Principal Of Planning For Residential and Public Building

 Principal Of Planning 

The principal discussed here apply to both public and residential building to ensure proper and economical utilization of space and other resources required for building 

Aspect -

•  it is a positioning of window and door in the external wall to take maximum advantage of natural gifts such as sunlight and wind or breezes

Prospect - 

• Taking advantage of desirable views available form window, doors and balcony of features outside the building such as garden, lake, sea, river etc.

• Block the undesirable view such as garbage dump slum etc.

Orientation - 

• Placement of room with reference to north direction or sun movement 

Unit	Aspect	Remarks
Kitchen	E/NE/SE	Morning sun rays should Entre
Bed Room	W/SW/NW	Evening sun rays should come to remove dampness
Living Room	SE/NE	For all the time of day good/sunlight should come
W.C / Bath	-	Must be located near to kitchen and bed
Study OR Stored room	N	This room should be well lighted

Circulation -

• Refers to movement from one place to another inside the building. The doors must be arranged in such a way that minimum space is wasted in circulation 

Economy -

• The planning of Building should be economical, avoiding all type of wastage 

• The wastage is not only raw material but wastage of space will greatly affect economy of planning

• In India since labour is cheap about 70% of cost of construction is due to raw material

Climate and Effect -

• The climate place also effect the planning of building windows opening, type of roof chajja, paint and colors are depend upon climate of place

Thus planning of any building is complex process and it requires lot of practices and insight into the principle discussed above to come up with really good plan either a residential or public building

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