The technology:
Visual overview of an entire building floor showing all units, common areas, circulation, and orientation. Color-coded by unit type, used in sales offices, websites, and marketing materials to help buyers understand where their unit sits within the building.
A level plan shows the complete floor of a building — every unit, the corridors, stairwells, lifts, and common areas — styled as a marketing document rather than a technical drawing. It answers the questions buyers ask before they look at individual unit plans: which units face south, which are closest to the lift, which have the largest terraces, how the building is organized as a whole.
For residential developments with more than a handful of units, a level plan is a standard component of the sales package — used in the sales office, on the development website, and as the navigation layer in interactive sales tools.
Example:
Complete level plan series — ground floor through penthouse plus parking
What it communicates
Unit identification — each unit is numbered or labeled and color-coded by type (studio, 1-bedroom, 2-bedroom, penthouse). At a glance, a buyer can see how many of each type exist on a floor and where they sit relative to each other.
Orientation — compass direction is marked. Buyers immediately see which units face the courtyard, the street, the park, or are corner units with multiple aspects.
Common areas — corridors, lifts, stairs, bin stores, bike parking, and any shared amenity spaces are shown in context. Understanding the path from front door to unit is part of what a buyer is evaluating.
Views and context — for upper floors or buildings with significant views, we sometimes add a simplified site context around the building so buyers can see what each orientation faces.
Availability — level plans are often used as the live availability display in a sales office, with unit colors updated to show sold, reserved, or available. We design the graphic system to support this from the start.
Stairwell-grouped plans:
Three stairwells across multiple floors — building-wide overview
Interactive versions
Level plans are frequently adapted into interactive web tools where each unit is a clickable region linking to the individual unit plan, a 360 rendering, or a virtual tour. We prepare files formatted for developer handoff when an interactive version is planned.
Sales-tool example:
Continental — level plan adapted for live availability display
What we need from you
| Architectural plans | Full floor plan in CAD (DWG) or IFC. Must include all units, common areas, and core elements. |
| Unit schedule | Unit numbers, types, and areas. The color-coding system is built from this. |
| Brand guidelines | The level plan needs to match the wider sales material visual identity. |
| Number of floors | If the floor plate repeats, we produce a single plan adapted for each level. Variations (different top floor, different ground floor) are separate deliverables. |
| Output use | Sales office display (large format), website, brochure, interactive. Sizes and format requirements differ. |
Related techniques
For individual unit plans: Marketing Apartment Plan
For the building’s relationship to its site: Site Plan
