3. Classification of types of buildings
Different types of buidings
Functions of buildings
4. The various building components with their
desirable functions are important for
understanding what to construct & how to
construct.
The buildings is classified in main 2types
I)Based upon occupancy
II)Based upon structure
5. It is also define as purpose served building by
user.
Here some type of buildings is given as follow
under.
9. It means a building constructed by government
, semi-government organisations , public
sector , charitable trusts.
It is utilized for public activities such as
education , medical , recreational and cultural ,
hostel , auditorium , orphans , etc…
It is also used for treatment or care of person
suffering for physical or mental illness.
11. These building are meant for assembly a
large number of people for amusement ,
recreation , social , religion , civil and similar
purpose.
Theaters , halls , auditoria , museums ,
gymnasiums , restaurants , temple , church ,
mosque , dance halls , club , art galaries etc…
13. These are meant for running business.
For transactions , keeping of accounts and
records and similar purpose.
Banks , city halls , court houses etc…
14. 6)Mercantile building:-
They are used as shops , stores , markets , for
displaying and sale of merchandise either
wholesale or retail.
16. There are the buildings in which products or
materials of all kinds and properties are
fabricated , assembled or processed.
They accommodate plants and machinery ,
refineries , power plants , dairies , saw mills ,
cleaning plants , pumping stations etc…
18. These are used for storage or sheltering of
goods , water , vehicles etc…
Water-houses , cold storage , godawns ,
freight depots , transit sheds , store houses ,
garages , hangers etc…
19. According to structure there are two types of
buildings.
1)Load bearing structure
2)Framed structure
21. It has load bearing walls which receives the
load and transmit the same to the ground
through their foundation.
The load bearing walls supports R.C.C beams
and slabs.
Colums are avoided.
20 , 30 , 40 cm thick walls are load bearing
walls.
Load bearing structure adopted for the
buildings up to 3 storey construction.
22. It is provided where soil starta is hardat
shallow depth.
The walls on all the floors are provided one
above the another.
Thickness of walls can be reduce on first floor
compare to ground floor.
As the construction activity proceeds vertically
floor by floor the thickness of the wall
reduces.
24. It consists a rigidly connected network of
columns and beams.
The beams support the walls and slabs.
The columns receives the whole load of the
structure and transmit the same to the ground
through footings.
These provide greater floor area.
The walls are partition (non load bearing)
walls.
In this construction work of various floors
handled simultaneously.
25. Speed in construction of a framed structure
can be easyily achieved.
On upper floor air circulation is better.
On higher floor noise of abutting streets and
traffic is curtailed.
It is adopted for low and high rise buildings.
To keep resistance tovarious loads specially
of earthquake , the columns are tie up with
each other by plinth beams.