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Meantolearn Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

open floor plan

What is it?

What does 'open' mean here?

Thanks,
  

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'Open floor plan' could be a synonym to 'open space layout'. This would refer to office building layouts where instead of having a corridor and separate rooms with one or few desks in each you'd have a big single wall-to-wall room where desks are usually separated with partitions. At least that's the way I understand it...

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  • 'Open floor plan' could be a synonym to 'open space layout'.
  • This would refer to office building layouts where instead of having a corridor and separate rooms with one or few desks in each you'd have a big single wall-to-wall room where desks are usually separated with partitions.
  • At least that's the way I understand it...
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'Open floor plan' could be a synonym to 'open space layout'. This would refer to office building layouts where instead of having a corridor and separate rooms with one or few desks in each you'd have a big single wall-to-wall room where desks are usually separated with partitions.

At least that's the way I understand it...

And also, worth mentioning : there is I think an expressi
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It is probably not limited to office only. It can be applied to your houses also.

Can someone confirm?

Thanks,
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Yes, it's a term that can be applied, and is, to houses-- for the same reason.

Here's an example, notice no separating walls between the different functional living areas. (Of course the bathroom is enclosed.): http://www.amlrv.com/810ws-over.html
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Hi Dave,

Thanks for the confirmation.

Sounds strange. People cook, eat, talk, watch TV and sleep in the same big area.

There're no walls to separate them. Is it so?
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Yeh, I bet there's not alot of those kinds of living spaces for people living with children.
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Thanks for the follow-up.
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