GTU Civil Engineering (Semester 3)
Building & Town Planning
December 2014
Total marks: --
Total time: --
INSTRUCTIONS
(1) Assume appropriate data and state your reasons
(2) Marks are given to the right of every question
(3) Draw neat diagrams wherever necessary


1 (a) "List the various principles of building planning and explain privacy and roominess in detail."
7 M
1 (b) Classify the buildings according to their use.
7 M

2 (a) "Plan a residential building for a family of 6 members. Building will have kitchen, drawing room, store, two bed rooms with attached toilet and bathroom. Draw plan and elevation."
7 M
2 (b) Explain different building components in detail.
7 M
2 (c) What are the building bye laws? Write objectives of building bye laws.
7 M

3 (a) "What is perspective view of an object? Explain picture plane, Horizontal plane, Vanishing point, angle of vision."
7 M
3 (b) How building is made Earthquake resistant using construction technique ?
7 M
3 (c) "What is public building? Plan a primary health centre to be constructed in a village. The plot size is 80 × 40 m with frontage along north - south direction. Draw a line diagram of the building showing waiting room, Doctor's room, Examination room, Medical store and verandah."
7 M
3 (d) What is aspect and prospect for a building? Explain with examples.
7 M

4 (a) Explain the aims and objectives of town planning.
7 M
4 (b) Explain the different ways or pattern of growth of towns with sketch.
7 M
4 (c) "Mention the different survey carried out for town planning and explain economic survey in detail."
7 M
4 (d) "Define zoning and write importance of zoning in town planning. Also give classification of zoning."
7 M

5 (a) Write meaning of slum and causes of slums.
7 M
5 (b) "What are recreational facilities in town? How the site for parks and play ground is decided?"
7 M
5 (c) Define master plan of a town and write objectives of the master plan.
7 M
5 (d) Write causes of expansion of town.
7 M



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