GTU Civil Engineering (Semester 3)
Building & Town Planning
May 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) Classify the buildings according to it's use.
7 M
1 (b) List the principles of building planning and explain Aspect and Privacy in Detail.
7 M

2 (a) Plan a residential building for a family of six member. Building will have kitchen, Drawing room, store, two bed room with attached toilet and bath. Draw plan and elevation.
7 M
2 (b) Write about 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 with suitable sketch.
7 M
3 (b) How a 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 80m × 40m with frontage along north-south direction. Draw a line drawing of the building showing (i) waiting room (ii) Doctor's room (iii) Examination room (iv)Medical store (v) Varandah etc.
14 M

4 (a) Explain the aims and objectives of Town planning.
7 M
4 (b) Explain the different ways of growth of towns with sketch.
7 M
4 (c) List 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 narrate the causes of slums in a town.
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 the features of Master plan in detail.
7 M



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