18ARC72-MMBC VII

INTERIOR RESIDENTIAL
CONSTRUCTION:
Detail of wardrobes and showcases in wood, ferro cement and
stone.

Ar. Sindhushree R Prasad and Ar. Shree Lalitha

BMSCA
Different Type of Wardrobe
Design

Sliding Door Wardrobe Design

Hinged Door Wardrobe Design Free-standing Wardrobe Design ▪ They offer the biggest advantage of
▪ saving the space by not taking up
▪ The shutter or door is attached to the closet with With free-standing wardrobes, the space for the
storage does not lie only inside of the wardrobe but the room in front of them.
strong hinges
also above it ▪ Doesn’t hinder the traffic flow in
the room.
▪ he biggest advantage of this wardrobe is their
▪ Makes the best use of vertical space in a bedroom. ▪ This wardrobe design works well in
shutters can swing wide open outwardly at a
small and confined spaces.
90-degree angle and enable a full view of the closet,
▪ They offer an immense amount of flexibility in ▪ Because of this sliding nature, it can
also service large rooms that need a
▪ One disadvantage of this kind of wardrobe is they terms of choosing colours, finishes and door types
lengthy wardrobe.
take up space while swinging outwards and opening
▪ One disadvantage of this design is
into the room.
it conceals one side of the
wardrobe and does not allow for a
full view of the contents at one
time.
 Walk-In Wardrobe Design Lacquered glass wardrobe

▪ Provide sufficient space for storage ▪ Created to adorn interiors while adding Mirrored Wardrobe
▪ To sort and organise your accessories more effectively panache and beauty to spaces.
▪ Cons of lacquered glass include ▪ Create more light,
-breaking easily if they are not made of ▪ Brighten up a room considerably
toughened glass or undergone heat ▪ Help make a room feel more spacious
hardening to make them withstand high
temperatures.

-They will scratch; although most glass

manufactures will include a lamination on the
painted glass surface to make it resistant to
scratch, with time as it gets used, it
eventually scratches.
Different materials used in Wardrobes

Plywood MDF Particle board Glass Solid wood

Most durable Most versatile Durable to an extent Contemporary appeal Most durable

Ply- putting together MDF or Medium Particle An engineered wardrobe Makes solid structure It stands the test of time and
sheets upon sheets of Fibreboard consists of wood material made from waste look lighter and also has the visual appeal of
wood veneer. residue that’s been wood chips and sawdust. encourage homeowners natural textures, striations
hammered down into sheets. to keep the interiors and colour differences.
clean
They are evenly distributed Since fine particles are used in particleboard isn’t as It is resistant to most
in strength and can create the making, the resulting strong as plywood or MDF wear and tear and can be
solid layers. surface is typically smooth wiped down for
and even, without bumps and fingerprints and stains.
knots.
Plywood is a considerably MDF is relatively An eco- friendly option, Can be incorporated with Solid wood is heavy and can
lighter and easier affordable—and much Costs less in comparison to any other materials like be susceptible to scratches
wardrobe material to work cheaper than plywood—in MDF and plywood and Ply/solid wood. And and nicks if not taken care of
with. Plywood comes in addition to being often comes available as colored, properly.
larger sheets, which means environmentally friendly for pre-laminated, which opaque or transparent
minimal wastage and using waste wood. Smooth reduces the Glass.
larger surface areas edges allow for decorative decision-making process.
covered with a single cuts and corners, which
sheet. makes it one of the best
material for wardrobe designs
in terms of versatility!
Property Plywood MDF Particleboards

Medium density fiberboard (MDF) is

Plywood is made of thin sheets of Particleboard is a combination of
made of very fine wood fibers that are
Composition wood veneer that are laminated in wood chips, shavings, fibers, and
glued and compressed under great
alternating directions. adhesives.
pressure .

MDF is not as hard as plywood and can

High strength. Plywood is good at Low Strength. Particleboard cannot
Strength be damaged easily when roughly
providing rigidity for structures. support heavy loads.
handled.

