a detail overview of builiding bye laws in architecture

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Building Bye - Laws & Codes
Practices

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Module - I
Introduction to Building Bye Laws
• Introduction to Building Bye Laws and regulation,
• Their need and relevance,
• general definitions such as building height, building line, FAR,
Ground Coverage, set back line et all.
• Role of various statutory bodies governing building works like
development authorities, municipal corporations etc.
• Introduction to Master Plan
• understanding various land uses like institutional, residential
etc. and related terminology

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Building Bye Laws
The Building Byelaws are defined as the standards &
specifications designed to grant minimum safeguards
to the workers during construction, to the health &
comfort of the users & to provide enough safety to the
public in general.

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Building Bye Laws
These are the laws or Guidelines or certain
restrictions laid down by Municipal bodies, Urban
development authorities and other government
departments as town planning trusts.
• The regulation set out the basic requirements to
be observed in the design and construction of
buildings.
• They are applied to new building and also to
extensions, material alterations, and certain
changes of use of existing buildings.

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Building Bye Laws – Objectives
• Allows disciplined and systematic growth of buildings and towns and
prevent haphazard development.
• Protect safety of public against fire, noise, health hazards and
structural failures.
• Provide proper utilization of space. Hence, maximum efficiency in
planning can be derived from these bye laws
• They give guidelines to the architect or an engineer in effective
planning and useful in preplanning the building activities.
• They provide health, safety and comfort to the people who live in
buildings
• Due to these by-laws, each building will have proper approaches,
light, air and ventilation which are essential for health, safety and
comfort.

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Building Bye Laws – Need & importance
• Building by laws are made to ensure orderly development of
localities in urban areas so that every houses is assured of good
ventilation and no building affects the lighting and ventilation of
neighbors.
• There has to be laws or regulations binding on the prospective
builders, if not, the building constructed will be Un-scientific,
Unhealthy and Inconvenient for the people to occupy.
• The buildings must get sufficient sunshine, air and ventilation.
• Open spaces should be well planned.
• The buildings should create better environment.
• The buildings should be located in healthy surroundings and should
have an aesthetic appearance.

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Definitions

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FAR – Floor Area Ratio
“Floor Area Ratio (FAR)”- The ratio of the combined covered
area (plinth area) of all floors to the total area of plot.

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Building height
The building height is the vertical distance from the
average elevation of the proposed finished grade along
the wall of a building or structure to the highest point of
the roof, for flat roofs, or to the mean height between
eaves and ridge, for gable, hip, and gambrel roofs.

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Set-back Line /Building line
A line usually parallel to
the plot boundaries or
center line of a road and
laid down in each case
by the Authority or as
per recommendations of
Master/Zonal Plan,
beyond which nothing
can be constructed
towards the plot
boundaries excepting
with the permission of
the Authority.

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Covered Area
The Ground area covered immediately above the plinth level covered
by the building but does not include the space covered by:
a) Garden, rockery, well and well structures, plant nursery, water
pool, swimming pool (if uncovered), platform round a tree, tank,
fountain, bench, chabutra with open top and unenclosed on
sides by walls and the like;
b) Drainage culvert, conduit, catch-pit, gully-pit, chamber, gutter
and the like; and
c) Compound wall, gate, slide/ swing door, canopy, and areas
covered by chajja or similar projections and staircases which are
uncovered and open at least on three sides and also open to
sky.

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Plinth- The portion of a structure between the surface
of the surrounding ground and surface of the floor
immediately above the ground.
Plinth Area- The
built up covered
area measured at
the floor level of
the basement or
of any storey.

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Formulation of Building bye laws
• The powers to formulate & enforce the building bye laws lie in the
municipal legislations/ acts of local government or development
authority within its jurisdiction or the municipal acts of State Govt.
• Central Government plays more of a guiding role by preparing model
municipal acts, building codes and the revisions to be made with
changing needs of hour.
• Buildings Bye Laws Are Drawn Up By A Panel Experts In Various
Branches Of The Building Industry Such As:
• Town Planning
• Architecture
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Air-conditioning
• Fire-fighting and administration etc.

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1. Define Building bylaws. What are the major objectives of
formulating building bylaws.
2. Why building bylaws are important and what will happen if we
don’t follow them?
3. Write short notes on following and explain with the help of
diagram
• FAR
• Setback
• Building Height
• Building Line
• Ground Coverage
• Plinth Area
4. How building bylaws are formulated?
Exercise - 1

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Interpretation of information given in bye laws including
• ongoing changes as shown in various annexure and
appendices.
• Application of Bye Laws like structural safety, fire safety,
earthquake safety, basement, electricity, water, and
communication lines in various building types.
Application of Building Bye Laws