These are certain general principles or factors which an engineer should bear in mind while planning a building.
These principles are of very general nature and they have to be applied on individuals merits only.
Following are general principles of planning.
- Aspect
- Prospect
- Privacy
- Grouping
- Roominess
- Circulation
- Elegance
- Flexibility
- Sanitation
- Economy and practical considerations
- Furniture requirement
Grouping
- The placing of various rooms or units of a structure in proper correlation of their functions and in due proximity with each other is known as grouping.
- e.g. in a residential building dining room should be close to the kitchen.
- At the same time kitchen should be kept away from main living room to avoid smoke and smells.
- Main bedrooms should be so located that there is an independent and separate access from each room towards the sanitary units directly or through other unimportant rooms.
- It is observed that grouping leads to saving in unnecessary movements, proper correlation, easy control and overall economy.
Elegance
- Elegance is related to the effect produced by elevation, which depends upon the proportion of width and height, positions of doors and windows, as also the choice of materials.
- The term elegance is used to indicate the architectural effect produced by elevation.
- Architectural design and composition should be studied in detail as a whole for achieving success in creating an elegant structure.
- The visualization of elevation should always be kept in mind while preparing a plan.
