PRINCIPLES OF BUILDING PLANNING | Practical considerations | why vaasthu | sakir | civil telugu

What Is Building Planning?
Building Planning is the arrangement of various components or units of a building in a systematic manner so as to form a meaningful and homogeneous structure to meet its functional purpose.
The arrangement of the various rooms in the building is known as Planning of Building.
Building planning is a graphical representation of what a building will look like after construction. It is used by builders and contractors to construct buildings of all kinds. Building planning is also useful when it is essential to estimate how much a project will cost and for preparing project budgets building planning is also useful.
The basic objective of planning of the building is to arrange all the units of the building on all floors at a given level according to their functional requirements. By doing this, one can make the best use of space available for building.
In building planning, privacy can be obtained by judicious planning of the building with respect to grouping, the position of doors and windows, mode of the hanging of doors, location of entrance and pathways, drives, etc. sometimes, provision of lobbies, corridors, screens, etc.
Principles of Building Planning
These principles are not as rigid as laws of nature, certain deviations from these principles are necessary and inadequacies in them are to be met with by an individual.
Basic principles of building planning
Aspect
Prospect
Furniture Requirements
Roominess
Grouping
Circulation
Sanitation
Elegance
Privacy
Flexibility
Economy
Practical Consideration
. Aspect
Aspect is the positioning of rooms in buildings with respect to 4 directions in such a way that the occupants of buildings would enjoy the natural comforts like sunshine, breeze, scenery, etc. to the maximum possible extent.
Prospect : In building planing is the view desired by the occupants of the building from certain of the house. Prospect is dictated by surrounding peculiarities good or bad of the selected site like a flower garden or garbage dumps, It demands the disposition of doors and windows-like aspect. However, a good layout should not be disturbed for the sake of good prospects only.
3. Furniture Requirements
Furniture is a functional requirement of a room. A living room, drawing room, kitchen, classroom, office room, laboratory, hospital room, etc. all have their own furniture requirements.
4. Roominess
Roominess is obtained by getting the maximum benefit from the minimum dimension of a room without cramping of the plan. By using every nook and corner of the building advantage roominess is derived.
5. Grouping
Grouping in building planning means setting different rooms of a building according to their inter-relationship of invitation and transition. The rooms arranged in the layout in a proper correlation of their functions and in due proximity with each other.
6. Circulation
Access or internal connection between rooms on the same floor or between floors is known a circulation. Circulation between rooms of the same floor is called horizontal circulation like- passages, corridors, halls, etc. Circulation between various floors is known as vertical circulation, like- stairs, lifts, etc.
7. Sanitation
Sanitation of building not only associated with urinals, bath-rooms, wash-basins, sinks but also the overall lighting and ventilation. All the parts of a building should have well lighting and ventilation to maintain good hygienic conditions. This could be done in a natural way or in an artificial way (air condition).
8. Elegance
The elegance is the overall effect produced by elevation and general layout of the plan of a building. To get good elegance of a building it is better if elevation is developed first and then the plan is adjusted accordingly.
9. Privacy
Privacy is an important part of building planning. Privacy may be from one part to another of the same building or could be from neighboring buildings, streets, etc.
10. Flexibility
Flexibility means planning the rooms in such a way that though originally designed for a specific purpose, may be used for other purposes also when desired.
11. Economy
The economy is a major factor in building planning. To fit the proposed scheme within the limitations of the resources and funds certain alterations and omissions in the original plan have to make. But while considering the economy, the required strength and durability of the structure should not be compromised.
12. Practical Consideration
Besides all the Principles of planning discussed, the following practical points should be additionally considered:
The strength, stability, convenience, and comfort of the occupants of the building, should be considered first.
Provisions for future extensions without dismantling should be made in the planning.