Space Types Overview
We recommend you review the space types and their classifications (below) these allow Facility and Corporate Real Estate teams to define the space types used on the floor plan and will reflect the space types used in your business
Default Space Types
Type |
Code |
Classification |
Sub classification |
Usage |
Default Capacity |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Atrium | Atrium | Vertical Penetration | Void Area | None | 0 |
Auditorium | Audit | Usable Area | Amenity Area (Building) | Common | 0 |
Bench | Bench | Usable Area | Occupant Area | Me | 1 |
Boardroom | BrdRm | Usable Area | Amenity Area (Floor) | We | 0 |
Break Rm | BreakRm | Usable Area | Amenity Area (Floor) | Common | 0 |
Building Shaft | BldgSft | Vertical Penetration | Major Vertical Penetration | None | 0 |
Cafeteria | Cafe | Usable Area | Amenity Area (Building) | Common | 0 |
Clinic | Clinic | Usable Area | Amenity Area (Building) | Common | 0 |
Data Center | DataCtr | Service Area | Building Common | None | 0 |
Desk | Desk | Usable Area | Office Area | Me | 1 |
Electrical | Elec | Service Area | Floor Service | None | 0 |
Elevator | Elev | Vertical Penetration | Major Vertical Penetration | None | 0 |
Executive Office | ExOfc | Usable Area | Office Area | Me | 1 |
Exit Stairwell | ExitStr | Vertical Penetration | Major Vertical Penetration | None | 0 |
File Rm | FileRm | Usable Area | Storage Area | None | 0 |
Focus | Quiet Rm | FocusRm | Usable Area | Amenity Area (Floor) | Common | 0 |
Food Servery | FoodServ | Usable Area | Amenity Area (Floor) | Common | 0 |
Game Rm | GameRm | Usable Area | Amenity Area (Floor) | Common | 0 |
Huddle [1-3] | Huddle | Usable Area | Amenity Area (Floor) | We | 0 |
IDF | IDF | Service Area | Floor Service | None | 0 |
Internal Stair | IntStr | Vertical Penetration | Vertical Penetration | None | 0 |
Janitor Closet | JanClo | Service Area | Floor Service | None | 0 |
Kitchen | Pantry | Kitch | Usable Area | Amenity Area (Floor) | Common | 0 |
Lab | Lab | Usable Area | Occupant Area | None | 0 |
Large Conference [21-40] | LgConf | Usable Area | Amenity Area (Floor) | We | 0 |
Library | Lib | Usable Area | Amenity Area (Floor) | Common | 0 |
Loading Dock | LoadDck | Service Area | Building Service | None | 0 |
Lobby | Lobby | Service Area | Floor Common | None | 0 |
Lounge | Lounge | Usable Area | Amenity Area (Floor) | Common | 0 |
Mail Rm | MailRm | Usable Area | Amenity Area (Building) | None | 0 |
Mechanical | Mech | Service Area | Floor Service | None | 0 |
Medium Conference [11-20] | MdConf | Usable Area | Amenity Area (Floor) | We | 0 |
Meeting Room | MeetRm | Usable Area | Amenity Area (Floor) | We | 0 |
Office | Ofc | Usable Area | Office Area | Me | 1 |
Parking Space | ParkSp | Other Area | Interior Parking | None | 0 |
Primary Circulation | PriCirc | Service Area | Primary Circulation | None | 0 |
Print | Copy Rm | PrintRm | Usable Area | Amenity Area (Floor) | Common | 0 |
Project | Team Rm | TeamRm | Usable Area | Amenity Area (Floor) | We | 0 |
Reception | Recep | Service Area | Floor Common | None | 0 |
Restroom - Men | MenRest | Service Area | Floor Service | None | 0 |
Restroom - Unisex | UniRest | Service Area | Floor Service | None | 0 |
Restroom - Women | WomRest | Service Area | Floor Service | None | 0 |
Secondary Circulation | SecCirc | Usable Area | Secondary Circulation | None | 0 |
Security Office | SecOfc | Service Area | Building Common | Me | 1 |
Small Conference [4-10] | SmConf | Usable Area | Amenity Area (Floor) | We | 0 |
Storage | Store | Usable Area | Storage Area | None | 0 |
Supply Rm | SuppRm | Usable Area | Storage Area | None | 0 |
Telecom | Telecom | Service Area | Floor Service | None | 0 |
Training | Seminar | TrainRm | Usable Area | Amenity Area (Floor) | We | 0 |
Unknown | Null | Null | Null | None | 0 |
Warehouse | WrHse | Usable Area | Storage Area | None | 0 |
Wellness | WellRm | Usable Area | Amenity Area (Building) | Common | 0 |
Work Rm | WkRm | Usable Area | Amenity Area (Floor) | None | 0 |
Workstation | WrkStn | Usable Area | Office Area | Me | 1 |
Classifications and Subclassifications
Your Space Planners can create new Space Types, however, the classifications and subclassifications are defined by Eptura.
