Room data sheets provide systematic reviews of a building’s needs and play a significant role in the planning design, development and project development. They aid in communication in quality assurance, communication, and change management.

They are usually created during the briefing (architectural programming in the US) phases of a project in order to convey the client’s requirement for each space type. They are then used as an initial basis for a specification to assist contractors and design teams comprehend what is expected from the spaces, and also to ensure that the proposed solution is in line with the client’s requirements.

Architects design room data sheets using interviews with clients and stakeholders. They are typically a work-in-progress and can be an “living document” until the design team has gotten their hands on them.

When creating a sheet of data for a space, it is important to remember to categorize everything as general or “specific”. One general requirement could be that offices must be soundproofed up to a certain level but specific requirements could include:

Layer’s digital room sheets and predefined listlists allow you to gather all needed information in a systematic and efficient way. This allows designers to think in a systematic manner and take into account all requirements, thus reducing the possibility of omitting or ignoring something. When you link your data sheets to an IFC floorplan you can create adjacency charts internet to understand how requirements are translated into spatial solutions.