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Basic principle of building planning

Engineer prepare design of building with
1) Aspect.
2) Prospect.
3) privacy.
4) Roominess.
5) Grouping.
6) Circulation. 
7) Furniture requirement.
8) Flexibility.
9) Sanitation.
Are all basic principle of the building planning.

Important basic principal planning of building:-
1.provide comfort condition and cheerful atmosphere due to proper sunlight and breeze.
2 Better hygienic condition as Sunlight have potential to destroy organism.
3. Good external appearance of building.

1) Aspect:- 
1.The position of different room in the house according to their functional utility.
2.Involves position of door and windows in the external wall of a building to enjoy the natural gifts.
Position of rooms in the house according to given below.

 • Bed :- NW/W/SE because to reduce plentiful of breeze in summer.

 • Kitchen :- E/rarely NE because to receive morning Sunlight. which is Gemicidal it purify the air, if should be cool during summer.

 • Dinning :- SE/S/SW. because proximity of kitchen it should be cool.

 • Drawing :- SE/S/SW/W. because of adaptive natural lighting during winter and obviate the sun during Summer.

 • Reading :- N/NW. because the light from North being diffused and evenly distributed and cool.

 • Store :- NW/N/NE because dark and cool.

2)Prospect :-
  Tt is the arrangement of the windows in the external Wall of the structures so as to reveal certain desired views and at the same time concealing undersired veiw from inside.
Ex- Inclined bracket, blind walls etc.

3) Privacy :-a) privacy from building from any other building.
b) privacy from one room to another.

How we can provide privacy:-
1.privacy of the whole building with respect to surrounding building, roads.
2. Privacy of different rooms.
3.By providing windows at higher level,etc.

External privacy:- 
1. Isolated from surrounding building.
2. Avoiding noise, dust and pollution from surrounding.
3. Raised sill height of W.C and bath.
4. Compound wall.
5. Growing tree around the house.

Internal privacy :- 
1. Prevention of direct view of one room from another.
2. Staggering of doors
3. Proper furniture arrangement.

4) Roominess :- Tt referred to the effect produced by making the best of small portion of room by deriving maximum benefit from maximum dimension.

How to provide Roominess:-
1. L/B=1.2/1.5 [preferably rectangle]
2. Light colour paint using in rooms.
3. Movable furniture.
4. Height restriction ,etc .

5) Grouping:- The building consists of many rooms or unit with each room having a defined function. Then all such units should be joined or group together so that the people visiting one unit from the others should feel invited.
For ex:- 
1.kitchen & dinning.
2. Adminstration depth centrally located,etc.

6) Circulation:-  Circulation indicate the movement inside the building in the horizontal plane or in the vertical plane (reaching with less time to destination without disturbing)

7) Furniture requirement:-During building planning the sizes of furniture to be required for functional utility of the rooms should be considered. The size of the rooms should be decided by considering easy accomodation required.

8) Flexibility: - Room is planned for one function be used for other,if required.
For ex:- Study room may be planned for using gust room etc.

9) sanitation:- It is provision and upkeep of various component of house to keep inmates cheerful and free from disease.

Factor influence sanitation are:-
1. Ventilation
2. Cleanliness
3. lighting.
  

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