The document outlines 12 principles of building planning: 1) Aspect - proper placement of doors and windows for air circulation, sunlight, and aesthetics. 2) Prospect - considering how the building appears from outside. 3) Furniture requirements - planning room sizes based on furniture needs. 4) Roominess - arranging spaces for comfort and efficient use of area. 5) Grouping - logically arranging rooms by function. 6) Circulation - providing access between rooms and floors. 7) Sanitation - ensuring ventilation, cleanliness and lighting. 8) Elegance - considering the building's outward appearance. 9) Privacy - maintaining privacy both internally and from neighbors. 10)

1. WHAT ARE THE PRINCIPLES OF
BUILDING PLANNING?

2.  For the construction of any building, we must have to make
plan first.Without planning we cannot doing the work very
well. By keeping this in mind, for the planning of building,
there are twelve principles.
 The planning of building is the first step for the any
construction of building.The rules and regulation are
provided by the government authorities for the planning of
residential building.
 Planning of building is difficult task for civil engineer and
architect. But with the sufficient knowledge of these
principles, civil engineer and architect are made their
planning. Engineers obtain their expertise with their
experienced.

3. Principles Of Building
Planning
Following are the principle by which building planning can done,
 1. Aspect
 2. Prospect
 3. Furniture requirement
 4. Roominess
 5. Grouping
 6. Circulation
 7. Sanitation
 8. Elegance
 9. Privacy
 10. Flexibility
 11. Economy
 12. Practical consideration

4. 1. Aspect
 In the building, it is important the circulation of air as well as require proper
sunlight.These requirements are only fulfilled by the proper placement of doors
and windows. For the beautiful and classic orientation of building, proper
placement of doors and windows require.
 These aspects provide building comfort, proper hygiene, the view from outside
looks pleasant.The proper placement of room by considering the direction is
important when we thing about the aspect.
According to aspect,
 The kitchen should be placed an eastern direction, so that we get pure air from
atmosphere and make kitchen’s fresh and cool.
 Bed room should be placed at south east and south west direction. In the west
direction, provide balcony or verandah, which give pleasant look as well as
provide comfort to the user.
 At north east or south east direction, drawing room or living room provided.
 At northern direction, the storeroom should be placed.
 For even distribution of light, study rooms, classrooms, etc. are placed at north
direction.

5. 2. Prospect
 For everyone, it is important that our house or building how
appeared from outside. Everyone wants to look our house standard,
classic and beautiful. As well as we want outside looked when we’re
looking outside of our house give pleasant and comfort look i.e.
show beautiful scenario from door and widow. Main thing is that the
unwanted scene which is not wants to show can be hiding by proper
placement of the window and door.

6. 3. Furniture requirement
Furniture is important part of the building.According to room,
furniture is differ. During planning the furniture size is considered,
then size of room is decided. Proper arrangement of furniture make
room comfortable and provide proper circulation.
Without overcrowding the required furniture should be placed by
proper planning of furniture placement.
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7. 4. Roominess
Roominess is an important principle, these principle tell us about the
arrangement of furniture or the space utilization for any purpose in
the building how to be done. Also, due to proper roominess, the
comfort and ease of using the space in building is increased as well
as it makes looked proper and beautiful of inner atmosphere of
building. For example, if the room is square size is looking not well
than the room with rectangular size with the same area.
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8. 5. Grouping
 In the building, numbers of room are constructed, various
room has various functions according to their functional
requirement, there arrangement should be done. Grouping
is the arrangement of room in building with particular and
comfort manner. It is n important consideration, while we
are thinking about the arrangement of room.
For example,
 The kitchen and dining area should be near to each other.
 The kitchen room should be away from living room.
 Master bedroom should be maintained its privacy from
other rooms.
 Children’s room should be near to the parent’s room, etc

9. 6. Circulation
 Number of room are present in building with access from one room
to another, proper access should be made circulation ease and
comfortable. Circulation and access from one room to another at
same floor is called horizontal circulation for example, corridors,
halls, and passages, etc. and the circulation or access from one floor
to another is called vertical circulation

10. 7. Sanitation
 For every human being health is very
important factor. For the good heath, proper
sanitary convinces should be providing
properly. So the proper ventilation,
cleanliness and lighting arrangement should
be done with proper manner. For proper
ventilation and natural light arrangement and
placement of windows and door should be
done properly.

11. 8. Elegance
 The outside look of building is most important factor of the building,
which is showing the standard and class of owner. It proper more
good for getting proper elegance of building, elegance or elevation
of building take n mind first, and then adjust plan according to the
elegance.Therefore, architect or engineer first visualize about
elevation of structure and thinking about other criteria.

12. 9. Privacy
Now days, everyone wants their privacy not only
in mobile but also at house, offices and so many
places. So during planning of the building we
must think about the privacy. By the
arrangement and placement of proper window
and mainly doors privacy can very well
maintained.
Privacy has two types,
1. Internal privacy
2. External privacy

13. 1. Internal privacy
 Internal privacy is about the privacy in the building.
I.e. privacy from one room to
another.
 Privacy of bedroom, privacy of bathroom and toilet,
etc
2. External privacy
 External privacy is related to the privacy of house
from neighbor and sound from road and such
external things which disturbed the privacy of
building.
 If the house is near to the highway then it can be
trouble the privacy of building. By proper planning of
entrance of building it can be maintained.

14. 10. Flexibility
 Flexibility is an important factor of planning; due
to flexibility of room in building one room can be
used for multipurpose. One room with
multipurpose is very essential for the middle
class people and specially the people who live in
flat. So, the factor is considered by the architect
and engineer while planning.
 In the same way, we have to think about the
future extension of building also, so in future if
we shall be worked for the building, it can be
done without disturbing the existence structure.

15. 11. Economy
The economy is important factor for the any
construction of work. By considering
the economy, we construct economical
structure; we can fit our requirement of with
limited sources.We by considering these
factor we construct the quality structure with
low finance. By proper planning of structure
and budget we can construct economical
structure.

16. 12. Practical consideration
 In the planning of any building the first priority is
taken to the user. According to the user’s requirement
and his needs the planning is done. According to the
basic requirement and daily needs, furniture, decorative
material, even flooring has been designed.
 Practical consideration is most important part of the
construction, for example, if we are thinking about the
cleanliness of floor we need smooth surface so that
cleanliness can be maintained easily, whereas if floor is
not smooth the cleanliness cannot maintain
well. Comfort for the user and strength and stability of
building should be considered.