Room data sheets offer a thorough overview of the building’s requirements. They are vital in the design, planning, and project development. They facilitate communication in quality assurance, communication, and change management.
They are usually created during the briefing (architectural programming in the US) phases of a project to communicate the client’s requirements for each type of space. Then, they are utilized to create specifications that help designers and contractors determine what the client would like from the space and ensures any proposed solution is in line with the requirements of the client.
Architects create room data sheets through interviews with stakeholders and clients. They are usually a work in progress and can be a living document until the design team has agreed on them.
When creating a data sheet to the space, it’s important to to categorize the items you create as ‘general’ or “specific”. A common requirement could be that an office must be soundproofed to a certain extent, while specific requirements may include:
With Layer’s standardized digital here room templates for data sheets and pre-defined picklists, you can collect all the required information in a simplified and efficient manner. This helps designers think strategically and to consider all needs, reducing the likelihood of forgetting or omitting something. When you link your data sheets with an IFC floorplan it is possible to create adjacency charts to understand how requirements are transformed into spatial solutions.
