residential vs commerical

required from design of commercial, it makes residential easier to understand

more complex-less complicated

residential: home

commercial: multitude of different things

-health care: specialty; profitable: knish for interior designer; if you have a background understand clinical areas of healthcare

clinical areas of healthcare: operating rooms, waiting rooms, public areas, gift shops, cafe (dining), patient rooms: hospitality, entry: health heart,

-more healthcare construction than anything: good business

- too many healthcare; raises expenses: tax payers

-if you can get specialization in clinical areas; good niche: pharmacy: NEED TO KNOW WHAT GOES ON,  LABORATORY: sub categories- micro bio, blood testing, segregated spaces within a lab and what the need is

ER, ICU:  particularly specialized

heart CAD, lab suites…ect. specialized clinical areas

How do you get involved: worked for a company providing products; furniture company clinical products; design and utilize products

-hospitals doing little by little (renovations)

problems with healthcare design:

-healthcare facilities are the most abused environments 

-24/7 operation center, materials must be durable- everything is used all the time

durability, clean-ability…ect

spaces being used 24/7 

-airports

-hospitality (resorts, hotels…)

-some restaurant

-police stations, fire stations, jails

-hospitality:

boutique hotels: quiant, more specific to clientel

-restaurant:

specific: formal, modern, derive thru, fast food

many sub categories

within:

-kitchen design: extremely specialized- appliances (some one else)

designers: layout, flow, circulation

hospital cafeteria, resort,

-corporate:

law firms, headquarters, main offices, advertising agencies, business offices

need: waiting areas, offices, executive offices, partner offices- hierarchy structure, computer rooms, conference rooms, training rooms, reception area

-retail:

stores

-institutional: 

schools, universities, school offices, gyms, arenas, 

-ecclesiastical: 

churches,  

 -government: GSA: general service administration

federal, specialized lowest discount 

GSA pricing

theatre-smaller specialized

public:

museums- smaller specialized

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as a designer:

what services you provide and breakdowns:

-specified: all the space planning, design, finished selections, furniture package, lighting: then document & hand to client or others to be bid on, not a supplier, do the design work and get a fee for it: your work and design, track daily log of time- bill those clients for those hours for your specification work

-dealership: you provide certain lines of commercial furnishings, upholstery, window coverings: specify and point of purchase 

* designers work for you, meet with client: layout, partition planning (sheet rock), they would be primarily responsible of FFandE: furniture, fixtures and equipment 

module: make selections in finished schedules in documents, selling that to the user

- not as specific as specified: selling the product on mark up

-commercial design firm: have several lines of furniture,wall coverings…etc. reps will visit and show you product representing manufactures, pull from many different manufactures, 

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