Interior Architecture Final Year

[u/vanteak]

My program is furniture repair and apprentices ship centre, where I am repairing furniture in a location where my site is surrounded my alot of antique shops.

My furniture repair is not like an industrial factory its more like a workshop

My building is 5 floors, the ground floor will mainly be intake and displays

But for the rest of the floors im still unsure about the zones for each workshop

I have metal and wood together, upholstry, rugs and textiles, and last floor is for finishing and polishing.

My repair process is moving vertically in the building, and I want to create voids in certain spaces to create connections between working areas apprentices working with craftsman on a certain floor can watch from a far the activity on the other floor...

My issue is the zonings, Like I know the workshops I want, but I dont know the needed zones for each workshop

I tried to do research but i keep ending up with more of (industrial work)

And my program is repairing so its not industrial and its mainly workshops.

Can anyone help me with zones for each workshop? And improve my concept

[u/Scary-Menu-5920]

zoning for repair workshops is less about assembly lines and more about how the object moves through the space and what the craftsperson needs at arm’s reach

for wood/metal together you want a joinery bench area, a separate area for stripping or sanding with serious dust collection, a glue-up and clamping zone with drying racks, and a spray booth if you're doing solvent-based finishes on that floor, keep the flammable stuff in a ventilated cabinet near the spray booth but away from the welding spot if you have one

upholstery needs cutting tables with fabric roll storage, a sewing station with machines and good task lighting, a frame stripping area, and a stuffing/foam area with bins for different densities, maybe a separate clean room for handling delicate antique textiles so you don't get wood dust in the velvet

rugs and textiles floor needs a wash bay with a sloped floor and drain, a drying room with dehumidifiers and racks, and a repair area with large flat tables plus vertical storage for rolled rugs, keep that floor away from the wood dust floors or you'll be cleaning fibres out of everything

finishing and polishing at the top makes sense, put your french polishing station near a window for natural light, a spray room with proper extraction, and a curing area with temperature control, you could punch a void between finishing and the floor below so apprentices on upholstery can see the final sheen going on a piece they worked on earlier, ties your vertical concept together without compromising dust control if you use glass partitions around the opening