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10/26/15 Progressive Education for Event Professionals Wedding & Event Design ! with Lindsay Landman ! 1 1 Week 6: Space & Floor Planning 2 Week 6: Space & Floor Planning Designing Your Space 3 1 10/26/15 Function First Design Your

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Progressive Education for Event Professionals

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Wedding & Event Design!

with Lindsay Landman!

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Week 6: Space & Floor Planning

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Designing Your Space

Week 6: Space & Floor Planning

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Function First

Design Your Space to Be Used Design Your Space to Be Used

  • Consider the type of program

Consider the type of program

  • Meeting

Meeting

  • Awards

Awards

  • Dancing

Dancing

  • Performance

Performance

  • Consider the type of food service

Consider the type of food service

  • Cocktail party

Cocktail party

  • Buffet or Stations

Buffet or Stations

  • Family style

Family style

  • Passed

Passed

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Function First

Design Your Space to Be Safe Design Your Space to Be Safe

  • Clearance

Clearance

  • Service doors

Service doors

  • Fire exits

Fire exits

  • Service passage

Service passage

  • Crowd control and comfort

Crowd control and comfort

  • Well-sized room

Well-sized room

  • Proper clearance from walls, lights, heat

Proper clearance from walls, lights, heat

  • Easy access to service areas

Easy access to service areas

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Create Experience

Go From a “Room” to an “Environment” Go From a “Room” to an “Environment”

  • Establish flow

Establish flow

  • Movement and passage from one space or part of a space to the next

Movement and passage from one space or part of a space to the next

  • Ease and inclination of movement

Ease and inclination of movement

  • Reveal design

Reveal design

  • Showcase design elements strategically

Showcase design elements strategically

  • Maximize architecture and elements

Maximize architecture and elements

  • Natural beauty within the space

Natural beauty within the space

  • Capitalize on natural assets

Capitalize on natural assets

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Common Space Challenges

Week 6: Space & Floor Planning

Consider Challenges

Acknowledge Design Boundaries Acknowledge Design Boundaries

  • Shape and size

Shape and size

  • Uniquely shaped rooms can limit size and shape of tables and

Uniquely shaped rooms can limit size and shape of tables and

  • ther furniture
  • ther furniture
  • Fixtures

Fixtures

  • Built-in stages,

Built-in stages, dancefloors dancefloors, etc. can present limits , etc. can present limits

  • Light

Light

  • Location of lights and windows can impact how your design

Location of lights and windows can impact how your design reads reads

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Consider Challenges

  • Uniquely shaped rooms can limit size and shape of tables and

Uniquely shaped rooms can limit size and shape of tables and

  • ther furniture
  • ther furniture
  • Built-in stages,

Built-in stages, dancefloors dancefloors, etc. can present limits , etc. can present limits

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When a Space is Too Big

DO DO

  • Consider square and rectangular tables

Consider square and rectangular tables

  • Cluster tables/elements to maintain intimacy

Cluster tables/elements to maintain intimacy

  • Enlarge fixtures like bars and buffets

Enlarge fixtures like bars and buffets

  • Keep fixtures away from the walls

Keep fixtures away from the walls

  • Plan seating around main focal points and highlight focal points

Plan seating around main focal points and highlight focal points

  • Use lighting to create zones/destinations

Use lighting to create zones/destinations

  • Avoid perimeter

Avoid perimeter uplighting uplighting

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When a Space is Too Big

DO DO

  • Use gobo patterns to fill in space on floors and walls

Use gobo patterns to fill in space on floors and walls

  • Use pipe and drape, trees/shrubbery and stretch fabric structures

Use pipe and drape, trees/shrubbery and stretch fabric structures to veil unused space to veil unused space

  • Build staging to fill in presentation or performance environment

Build staging to fill in presentation or performance environment

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When a Space is Too Big

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When a Space is Too Big

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When a Space is Too Big

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When a Space is Too Big

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When a Space is Too Big

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When a Space is Too Small

DO DO

  • Limit fabrics and upholstery

Limit fabrics and upholstery

  • Consider more architectural or minimalistic design elements

Consider more architectural or minimalistic design elements

  • Use built-ins

Use built-ins

  • Add more guests to tables to free up real estate

Add more guests to tables to free up real estate

  • Suspend decorative elements

Suspend decorative elements

  • Pass food and drinks to limit bars/buffets/stations

Pass food and drinks to limit bars/buffets/stations

  • Stick to round tables

Stick to round tables

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When a Space is Too Small

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When a Space is Too Small

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When a Space is Too Small

DON’T DON’T

  • Pretend the problem doesn’t exist!

Pretend the problem doesn’t exist!

  • Sacrifice comfort or safety for design

Sacrifice comfort or safety for design

  • Forget to manage the temperature

Forget to manage the temperature

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Floor Plans

Week 6: Space & Floor Planning

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Floor Planning 101

A scale floor plan is the NUMBER ONE most important tool A scale floor plan is the NUMBER ONE most important tool for an event designer! for an event designer! If a venue does not provide you with a scale floor plan, you must If a venue does not provide you with a scale floor plan, you must take the necessary measures to create one yourself: take the necessary measures to create one yourself:

  • Laser measuring device

Laser measuring device

  • Tape measure

Tape measure

  • Photos

Photos A web-based program like A web-based program like AllSeated.com AllSeated.com is free and will create is free and will create scale scale floorplans floorplans of any venue for you in just 2 days!

  • f any venue for you in just 2 days!

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The Power of the {Floor} Plan

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No labels, no dimensions = No use!

The Power of the {Floor} Plan

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The Power of the {Floor} Plan

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The Power of the {Floor} Plan Floor Planning Tips and Tricks

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Table shapes/sizes

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Floor Planning Tips and Tricks

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Table Spacing

  • 6’ from table edge to

table edge

  • 2’ from chair back to

chair back

  • 2’ sq. area for each

chair

Clearance

  • 6’ from service doors

and exits

  • Consider the

direction in which doors open

  • Learn local and

venue regulations

Bar/buffet placement

  • 6’ minimum from front and

side edges to nearest object

  • Consider staffing behind bars

and buffets

  • Consider direction of lines

and how guests will gather

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Progressive Education for Event Professionals

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Wedding & Event Design!

with Lindsay Landman!