Is anyone an Architect?

[Katymac]

Cos I am trying (badly) to design a nursery

I need some tips....pretty please

I need help

TIA
KMc

as in build one? why do you need an architect rather than an interior designer? are you having a house build for instance? ooo how exciting

Well in theory I have this empty portacabin.......

& I have to fit

4 rooms
a kitchen
lots of loos
storage
staff room
office

in there somehow (& they all need access to all the other bits)

An Architect would probably be an Architect. Sorry to be no help whatsoever.

SofiaAmes is an architect but I haven't seen her around for a while. Katy, why not call a few of those home makeover TV shows and see if any are interested in helping you out? There's one on daytime TV (channel four?) with a fat bloke who used to be a builder and a thin bloke who draw up house designs for people but I can't think what it's called, sorry!

Thanks - so far I don't even know how big the portacabin is?

Hi my dh is an architectm ,aybe he can help. It takes a while to do drawings and get planning persission, I do know. When were you thinking of starting? DH is out tonight but hell help. HTH.
BTW it must be huge and where is it going?!

Thanks Jollymum - I'd appreciate any input

It (may) be going in the grounds of the school???

I have to be ready to go at the end of Sept

The problem is that all the rooms need access to most of the "other" bits (kitchen, loos etc) & I want to avoid havong things twice (or even 3 times)

seems a pretty short time scale. And it seems a lot to cram into one portacabin. Do you have to get planning permission - change of use etc ? Is it worth spending the money needed to do this on a temporary building ? Have you thought about drainage, water, leccy etc ?

You could try the yellow pages for architects and architectural technicians (your in Norfolk - I think ? There is an architectural technician in Wymondham a friend used).

In the mean time get a scale plan of the portacabin - work out the min size needed for things like loos, - cut little bits of paper to scale and try arranging them in the space - that will give you an idea of the most wrokable layout.

Thanks Throkenholt - the portacabin can be of variable size (one I'm looking at is 18 x 9.6)

If you see here I have considered some of these things

I definatley cannot afford a permanent structure & that would be even less likely to be allowed by planning

Drains are my biggest worry - both the school and planning would like me as far away as possible - however that means up to 100m of drains and that cost frightens me

I'm trying to avoid paying too many extra people and the portacabin people will do the drawings once I have figured out the best layout (they like one big room with everything off or lots of corridors....I don't)

End of Sept is my date to present the proposal Sept 07 is the opening date (I hope that seems a better timescale)

ooh yes - a much less frightening timescale !

Looks like you have thought out lots of the options. Then I guess the little bits of paper thing is the next stage (we did that when planning our extension - which is actually bigger than the original house and involves remodelling the whole house) - it really helps visualise things I found.

Still not sure I can achieve it tho'

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