Building Drawing

Course Objective:
Objective of building drawing and drafting course is to introduce students the basic terminology, component and element of building drawing. This course is designed to familiarize the students with the fundamentals of building drawing and drafting skill. Emphasis is placed on drafting floor plan, elevation, section and details of building.

1. Introduction to building and Building drawing (1 hour)
1. Structural system of building
2. Anatomy of building
3. Elements of building
4. Scale of building drawing


2. Symbols and conventional signs used for building drawing  (1 hour)


3. Standard views used in building drawing  (5 hours)
1. Location plan
2. Site plan
3. Floor plans
4. Elevations/Facades
5. Cross section
6. Detail drawings


4. Types of building drawing (7 hours)
1. Concept drawing
2. Presentation drawing
3. Municipality drawing
4. Measured drawing
5. Working drawing
1. Architect’s drawing
2. Structural drawing
3. Service drawing
4. As built drawing


5. Introduction to Building Bye-Laws  (1 hour)

    Drawing Sheet to be prepared by the students:

References:

1. Building Bye-laws.
2. Suraj Singh.”Civil Engineering Building practice”
3. “Metrix Architectural construction drafting and design fundamentals”, Willian J. Hornung.
4. John Molnar “Building construction drafting and design”
5. Brian W. Boughton.”Building and Civil engineering construction”
6. Hornung “Architectural Drafting, 5th edition”
7. John D. Bies. “Architectural drafting: Structure and Environment”
8. Thomas, Marvin L.”Architectural Working Drawing”

Evaluation scheme:
The questions will cover the entire chapter of the  syllabus. The evaluation scheme will be as indicated in the table below: