Building and Town Planning
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The official GTU curriculum for Building and Town Planning (subject code BE04006031) as prescribed for Civil Engineering · Semester 4 divides the course into 5 units, covering 53 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (BE04006031)Unit 1 Module 1A
- Fundamentals of Building Systems Overview of types of buildings
- Site selection & location criteria
- Building byelaws as per NBC 2016 and local authority regulations
- Standards for different building types
- Overview of RERA
- Role of stakeholders in building system development
- Plan approval & permission process and ODPS
Unit 2 Module 2
- Building Planning Principles of building planning with case study
- Concepts of Passive Planning (climate-responsive design
- Principles of architectural composition
- Building forms and planning strategies
- Planning for Earthquake-resistant buildings
- Occupants’ requirements and analysis
- Understanding human activity and use of space - Ergonomics
- Conceptual planning: process
- Bubble diagrams & Line diagrams
- Building services planning
Unit 3 Module 3
- Building Drawings Working drawings: Scale
- Methods of line drawings & detailed drawings
- Floor plan
- site plan
- foundation plan
- Roof drainage plan
- Layouts of buildings
- furniture layouts
- Provision of building services with sustainability: water supply
- fire safety
- communication network
- Software applications for 2D model generation
Unit 4 Module 4
- Perspective Views & Advanced Drawings Elements of perspective drawing
- Types of perspective views
- Fundamentals of Building Information Modelling (BIM)
- Software applications for 3D model generation (BIM tools) Program Name: Bachelor of Engineering Level: UG Branch: Civil Engineering Subject Code: BE04006031 Subject Name: Building and Town Planning
Unit 5 Module 5
- Town Planning – Principles & Practices Historical aspects and evolution of town planning (World & India)
- Growth of the town
- Fundamental principles & elements of town planning
- land use, housing
- open spaces
- Overview of URDPFI guidelines Civic survey: Importance
- methods of data collection
- presentation & analysis
- Application of GIS, UAV & Geo-informatics in data collection and town planning
- Master plan & regional planning concepts
- Town Planning Schemes
- Development controls
- Growth negotiation
- Neighborhood planning
- Central Business District (CBD)
- Civic Centre
- Shopping Centre
- Slums: Causes
- remedial measures
- slum clearance & rehabilitation
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