This document provides an overview of key terminology and concepts related to building planning and drawing, as well as building byelaws and regulations in India. It defines terms like building, building height, building line, permit, setback line, street, sanctioned plan, and others. It also discusses classification of buildings based on occupancy and construction type. The document outlines objectives and principles of building byelaws, including ensuring safety, orderly growth, and minimum standards. It provides examples of open space and floor area ratio requirements. Various forms related to obtaining permits are also referenced.

1. Building Planning & Drawing
Building Byelaws & Regulations

2.  Mid Exams, Assignments, Dream
House
 Part A : 3/5 theory, 60% Marks
 Part B : 1/2 Drawing, 40% Marks

3. Introduction
What
Why
NBC - National Building Code
First Publication - 1970
Revision – 1983
Latest NBC - 2005

4. Terminology - Building
 What
 Parts of Building
 Exceptions

5. Terminology–Building Height
 Flat roofs
 Pitched roofs
 Architectural
features are not
included

6. Terminology – Building line
 What
 Cinema Halls,
Shopping
Complexes etc.

7. Terminology – Permit
A permission or authorization in
writing by the authority to carry
out work regulated by the code is
known as the permit.

8. Terminology – Set back line
 The distance from
the curb or other
established line
within which no
buildings may be
erected

9. Terminology – Street
 What
 A road's main
function is
transportation,
while streets
facilitate public
interaction

10. Terminology–Sanctioned Plan
It is a set of drawings, plan
and specifications submitted
under the code and duly
approved and sanctioned by
the authority.

11. Terminology – Street Level
It is the officially established
elevation or grade of the centre
line of the street upon which the
plot fronts. If there is no
officially established grade the
existing grade of the street, its
mid point is taken as the street
level or grade.

12. Terminology – Room height
What
Flat roof
Pitched roof

13. Terminology – Covered
Area
Covered Area
Covered Area = Plot area – Open
spaces
Carpet Area
Built up Area

14. Terminology – Chajja
Sunshade
Protectio
n from
sun and
rain

15. Terminology – Balcony
serves as
passage or
sitting out
place

16. Terminology–
Basement or
Cellar
The lower
storey of a
building
below
ground level

17. Terminology –
Detached
Building
Independent
of any other
building
Highest form
or class of
residence.

18. Terminology - Drain
An exit-point for waste water
or water that is to be re-
circulated

19. Terminology - Exit
It is a means of escape from
any building, to a street or
other open space.

20. Terminology - Plinth Area
 Plinth - Portion of a building between the
surface of the surrounding ground level
and the finished floor surface immediately
above the ground.
 Plinth Area - Built-up covered area
measured at the floor level of the
basement or of any storey, including the
walls.

21. Terminology - Open space
It is an area forming an
integral part of the plot, left
open to the sky is known as
open space

22. Terminology - Floor area
Usable covered area of a building
at any floor level.
Floor area gross
Floor area net

23. Floor area ratio - FAR
 Ratio of the total floor area of buildings
on a certain location to the size of the
land of that location
 FAR= Total covered area of the
floor*100
Plot area

24. Contd…
Fixed by local authority, changes
with location and building types.
check the density of population
Why to limit FAR

25. Aspects to be considered to specify
FAR
 Occupancy Class
 Type of construction
 Width of street forming the
building and traffic load
 Locality where the particular
building is proposed
 Density of population in that
locality
 Parking facilities

26. For Example – Jammu
• http://www.jdajammu.in/building_bye_laws3.htm

27. Objectives of building byelaws
• Guide lines to the architects or engineers
• Orderly growth and prevent haphazard
development.
• safety against fire, noise, health hazard
and structural failure

28. Principles underlying building
byelaws
• Building with unit as a family and mention the
requirements.
• Rooms –According to use and specify minimum
standards w.r.t
– Size
– height
– floor area
– ventilation
– light
• Height of compound wall and location of compound wall
gates
• Controlling the height of structures and laying maximum
limit of height in certain zones
• Controlling projections in marginal spaces

29. Principles underlying building
byelaws
• FSI or FAR
• Drainage and water supply
• Making compulsory the appointment of an
architect or engineer for works of specified
nature and magnitude
• Materials and workmanship as per standard
specifications for the construction of buildings
• Light plane, set backs and marginal spaces
• Minimum size of plots, their dimensions and
frontages

30. Classification of buildings
• Classified based on occupancy and types
of construction

31. Classification - Based on Occupancy
• Group A – Residential
• Group B – Educational
• Group C – Institutional
• Group D – Assembly
• Group E – Business
• Group F – Mercantile
• Group G – Industrial
• Group H – Storage
• Group I – Hazardous

32. Group A – Residential Buildings
Residential
Purpose
Apartments,
Dormitories,
Hotels etc

33. Group B – Educational Buildings
Building used
for school
and college

34. Group C – Institutional Buildings
• Hospitals, sanitaria,
homes for aged,
orphanages, jails,
prisons, mental
hospitals and
reformatories.

35. Group D – Assembly Buildings
• Amusement, recreation,
social, religious, patriotic,
civil, travel and similar
purposes.
• Theatres, motion picture
houses, assembly halls,
auditoria, exhibition halls,
museums, places of
worship, dance halls, club
rooms etc.

36. Group E – Business Buildings
• Used for transaction
of business

37. Group F – Industrial Buildings
• Where products or
materials of all kinds
and properties are
fabricated, assembled
or processes.
• Assembly plants,
laboratories, power
plants, dry cleaning
plants, refineries etc

38. Group G – Storage Buildings
• Used primarily for
storage or sheltering
of goods, wares,
merchandise
• Cold storage, ware
houses, freight
depots, transit sheds,
store houses etc

39. Group H– Hazardous Buildings
• Used for
storage,
handling and
manufacturing
of highly
combustible or
explosive
materials.

40. Classification - Based on type of
construction
 4 hour fire resistance
 3 hour fire resistance
 2 hour fire resistance
 1 hour fire resistance

41. Open space requirements
• Lighting and Ventilation requirements.
• Front yard: every building fronting a street
should have front yard. Minimum width of front
yard has to be 3m but should never be less than
1.8m.
• Rear yard: every building should have rear yard.
The average is 3 m and should never be less
than 1.8m.
• Side open space: for permanent open air space,
should not be less than 3 m.

42. Height of Buildings
• Max Height !> 1.5 * Width of road
• Max Height is fixed by Civil Aviation
Authorities

43. Form 1

44. Form2

45. Form3

46. Form4

47. Form5

48. Form6

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