23. *Choose one kind of color
and mix them by using
Shades and Tints.

24. Intensity:describes a color’s strength or weakness –
whether the hue is in a pure state, or muted towards gray

25. The house mixed, reduced intensity and brought a hue
toward gray.

26. • Focus on your room's best qualities by choosing a
focal point you enjoy.
• Arrange furniture for conversation.
• Choose much neutral tone-color such as gray, white
or black… and comfortable colors.
• Lighting design must be suitabled for interior style of
house.
• Not mix too much color in one other room.
Tips

27. II. Kitchen and Dinning area design
- The kitchen has received considerable more attention.
- Dinning area where family members, friend, guest have
more delicious meal together!

28. The process of working in the kitchen
1.Prepare
2.Mix
3.Cook4.Serve
5.Wash up

29. The main working functions in a kitchen are carried out
between the cooktop, the sink, and the refrigerator.
These three points and the imaginary line between
them, make up what kitchen experts call the "work
triangle".
1
3
2

30. - Three sides of work
triangle are over 5.5
to 6 meters in total.
- The distances from
the sink to the range
are not too 1.8 meters
and not have a
between entrance.

31. The food storage center:
- Hold fresh frozen, dried and canned foods.
- The refrigerator is used often and requires convenient access.
- Has cabinets to store much kinds of foods.

32. The cooking
center
- It’s located near the dinning area to make serving easier.
- The cooking unit should be planned in a place where has a hood.

33. - Fresh wash or prep sinks are used to wash produce and
vegetables.
- Garbage and recycling center are usually placed near this area.
The preparation and cleanup center

34.  Basic kitchen shapes
• In addition, peninsular and islands are useful.
Arranged in I, L, U
and corridor shapes
The corridor
shaped
The U-shapedThe L-shaped
The I-shapes

35. I-shapes
- The I-shapes kitchen in which the working triangle is reduced
to a straight line, can be the most practical solution.
- It good for use in small houses or apartments.

36. - Needed services can be planned in a minimum of space.
- Avoid making it too long.

37. L-shapes
- Has cabinets and appliances along two walls.
- The cabinets on each wall are too long.

38. - The L-shaped kitchen is ideal when you want to add a small dining
table or kitchen island.
- The L-shapes arrangement leaves a large, open floor are which can be
used for dinning.

39. U-shapes
- Has cabinets and appliances arranged on three sides of the
kitchen area.

40. If you have a large room, the
U-shaped layout is ideal. It
gives you maximum space
and plenty of storage options

41. The corridor shaped
The corridor shaped (Galley kitchens) has cabinets and
appliances on two opposite walls.

42. - It is used when a long, narrow area is available for a kitchen.
- It can be efficiently arranged.

43. A peninsula kitchen
A peninsula is a section of cabinets across the end of the kitchen that
has no wall.

44. - It forms a divider to the
next room yet is open on
the top.
- Used for a sink, surface
unit,… or any other
useful purpose.

45. An island kitchen
- It is not connected to any wall or other cabinets.
- There is appeal in the large, old fashioned,….

46. This design requires a large area because it cludes all kitchen
activities plus comfortable dinning.

47. Other planning considerations
• The kitchen should be located to allow a view of the outside
play area when children are playing.

48. • Consider safety of all-gas or all-electric kitchen
because they can make dangerously for you.
• Window is importance in a kitchen, it can make
temperature of the kitchen is less hotter.
• The kitchen must be cleaned after cooking and
eating
• …..

49. Special planning
considerations:
- Provide knee
space under
sink.
-Keep controls
of cooking unit
on front.
- Allow
adequate clear
floor area.

50. Feng sui for
kitchen design
- South-East and North-West kitchen are the best direction for
a kitchen.
- If the entrance of the house is from the North-East side then
the kitchen should always be in the South-East direction.
- Cook should face East while cooking, it will help our to cook
tasty food.

51. Leaf house
House in Binh
Thanh, HCM city

52. CHARACTERISTICS OF TROPICAL CLIMATES
• Day-time temperature is high/Night-time
temperature is low
• Little cloud covering-high intensity of direct
solar radiation
1.Hot-dry climates
• Considerable rainfall
• Relative humidity is high
• Little seasonal variety
2.Warm-humid
climates
• Two-thirds of the year is hot-dry, the other
third is warm-humid
3.Composite or
monsoon climates

53. The tropical regions of the earth

54. • Needs to be designed so as to be self-ventilating or cooling.
• Make use of prevailing wind.
1.Hot-dry climates

55. - Adequate protection against
excessive heat and heavy rain.
- Thick wall, heat storing materials.

56. + Grow trees garden on the roof.
+ Increase shading of the building in
general.

57. 2.Warm-humid climtes:
- Humidity levels are reduced as much as possible.
- Proper ventilation occurs throughout the day.
- Appliances used are well ventilated.

58. - An unobstructed air path through the interiors is important to ensure
proper ventilation.
- Balconies, verandahs and porches can be used advantageously for
day-time activities as well as protection from rainfall.

60. 3.Composite
and
Monsoon
climates
- Sometimes they are built two storeys high.
- Use courtyard to ventilated wind.

61. The roof should provide protection against heat gain in summer
and heat loss in winter.

62. Characteristics
Arid
- Reflect from the
surface of ground and
light color walls
- Contrast bright opening
surrounding inside wall
Humid
- High proportion of
the radiation diffuse –
the sky is main source
of glare

63. For solutions keep away from glare and heatTips
Keep windows on the external
elevations small and few in number
Use vertical slit windows
Window between the ceiling and
eye level
Low large window overlooking to
shading yard
Arid

64. Humid
Thin external walls made by natural meterials
Bamboo, palm leaf, sea grass,
thatch…for wall and roof
Large opening,
cross ventilation
Low overhanging
eaves/wide
verandahs
Screen/blind/wooven
mats…made by
natural material
Open
windows

66. THE END OF MY LECTURE
Thanks for your attention!