Cross graining of plywood improves As the moisture content of MDF

Shape Deformity dimensional stability by reducing changes, it is subject to dimensional Expands too much due to Moisture.
expansion and shrinkage. changes.

Because it consists of such fine The softer and more brittle

Nails and screws will hold strongly
particles, MDF doesn't hold screws composition of particle boards, may
Screw/Nails Holding Capacity because of its stronger cross-grain
very well, and stripping of screw holes not hold up well against nails and
pattern.
may occur in the long run. screws, and could fall apart.

Around Rs. 50-150/sqft depending on Rs. 40-80/sqft depending on interior

Cost Rs. 15-50/sqft
Brand and type of plywood. or exterior grade.
Ferrocement

Definition: a composite structural material comprising thin sections

consisting of cement mortar reinforced by a number of closely
spaced layers of steel wire mesh.- ACI Concrete Terminology

▪ Ferrocement is a type of thin-wall reinforced concrete

commonly constructed of hydraulic-cement mortar reinforced
with closely spaced layers of continuous and relatively small
wire mesh.

▪ The mesh may be made of metallic or other suitable materials.

Ferrocement has a very high tensile strength-to-weight ratio and
superior cracking behavior in comparison to conventional
reinforced concrete.

▪ Unlike conventional concrete, ferrocement reinforcement can

be assembled into its final desired shape and the mortar can be
plastered directly in place without the use of a form.

Video link – Construction of Ferrocement wardrobes/ Shelves

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0MqhWAF0dY
Calculating sqft the right way- Costing for interiors
The per square feet in interiors is actually calculated by
measuring the surface area of the exposed furniture using
two adjacent sides. For example, in case of a wardrobe of 7ft
height and 6ft width:
Cost = area x per sqft rate

Details of a Built-in wardrobe

Details of a Walk-in wardrobe
FIXTURE DETAILS- HINGES
SLIDING WARDROBE DETAILS
 Exploded Carcass Assembly
● The profiles used for carcass frame are 25mm thick profiles.
● These can be from veneered MDF sheet or melamine board. There’s also veneered chipboard, but the MDF
version is much nicer to work with.
● The back panels can be thinner – 12mm thick in this case. and the drawers are cut from 16mm sheet.
Veneered panels come in a wide range of finishes.
) WOODEN DOWELS

These profiles could be fixed together in number of few different ways – but we’re only going to focus on one method here. And that is using timber dowels.First,
we need to drill aligning holes on the inside faces two profiles we want to fix together, add a bit of wood glue, insert the dowels into the holes and then push the
profiles together.

Size of the dowel depends on the thickness of the material, and a good rule of thumb is to always use dowels that have a diameter less than half of the profile
thickness. The dowels used here are ∅8mm x 30mm so the hole size comes out as ∅8mm by 16mm deep on both joining panels
DRAWER ASSEMBLY

These drawers are made from 16mm

profiles and use push-to-open drawer
runners. In other words, there is no need
for handles.
SHELVING & LIGHTING
All shelving used in this wardrobe are from the same 25mm sheet as the carcass. The profiles are cut to
give a snug fit (0.5 mm tolerance on either side), and held in place with hidden plug in shelf supports.
This also means that the shelves will be removable. These pins are inserted into holes in the carcass
profile leaving part of the pin sticking out. This ‘sticking out bit’ then goes into a rebate in the shelving
profile, leaving the pin largely hidden.
● In order to add some LED lighting, we need to modify the shelf
profile a little bit. First, the LED strip housing needs to be rebated
into the profile so that it sits nice and flush.
● Therefore the size of the routed slot depends on the housing
profile you’re going to use.
● The LED housing used in this example has the light angled at 45
degrees.
● We want to light the inside of the shelf compartment and not have
glare coming outside of it.
● Having an angled light is a good way to direct the light where we
want it.
SLIDING WARDROBE- DETAILS
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