Challenge

Sketch a G+1 residential plan according to Vaastu Shastra and Calculation of Loads as per IS code

Aim:

Sketching the G+1 floor residential plan satisfing the vaastu shastra and calulating the load acting on the building with giving the information of the required drawings.

Opening is provided above the ground level for the aesthetic look

All doors are inwards

Here

i. Main door is facing the north direction

ii. Toilets are not placed near the kitchen

iii. Dining area is near to kitchen far from main door

iv. Bedrooms are placed in southwest and south east where north east is avoided

v. All rooms are rectangle in shape

vi. Centre house is kept empty

vii. Kitchen is placed in south east direction viii. Toilet is in north west

ix. Livingroom is in north west

x. No overhanging beams are allowed to rooms xi. Pooja room is placed at east.

Required drawings

I. centre line drawing

II. footing and column layout with reinforcement details

III. column schedule with reinforcement details

IV. plinth beam layout with reinforcement details

V. first floor beam layout with reinforcement details

VI. first floor slab layout with reinforcement details

VII. lift pit and headroom reinforcement details

Load calculations

Specify the assumed size of the rooms.

All columns are 300mm x 300mm

All beams are 300mm x 450mm

Slab thickness if 125mm

The height of the wall is 3m

Dead loads

A. Column the height of the column as 3 m

Dead load of the column of size 0.3*0.3*3

Total volume of the column = 0.3*0.3*3 = 0.27 m^3

Unit weight of concrete = 25KN/m^3

Dead load of column = unit weight of concrete * volume of concrete = 25 KN/m^3 * 0.27m^3 = 6.75 KN

B. Beams

Total C/S area of the BEAM = 0.3*0.45 = 0.135m^2

Unit weight of concrete = 25KN/m^3 Dead load of column = unit weight of concrete * area of concrete = 25 KN/m^3 * 0.135m^2 = 3.375 KN/m

C. Slabs

Dead load of a slab of 125mm thickness

Unit weight of concrete = 25KN/m^3

self-weight of the slab = unit weight of concrete * thickness of concrete = 25 KN/m^3 * 0.125m = 3.125 KN/m^2

D. Walls

Height of wall 3m

Dead load of a wall of 300mm thickness

Unit weight of brick wall = 20KN/m^3

Self-weight of the wall = unit weight of brick wall * thickness of wall*height of wall = 20 KN/m^3 * 0.3m * 3m = 18 KN/m

Live loads

According to the IS875 (part2) table 1 For the residential buildings use the live load of the UDL 2KN/m^2

For this rooms and bathrooms and no balconies are present in the building. And near staircase provide the live load on UDL 3KN/m^2

Here since it is the house the live load of the 2KN/m^2 is adopted on the slabs from IS 875-part 2 Table 1

• Wind load calculations

Since, height of the building is less than 10 m wind load calulation is not implemented on the building where total height of building is 3m+3m = 6m.

References and IS codes used for the design -

IS 875:1987, Part 1 for Dead load

IS 875:1987, Part 2 for Live load

IS 875:1987, Part 3 for Wind load

IS 456:2000, for Reinforced Concrete.

Results:

The plan is prepared by the Vaastu shastra concept considering all the principles and considerations of Vaastu shastra -The load calculations are done as per the IS code considerations.

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