All these are necessary to use the room in a comfortable way. Now the “imposed” elements are the furniture in the room, other accessories that will occupy the space in a bedroom.Ī typical bedroom will have a double bed, wardrobe, dressing table, side tables, study table, book shelf etc. All these spaces have work like supplementary role in a bedroom. The architectural elements already present in a bedroom would be attached toilet and its entrance door, attached terrace or backyard entry and attached study room. A bedroom is always a part of the entire home plan. Also, it is important to note that no one builds bedrooms in isolation. Let’s consider the bedroom for the sake of this article.Ī typical bedroom will have certain architectural elements attached to it at the time of construction of the building and certain “imposed” later for the sake of proper function. Volume gets defined by three factors, length, breadth and height of the habitable room.īut irrespective of the volume both types of buildings mentioned above have “spaces” enclosed within. A cinema theatre and a bedroom will surely have different purposes and hence volume.

The volume, which gets contained in a building, varies according to the use of the building. By universal space, I mean the cosmos or the gigantic vastness in which our planet and all other planets survive. The volume that gets enclosed in an architectural structure is just a tiny fraction of the vast amount of “universal space”. In interior design, any volume which is being contained within masonry walls and is habitable is normally termed as space. When talking about positive and negative spaces it is important to first understand the term “space” in itself. Let’s have a look in more detail, what are they. We have all heard interior designers talk about positive and negative spaces.

Positive and negative space definition