CEILING

INTERIOR DESIGN
SEM –V

MADE BY :-

DEV DUTT SHARMA

ASHISH CHAUHAN
DEEPAK GOEL
CONTEXT
1. INTRODUCTION

2. TYPE OF CEILING

3. MATERIAL

4. SECTIONAL DETAIL
WHAT IS CEILING ?
A ceiling is a
overhead interior
surface that
covers the upper
limit of room.
• Coved ceiling
• Shed ceiling
Suspended ceiling
• Suspended ceilings are
secondary ceiling suspended from
the structural floor slab above,
creating a void between the
underside of the floor slab and the
top of the suspended ceiling.
• The gap between a suspended
ceiling and the  structural floor slab
above is often between 3 to 8 inches
which is why they are often referred
to as dropped ceiling or false ceiling
False Ceiling
• Its suspended ceiling from main ceiling .
Suspension is fixed to the walls ,roof or
beams of the superstructure
PURPOSE :-
• It improves aesthical appearance (form,
color ) & proportion by managing room
height.
• Air conditioning.
• Provides Insulation from heat.
Ordinary ceiling

These ceilings have a standard

drywall finish and are made of
lower-cost materials, requiring
easy installation. Conventional
ceilings are plain and flat.
 Coved Ceiling
• A coved ceiling is typically found in formal rooms,
theaters, or churches. The Vatican, for example,
houses one of the most famous coved ceilings in
the world. 
• Forming a dome-like design, this concave ceiling
• Curved edges instead of sharp angles between
• The ceiling and walls and is often built using curved
molding or framing. The coves start from the top
of the main wall and extend up to the ceiling itself.
 Shed Ceiling
• Shed, or single-slope, ceilings are typically found on the
top story of a home, either in the attic or loft.

• Creating a distinct look for your room, a shed ceiling

will begin at a high point at one wall, then slope down
toward the opposite wall.

• In commercial architecture, the shed ceiling mirrors a

shed roof structure. It also offers designers a great deal
of flexibility. Wood ceilings can also be suspended on a
slope using a standard suspension grid if the main
runners are positioned down the slope.
SECTION DETAIL
 Ceiling as element in india
• Ceiling designs in Indian temples are often highly
intricate, and they are very appealing to the temple visitor
once he or she cares to look up and behold them
properly.

• Although it is The basic models of the stone ceilings of

Indian temples must have been their wooden
counterparts, which have not been preserved from early
periods, except in a few instances as in the early rock-cut
cave at Bhaja, and at Bharmaur and Chatrarhi in Himachal
Pradesh, for example. Some morphological elements
reveal the relationship between wood and stone ceilings
more clearly than others.
• In a few other cases, the resemblance with a decorated
textile forming as anctifying canopy over the sacred space
Apart from stone surfaces, which may once have been
painted, stucco decorations
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