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Building Planning & Architecture (CE-304) - Official Syllabus

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Unit 1

Drawing of Building Elements

  • Drawing of various elements of buildings like various types of footing
  • open foundation
  • raft
  • grillage
  • pile and well foundation
  • Drawing of frames of doors
  • window
  • various types of door
  • window and ventilator
  • lintels and arches
  • stairs and staircase
  • trusses
  • flooring
  • roofs etc.
2
Unit 2

Building Planning

  • Classification of buildings
  • Provisions of National Building Codes and Rules
  • Building bye-laws
  • open area
  • Setbacks
  • FAR terminology
  • Design and drawing of Building
  • Design concepts and philosophies
  • Preparing sketch plans and working drawings of various types of buildings like residential building
  • institutional buildings and commercial buildings
  • site plans
  • presentation techniques
  • pictorial drawings
  • perspective and rendering
  • model making
  • introduction to computer aided design and drafting
  • Applying of principle of architectural composition (i.e. unity, contrast, etc.)
  • Principles of planning
  • orientation in detailed drawings
3
Unit 3

Building Services

  • Introduction of Building Services like water supply
  • sewerage and drainage systems
  • sanitary fittings and fixtures
  • plumbing systems
  • principles of internal & external drainage systems
  • principles of electrification of buildings
  • intelligent buildings
  • elevators & escalators their standards and uses
  • air-conditioning systems
  • fire-fighting systems
  • building safety and security systems
  • ventilation and lightening and staircases
  • fire safety
  • thermal insulation
  • acoustics of buildings
4
Unit 4

Principles of architectural design

  • Definition of architecture
  • factors influencing architectural development
  • characteristics features of style
  • historic examples
  • creative principles
  • Principles of architectural composition– Unity, balance, proportion, scale, rhythm, harmony, Accentuation and contrast
  • Organising principles in architecture– Symmetry, hierarchy, axis, linear, concentric, radial, and asymmetric grouping
  • primary and secondary masses
  • Role of colour, texture, shapes/ forms in architecture
  • Architectural space and mass
  • visual and emotional effects of geometric forms
  • space activity and tolerance space
  • Forms related to materials and structural systems
  • Elements of architecture : Functions – Pragmatic utility, circulatory function, symbolic function, Physiological function
  • Structure – Physical structure, Perceptual structure
  • Space in architecture Positive and negative space
  • Aesthetics: Visual perception
  • Protective: Protection from climate andother elements
  • architecture a part of the environment
  • Comfort factors
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Unit 5

Perspective Drawing and Town Planning

  • Elements of perspective drawing involving simple problems
  • one point and two point perspectives
  • energy efficient buildings
  • Concepts of master plan
  • structure plan
  • detailed town planning scheme and action plan
  • estimating future needs - planning standards for different land use
  • allocation for commerce, industries, public amenities, open areas etc.
  • planning standards for density distributions
  • density zones
  • planning standards for traffic network
  • standard of roads and paths
  • provision for urban growth
  • growth models
  • plan implementation
  • town planning legislation and municipal acts
  • panning of control development schemes
  • urban financing
  • land acquisition
  • slum clearance schemes
  • pollution control aspects

Laboratory Experiments

  • Sketches of various building components
  • Drawing of various building components containing doors, windows ventilators, lintels and arches stairs foundations etc.
  • Drawings for services and interiors of buildings
  • Drawings containing detailed planning of one/two bed room residential building (common to all student)
  • Drawing of residential and institutional building (Each student performs a different drawing)
  • Use of Auto CAD for preparation of drawings

Reference Books

  • Building Design and Drawing — Shah, Kale, Patki — TMH
  • Building Design and Drawing — Malik, Meo
  • Building Construction Vol 1 -4 — W B Mckay — OrientBlackswan, Pearson
  • Building Planning, Designing and Scheduling — Gurucharan Singh, Jagdish Singh — Standard Publishers Distributors
  • Building Design and Drawing — Layal JS, Dongre A — SatyaPrakashan
  • Civil Engineering Design and Drawing — Ghose D.N. — CBS publisher
  • Principles of Foundation Engineering — Das B M — Cengage Learning
  • Architecture and Town Planning — Agrawal S. C. — DhanpatRai& Co.
  • Town Planning — S.C. Rangwala — Charotar Publishing House
  • Principles and Practice of Town and Country Planning — Lewis Keeble
  • Principles & Practices of Town Planning — Rame Gouda — University of Mysore, ManasaGangotri
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