Building spaces definition
Uniclass is a voluntary classification system for the construction industry that can be used for structuring project information, such as building information models (BIM). It was created in 1997 by the Construction Project Information committee (CPIC).
The most recent version of Uniclass, Uniclass 2015, (maintained and updated by the NBS) suggests that:
"In buildings, spaces are provided for various activities to take place. In some cases a space is only suitable for one activity, for example a kitchen, but a school hall may be used for assemblies, lunches, sports, concerts and dramas. Also classed as spaces are transport corridors that run between two locations, such as London Kings Cross to Newcastle, or the M1 from London to Leeds."
A list of articles about building spaces on Designing Buildings Wiki is presented below:
- Access rooms.
- Arcade.
- Attic
- Basement
- Bathroom definition.
- Blind arcade.
- British post-war mass housing.
- Cellar.
- Circulation space.
- Colonnade.
- Concealed space.
- Condominium.
- Conservatory.
- Corridor.
- Crawl space.
- Duplex.
- Escalators.
- Extension.
- Fire compartment.
- Floor.
- Habitable room.
- Inner room.
- Landing definition.
- Lifts.
- Loft.
- Loggia.
- Maisonette.
- Penthouse.
- Principal habitable room.
- Protected escape route.
- Room for residential purposes.
- Sanitary accommodation.
- Space classifications for lighting controls.
- Stairs.
- Unprotected escape route.
- Utility room.
- Water closet.
[edit] Find out more
[edit] Related articles on Designing Buildings Wiki
- Anthropometrics in architectural design.
- Architectural styles.
- Assembly.
- Building activities definition.
- Building activities.
- Building complex.
- Building component.
- Building element.
- Building entities.
- Building products.
- Building system.
- Built environment.
- Construction Project Information committee.
- Construction works.
- NBS.
- Space.
- Types of building.
- Uniclass 2015.
- Uniclass.
- Use class.
Featured articles and news
When is there a right to light, and what happens if it is obstructed?
Infrastructure nationalisation
What would the nationalisation of economic infrastructure mean for GB?
A new guide to improving value by reducing design error.
We've reached 80,000 page views a day and 10,000 registered users. Why not join them?
A masterplan is a framework within which a location is encouraged to develop or change. Read our introductory article.
New consultation announced on a specialist Housing Court to settle landlord-tenant disputes.
Inclusive cities and transport
ICE responds to a transport consultation advising the government to make decisions enabling more inclusive cities.
BRE and Loughborough University complete first phase refurbishment of demonstration home.
How the risk of collapse of fibrous plaster ceilings is being addressed in theatres.
We’re looking for a full-time Editor
If you’re a great writer and have practical experience of the construction industry, it could be you.
Frustrated by long documents or technical jargon? Put off by sign-up forms or costs? Take this 5 min survey to help improve construction knowledge.