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Interiorscape Assessment Project Kappa Sigma - Common Area

Interiorscape Assessment Project Kappa Sigma - Common Area. HORT – 3140 Dr. Thomas March 28, 2006. Kappa Sigma House. Address: 160 River Road – Athens, GA. 30605 The house has two main common areas. The upstairs common area is for social gathering.

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Interiorscape Assessment Project Kappa Sigma - Common Area

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  1. Interiorscape Assessment ProjectKappa Sigma - Common Area HORT – 3140 Dr. Thomas March 28, 2006

  2. Kappa Sigma House • Address: 160 River Road – Athens, GA. 30605 • The house has two main common areas. • The upstairs common area is for social gathering. • The downstairs common area is for large dinners and band parties. • I have chosen the upstairs common area for this project.

  3. Common Area Floor Plan • The room is 31’ x 33.5’ overall. • There are three couches and three coffee tables in the center of the room, facing the T.V. in the top left corner. • Ceiling height is 15’

  4. Common Area Photographs

  5. Analysis - Aesthetics • The common area is a large room in the shape of a square. It has an overlook area which looks down onto another common area that is used for dining. • The walls are concrete blocks that are painted white. • The only decorations on the walls are several large composite pictures. • The room has large ceilings, so large plants can be used in this space. • The floor is white, “stick on” tiles with a red rectangle border a few feet from each wall. • The home-made television stand is poorly crafted and the paint is peeling. Plants need to be placed accordingly to block the view of the stand.

  6. Analysis – Temperature and Air Movement • The temperature range is anywhere from a low of 60 degrees in the winter to a high of 85 degrees in the summer time. This is an ideal range for a many indoor plant species. • The air movement in the room is good. In winter months, people are walking in and out of the double door entry every 30 minutes or so during the day. Plants that are susceptible to cold frost should not be placed near the entry. • In warm months, the double doors remain open all day and sometimes all night. Also, 2 large fans are blowing all day and night as well. • The air movement is very high during summer months. The increased air movement in the summer time will increase water intake as well. The watering schedule would need to be more frequent in the summer months.

  7. Analysis – Light Levels The light levels in the room are also good. The building has many windows on the east and west sides of the building. The light meter readings were recorded on an overcast day.

  8. Analysis – Light Levels • The light meter readings were recorded on an overcast day. • There was a reading of 340 constantly along the wall where the double door entry is located, and there was a 260 constant reading along the edge where the overlook area is located.

  9. Analysis – Light Levels • Fluorescent lights in the common area stay on 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to prevent burglary. • There was a constant reading of a 260 fluorescent light level in the room.

  10. Analysis Conclusion • After this analysis, I have come to the conclusion that this room is entirely too plain. Plants are obviously the missing ingredient that could make this room much more pleasing to the human senses. Not only does this room need plants, this room has great conditions for growing plants.

  11. Proposed Planting Locations • The circles and rectangular boxes represent plant containers. • The numbers represent the different species that will be placed into the containers. • This design uses a variety of different species. • The plant heights have been chosen to fit there given location. • Views have NOT been blocked across the room. • Low planters have been placed in front of hanging pictures.

  12. Plant Legend & Data Sheet

  13. Selling Points • Improved aesthetic appearance • Fraternity Colors are Red, Green, and White. Currently only Red and White are in the room. Adding plants gives you all three colors in a creative way. • Plants will cleanse the air. – Help with odors and other air borne pollutants. Important for confined living spaces for many people. • Micro-climate improvement – Transpiration will help cool the room in the hot summer months. The more plants, the more impact it will have. • Selling point during formal rush – This will make the Kappa Sigma House stand out because no other fraternity houses have a collection of indoor plants as large as this design. Rushee’s will remember visiting this house. • Member’s parents will be extremely impressed when they visit the next time for parent’s weekend. • Alumni will also be extremely impressed the next time that they visit the house during football season. They might donate more money, seeing that some money is being used to improve the appearance of the house.

  14. Installation Costs • Labor Costs – 6hrs @ $100/hr - $600 • Container Costs - $2,600 • Soil Costs - $200 • Plants - $1,200 • 15% Profit Mark up – ~$700 • TOTAL - $5,300

  15. Information Gathered From: • Plant Costs : http://www.zplantsinc.com/default.htm • Container Costs: http://www.plantcontainers.com/index.php

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