Interior architecture drawings are used to communicate design intent and provide technical instructions for construction. There are several types of drawings used in the design and construction process. Conceptual drawings like perspectives are used early on to convey the design concept to clients. General arrangement drawings show the layout of furniture and fittings. Detail drawings include plans, sections and elevations used for design, cost estimation, and construction, providing dimensions and materials. These drawings are used by various parties like consultants, contractors, and quantity surveyors throughout the design and building process.

1. Introduction to Drawing;
Interior Architecture Drawing

2. Interior architecture drawings as a tool for
communication / drawing process

3. Stuff
• Process from design intent to finally built are as follows;
• Preparing the conceptual drawings
• Preparing general arrangement drawings to confirm layout of things
in a room
• Preparing detail drawings for the purpose of establishing scope of
works / costing
• Preparing detail drawings for the purpose of construction.
• Moving on to people who use the drawings;

4. #1, Design intent! / Conceptual drawings!
• Conceptual drawings are inclusive of drawings such as perspective
drawings and plans
• Are intended to communicate the general design intention and
concept of the space to be created
• Usually to be shown to the client to give a general feel of how the
space would look / feel like

6. #2, General arrangement drawings!
• General arrangement drawings are intended to communicate how the
space is going to be arranged
• To give an idea of how the room is supposed to be
• Placement of furniture and fitting of the space
• Basically, a layout.
• Seen by contractors to communicate the idea.

7. General arrangement drawings

8. Reference Plan

9. Pictures of general arr.

10. #3, Detail drawings!
• Detail drawings are suited the following purposes;
a. Design,
b. Tender
c. Construction
• Detail drawings consist of plans, sections and elevations detailed with
aspects such as;
1. The material used
2. The dimensions / measurements of the space / structure.
*Tender drawings; Drawings that are used for estimating/pricing the cost of
the building to be constructed.

12. Kitchen cabinet elevation

13. In “tender” purposes…
• The quantity surveyor will establish the cost of the project for the
client.
• The detail drawings are handed over to the contractors for pricing
• The price / costing of the construction is discussed and the contractor
is selected to carry out the construction of the drawings.

14. In construction purposes,
• The detail drawings are used to construct the interior architectural
works
• Drawings become a map and reference in all matters of construction

15. Who uses these drawings?
• Consultants;
• Electrical engineers --------All works relating to electricity power supply and usage will be handled
by this engineer.
(Example; lights, power sockets, fans, fridge.)
• Mechanical engineers -----Mechanical engineers will handle all works relating to mechanical parts,
such as lifts (elevators), sanitary and plumbing, air-conditioning.
• Quantity surveyors----------Will establish cost of works that need to be done based on the
architectural interior drawings. A quantity surveyor will calculate the areas, elements and items
that need to be built and establish the estimated construction cost.
• Builders; Contractors / Main builders
Sub – contractors- plumbing, timberwork, electrical, brickwork, landscape
Specialist contractors

16. Types of drawings involved
• Perspectives / 3-dimensional drawings
• Plans
• Elevations
• Sections
• Detailed

17. Perspective drawings
• An approximate representation, on a flat surface (such as paper), of
an image as it is seen by the eye. The two most characteristic features
of perspective are that objects are drawn:
• Smaller as their distance from the observer increases
• Foreshortened: the size of an object's dimensions along the line of
sight are relatively shorter than dimensions across the line of sight

18. Why perspective drawings?
• To better communicate the idea and feel of a space to the client so as
to give them understanding of the concept
• Gives the client a vision of how the space would actually look like
from a certain point of view
• Images with depth and perspective make us feel more a part of it
than flatter images. They capture how we see the world.

21. Plans, sections and elevation drawings
• 2-dimensional drawings intended as technical instructions for
construction
• To give detail on how the drawings are to be constructed
• To show details of the drawings from different angles

22. Interior elevation

23. Interior elevation

24. Plan

25. Interior elevations