1. Name___________________________ Due: April 7 th B Class
Q uick Fire #2: Com m ercial Floor Plan April 11 th D Class
Over the next few weeks you will be creating a scale model in class. To make sure you are still
practicing interior design out of class you will be given several out of class Quick Fire Challenges
with floor plans and elevation drawings.
TASK: Create a finished floor plan for a retail space in a strip mall that sells objects of your
choice: measuring between 2000 square feet and 5000 square feet. Apply everything that you
know about creating floor plans.
DIRECTIONS: Create a floor plan for a store that measures ¼”: 1’ scale, using your rulers and
triangles as well as the furniture templates located on the cart.
-Your retail space can sell whatever you wish: clothing; jewelry; sporting goods; etc.
-You must have space within your floor plan to:
-Sell your product
-Checkout
-Display your objects attractively to customers
-Stock objects out of customer’s sight
-Office for manager
-Bathroom
-Space for a break room for employees
-Space to receive shipments of new products
-Areas for traffic for customers to walk
Other considerations:
-Security from shoplifters
-Window displays
-Changing rooms if selling clothing
REQUIREMENTS:
-Inked floor plan using thin Sharpie pens and rulers for utmost neatness and professionalism
-Professionally titled with
Name of the Store
Floor Plan
Your Name
Date
-Name of area of the floor plan drawn in the space it occupies in capital letters
-Area of each space of the floor plan calculated and written in the space it occupies on the
graph paper in square feet
-Total square footage of the space
-Walls drawn to 1/3’ thickness
-All doors, windows, built-in’s, furniture, etc. drawn in appropriate scale with appropriate
symbols
-All lines created with rulers