What is Principles of Planning ?

PRINCIPLES OF PLANNING

 l. Aspect  

2.prospect 

3. Furniture requirements 

4.Roominess 

5.Grouping 

6.Circulation 

7. Privacy 

8.Sanitation 

9.Elegance 

10.Economy.

 

Aspect: 

An aspect was considered for deal with regulation of admission into any room! of more or less sunshine. Aspect 1s meant for arrangement of doors and windows 1n the external walls of the bui1idingwh1ch allows the natural gifts of sun shine and air, scenery ect.

 

Kitchen: 

Eastern aspect, so that the morning sun would refresh and purify the air and the kitchen would remain cool during latter part of the day.

 

Living Room: 

Southern or South-East aspect ,The sun 1s towards the south during coo1er days and the living rooms with south aspect will be benefited by the sun when it is winter and in summer as the sun would be on north side 

 

Bed Room: 

West or South-west aspects the breeze required partlcular1y in summer, would prevail from that side.

 

There will be no sun from the south side most of the year, the laundries and store rooms may be provided on that side. Light from North -evenly Distributed the Studios, reading rooms and class rooms are laid out with north aspect.

 

Aspect of different rooms of a Residential Building are shown

S.NO	Room	Recommendation aspect Influencing Factor	Influencing Factor
1	Bed	NW -W- SE	To reduce plentiful of Breeze in summer
2	Kitchen	E and rarely NE	To Receive morning sun which is germicidal . If purifier the air it should be cool during summer
3	Dinning	SE –S -SW	Proximity of Kitchen, it should be cool
4	Drawing	SE –S – SW - W	Adequate natural lighting during winter and obviate the sun during summer
5	Reading	N - NW	Light from north being diffused and evenly distributed and cool
6	Store	NW – N - NE	Dark and cool

 

 

Prospect: 

 

The primary consideration the planning of a bui1ding are the aspect and prospect and these both, often may be at variance with each other. Both these demand the disposition of doors and windows in the external walls at a particular places and in particular ways. Prospect is determine by the views desired from certain rooms of the house and is interest by surroundings peculiarities of selected site. For the good outlook natural and artificial landscapes should be consider as a law of architecture. E.g.: Projecting of windows

Furniture Requirements: 

 

It 1s the functional requirement of a room decides the required furniture. Generally when non-residential buildings are being planned according to furniture equipment and other fixtures .In designing any dwelling ,the architect shou1d take the furniture in account which occupant will use. It is better to prepare a sketch and indicating the position of furniture which helps position of' doors, windows, circulation space, size of room ect.

 

Size of Bed, in ‘m’ 

Double size : 1.35 to 1.45 X 2.0 to 2.10 

Single Bed : 0.9 X 2.0 

Single cot : 0.75 X 1.80 

Divan : 0.75 X1.65 

Dressing stool : 0.45 X 0.38

 

 

Kitchen:

 

The actual plan may be the 

U shape ,L shape or corridor arrangement 

U shape arrangement is most compact one, 

U arrangement is impossible because we must provided a door, so broken U arrangement is permit 

L arrangement is ideally suited.