Lounge
A soft-seated volume for waiting or informal use in a commercial setting; separated from hospitality_lobby by being sat in rather than passed through.
How it connects
Lounge includes Breakout Area, Family Lounge, Library Lounge, Members' Lounge, Outdoor Lounge, Recovery Lounge, Resident Lounge, Roof Lounge, Staff Respite and Student Lounge.
Lounge typically holds Sofa.
In other taxonomies
- lounges (sitting rooms)Getty AAT, 300004436nearly the same
- Uniclassno equivalent
For developersRecord, identifiers and graph
Where it sits
One rule per term beside it, taller for each narrower term
Lounge
127 terms, Entry / Foyer to Other
The word “lounge”
2 meanings
- Living RoomSpaceNo default
- LoungeSpace, this termNo default
Record
- Narrower
- Breakout Area · Family Lounge · Library Lounge · Members' Lounge · Outdoor Lounge · Recovery Lounge · Resident Lounge · Roof Lounge · Staff Respite · Student Lounge
- Provenance
- vendoredms_room in a materials-retrieval system (src-05) and PROGRAM_SPACE_TYPES in a project-materials database (src-07), read 21 Aug 2026
For machines
Permanent address
/id/space/loungeKnowledge graph
Stored incoming and outgoing relations from the public V1 graph. Ancestors, descendants, and siblings are labelled as derived views rather than stored facts.
- has-conceptSpaceincoming
- has-conceptSpaceincoming
- typically-inSofaincoming
- broaderBreakout Areaincoming
- broaderFamily Loungeincoming
- broaderLibrary Loungeincoming
- belongs-to-axisSpaceoutgoing
- belongs-to-facetSpaceoutgoing
- narrowerBreakout Areaoutgoing
- narrowerFamily Loungeoutgoing
- narrowerLibrary Loungeoutgoing
- narrowerMembers' Loungeoutgoing
- narrowerOutdoor Loungeoutgoing
- narrowerRecovery Loungeoutgoing
- narrowerResident Loungeoutgoing
- narrowerRoof Loungeoutgoing
- narrowerStaff Respiteoutgoing
- narrowerStudent Loungeoutgoing
- typically-containsSofaoutgoing
- broaderMembers' Loungeincoming
- broaderOutdoor Loungeincoming
- broaderRecovery Loungeincoming
- broaderResident Loungeincoming
- broaderRoof Loungeincoming
- broaderStaff Respiteincoming
- broaderStudent Loungeincoming
Derived hierarchy views
- descendant (derived)Breakout Areaoutgoing
- descendant (derived)Family Loungeoutgoing
- descendant (derived)Library Loungeoutgoing
- descendant (derived)Members' Loungeoutgoing
- descendant (derived)Outdoor Loungeoutgoing
- descendant (derived)Recovery Loungeoutgoing
- descendant (derived)Resident Loungeoutgoing
- descendant (derived)Roof Loungeoutgoing
- descendant (derived)Staff Respiteoutgoing
- descendant (derived)Student Loungeoutgoing
Crosswalks
| Scheme | Identifier | Their label, or the search | How close |
|---|---|---|---|
| Getty AAT | 300004436 | lounges (sitting rooms) | nearly the same |
| Uniclass | no equivalent | searched 21 Oct 2026July 2026 NBS SL v1.36 published tables, title search: Lounge | lounge via https://uniclass.thenbs.com/download | none |