Glossary Of Terms - Built Environment

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Australian

Building Codes

Set of codes

(standards) established and enforced by local government for the structural

safety of buildings in Australia

Architectural

Design

Designing

buildings and environments with consideration for their aesthetic and

functional effect

Built

Environment

Human-made surroundings

that provide the setting for human activity ranging in scale from personal

shelter to neighborhoods to the large-scale civic surroundings

Colour

rendering

Creating

two and three dimensional in colour images showing the attributes of a

proposed architectural or engineered design

Concept

sketches

Simple sketch of a proposed product consisting of shape, size, attributes and

benefits

Drawing

Standards

Rules

associated with architectural and engineering drawings

Environmental

Design

The design of products and systems that

promotes pollution prevention and resource conservation

Fittings

& Fixtures

Items

that are added to or are inbuilt into an environmental space

Floor

plan

A 2

D representation of a the floor layout of a room or space that is drawn to a

fixed scale

Furnishings

Furniture

and its associated accessories

Interior

Design

The

design of interior spaces

Landscape

Design

The

design out spaces outside

Scale

Drawing

A method used to

enlarge or reduce a drawing while keeping the proportions the same. Generally

expressed as ratios eg 1:1, 1:2, 1:5,

and 1:10 for reducing and possibly 2:1 for

enlarging

Site

Plan

The

plan showing property boundaries & dimensions, major buildings and

features such as drive ways, name(s) of street frontage(s), the direction of

North

Space

Planning

The

process of considering a range of concepts with room items in different

positions

Structural

Design

The

design of structures that are engineered

Three

Dimensional Drawing – isometric

Drawings

that show length, width & height. Can be color rendered. Usually drawn to

scale.

Two

Dimension Drawing – plans and elevations

axonometric

Drawings

that show only 2 dimensions

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