Classification |
Subclassification |
Prorated To |
Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Area | Building Projections | N/A | A general term used to describe all projections extending beyond the exterior wall of a building. |
Other Area | Excluded Area | N/A | The portion of a floor within a building that is not suitable for occupancy by people or equipment. |
Other Area | Interior Parking | N/A | The total or partially enclosed area that is within a building and that is normally used to circulate and station vehicles. |
Other Area | Interstitial Area | N/A | The area of load-bearing surfaces located above or below occupied building floors that are not available for general occupancy often due to inadequate clear headroom, and contain building mechanical or electrical systems predominantly serving adjacent floors or to provide access to such systems. |
Other Area | Rentable Exclusions | N/A | The areas included in the Boundary Area of a Building that is excluded from the Rentable Area such as Major Vertical Penetrations, Parking Area, Occupant Storage and Storage Circulation, and Unenclosed Building. |
Other Area | Restricted Headroom | N/A | A portion of the tenant area with a height of 7 feet (2.13 meters) or less from the floor surface. |
Service Area | Base Building Circulation | Building | The minimum path necessary for access to egress stairs, elevator lobbies, toilet rooms, refuge areas, building lobbies, and entrances, ignoring tenant/occupant space configuration on the floor. |
Service Area | Building Common | Building | Fully-enclosed space within a building that benefits all occupants of that building but which does not accommodate tenant personnel, furniture, fixtures, or equipment. The usual example is the first-floor building's entry lobby. May include additional spaces like the building engineer’s office, building HVAC areas, and loading docks. |
Service Area | Building Service | Building | Portions of a building that provide services that enable occupants to work in that building. These areas may include but are not limited to main & auxiliary lobbies, building corridors, mechanical rooms, equipment rooms, building electrical rooms, fire control rooms, loading docks, building storage, building offices, etc. |
Service Area | Floor Common | Floor | Fully-enclosed space on a floor that benefits all occupants of that floor but does not accommodate the tenant's personnel, furniture, fixtures, and equipment. The usual examples are toilets, janitor’s closets, electrical closets, and HVAC equipment rooms serving only the floor upon which they are located. |
Service Area | Floor Service | Floor | A portion of a specific floor that provides services that enable occupants to work on that floor. Examples of floor service areas include the following areas that primarily service only the floor upon which they are located; restrooms, janitorial closets, electrical and telephone closets, mechanical rooms. |
Service Area | Inter Building Service Area | Building | Portion of a building complex or campus that provides services that enables occupants to work in one or more buildings within the complex or campus. These areas may include but are not limited to loading docks, engineer's office or central mechanical rooms. |
Service Area | Interior Encroachment | Floor | Base building element that is located inside a building, not on an outer wall, and that prevents the use of the floor area for furniture, equipment, circulation, or other occupant function. |
Service Area | Perimeter Encroachment | Floor | Base building element or restricted area that is located inside the dominant portion of a building on the outer wall and that prevents the use of the floor area for furniture, equipment, circulation or other occupant function |
Service Area | Primary Circulation | Floor | The portion of a building that is a public corridor or lobby. It is further defined as space required for access by all occupants on a floor to stairs, elevators, restrooms, and building entrances or tenant space entry points on multi-tenant floors. |
Service Area | Tenant Area (Service) | N/A | Any portion of a Building that provides Services or Circulation necessary for Occupants to work in the Building. |
Usable Area | Inter Building Amenity Area | Building | Refers to a space or area within a building that serves two or more buildings within a Campus and is not used exclusively by any one occupant such as a gym or cafeteria. |
Usable Area | Amenity Area (Building) | Building | A portion of a building that adds convenience for all occupants of a building and that is not used exclusively by anyone occupant. Examples include building conference rooms, daycare centers, fitness centers, showers, or vending areas. |
Usable Area | Amenity Area (Floor) | Floor | A portion of a building that adds convenience for the occupants of a floor or building and that is not used exclusively by anyone occupant. |
Usable Area | Occupant Area | N/A | A portion of a building where an occupant normally houses personnel, equipment, fixtures, furniture, supplies, goods, or merchandise. The total aggregated area used by the occupant before the load factors are applied, consisting of Tenant Area and Tenant Ancillary Area. |
Usable Area | Office Area | N/A | A portion of a building where an occupant normally houses personnel, equipment, fixtures, furniture, supplies, goods, or merchandise. |
Usable Area | Restricted Area | N/A | An area to which access is limited to specific or authorized persons, and usually under specified conditions. |
Usable Area | Secondary Circulation | Floor | The portion of a building or floor required for access to some subdivision of space that is not defined as primary circulation. Secondary circulation may or may not be surrounded by walls or furniture panels |
Usable Area | Storage Area | N/A | Space suitable only for the storage of materials and equipment and not for use by personnel, by virtue of inadequate lighting, finishes, environmental controls, power, access, egress, or ceiling height. |
Usable Area | Tenant Ancillary Area | N/A | A specified portion of the Occupant Area located outside the physical boundaries of Tenant Area |
Usable Area | Tenant Area | N/A | A portion of the Occupant Area that is suitable for occupancy and is used exclusively by a tenant for their personnel, furniture, equipment, storage, support, and processes |
Usable Area | Tenant Area (Useable) | N/A | A portion of the Occupant Area that is suitable for occupancy and is for the Exclusive Use of the Occupant. |
Vertical Penetration | Building Core | Building | The "guts" of a building, which normally includes building elevators, restrooms, smoke towers, fire stairs, mechanical shafts, janitorial, electrical, and phone closets. |
Vertical Penetration | Major Vertical Penetration | Building | The area used for an opening in a floor of a building to accommodate vertical service area and vertical circulation area. Excluded from the rentable area. |
Vertical Penetration | Occupant Void Area | Building | The non-permanent discretionary floor opening between two or more floors within the tenant area that is for the exclusive use of an occupant. |
Vertical Penetration | Vertical Penetration | Building | A portion of a building that is specifically designed to facilitate the vertical movement of people in the building by means of stairs, elevators, and escalators |
Vertical Penetration | Void Area | Building | The absence of floor space spanning multiple stories within an enclosed building |