The hostel must be provided with the necessary living and living conditions for living. The premises in the hostel are divided into residential, utility, and household and cultural purposes. All rooms should be equipped with the appropriate necessary equipment.
Features of the layout
Dormitories are intended for temporary residence of students and students during training or for temporary residence of workers. Depending on this, student and work hostels are distinguished. The main standard requirement in the layout of any hostel is the distribution of living space based on the standard of 6 square meters per resident.
The hostel must be equipped with such communications as central heating, water supply, garbage disposal, sewerage system, and an elevator. An elevator should be provided in a hostel with a height of 5 or more floors, a garbage chute - in a hostel with a height of 3 or more floors. Electric lighting is required. The adjacent territory should be equipped, landscaped, equipped with sidewalks and places for transport, illuminated, equipped with a sports ground.
Living rooms should be grouped in a block system. One block can contain from 3 to 10 rooms, depending on the type of block (corridor or apartment). Each block should have sanitary facilities, showers, kitchens, as well as cultural rooms. The height of the living quarters of the block should be 2, 5 or more meters, the width - 2, 2 or more meters. One room can accommodate from 1 to 4 people.
Equipment of premises
In accordance with specially developed standards, the living rooms of the hostel must be provided with furniture and bedding without fail. Each living room must have chairs and bedside tables according to the number of residents. There should be a wardrobe for clothes and shoes, eaves for curtains above the windows. The number of compartments in the wardrobes should be no less than the number of sleeping places in the room. The presence of tables, shelves, carpets can be provided.
The kitchen area should be equipped with a stove, sinks, refrigerator, cupboards, and, if possible, a table and chairs. Kitchen equipment is roughly calculated according to the following standards: 1 gas or electric stove for 3-5 people, 1 sink for 8 people, 1 table for 8 people. Domestic and sports premises are equipped with shelves and wardrobes. Household premises for washing and ironing are equipped with washing machines and dryers, ironing facilities. It is recommended to provide the hostel with means for cleaning the premises, washing clothes, performing minor repairs.
