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Introduction To Building Components

The document discusses the key components of building construction including foundations, walls, structural elements like columns and beams, doors and windows, ceilings, roofs, and mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems. It also covers architectural elements such as arches, domes, vaults and buttresses. The components provide structure, enclosure, and mechanical functions necessary for buildings.

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Introduction To Building Components

The document discusses the key components of building construction including foundations, walls, structural elements like columns and beams, doors and windows, ceilings, roofs, and mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems. It also covers architectural elements such as arches, domes, vaults and buttresses. The components provide structure, enclosure, and mechanical functions necessary for buildings.

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MATERIALS AND METHODS OF

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION - I

INTRODUCTION TO
BUILDING COMPONENTS
INTRODUCTION: BUILDING
INTRODUCTION: BUILDING
CONSTRUCTION COMPONENTS:

FOUNDATION
PLINTH
WALLS
STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS: COLUMNS, BEAMS
DOORS AND WINDOWS
STAIRCASE
CEILING
ROOFS
MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING SYSTEMS
ARCHES, DOMES, VAULTS, BUTTRESS
FOUNDATION
FOUNDATIONS

USES: What do FOUNDATIONS do?

FUNCTION:

To support and anchor the superstructure and transmit its loads


directly to the earth.

DEFINITION:

The lowest division of a building or other construction, partly or


wholly below the surface of the ground, designed to support and
anchor the superstructure and transmit its loads directly to the
earth.
PLINTH
WALLS
COLUMNS, BEAMS, SLAB
COLUMNS, BEAMS, SLAB
DOOR-WINDOWS
STAIRCASE
STAIRS:
One of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
CEILING
ROOFS
ROOF SYSTEMS

USES: What do roofs do?

FUNCTION: SHELTERING & PROTECTION


From interior spaces of a building.

FROM: WATER area. slope. overhangs. gutters. drains.


SUN overhangs. thickness. material. insulation.
LIGHT control. skylights. openings.
WIND control. openings. air tightness.

FORM: AESTHETIC
ARCHES
ARCH: A curved structure for spanning an opening designed to support a vertical primary axial compression
VAULTS
VAULT: An arched structure of stone, brick or reinforced concrete, forming a ceiling or roof over a hall,
room, or other wholly or partially enclosed space.
DOMES
DOME: A vaulted structure having a circular plan and usually the form of a portion of sphere,
so constructed to exert an equal thrust in all directions.
TRUSSES
TRUSS: A structural frame based on the geometric rigidity of the triangle and composed of linear
members subject only to axial tension or compression.
BUTTRESS
BUTTRESS: A buttress is an architectural structure built against or projecting from a wall which serves to
support or reinforce the wall.
BUTTRESS
BUTTRESS: A buttress is an architectural structure built against or projecting from a wall which serves to
support or reinforce the wall.
INTRODUCTION: BUILDING
CONSTRUCTION COMPONENTS:

FOUNDATION
PLINTH
WALLS
STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS: COLUMNS, BEAMS
DOORS AND WINDOWS
STAIRCASE
CEILING
ROOFS
MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING SYSTEMS
ARCHES, DOMES, VAULTS, BUTTRESS
INTRODUCTION: BUILDING
SPACE COMPONENTS:

BASEMENT/CELLAR
GROUND FLOOR etc
PORCH, VESTIBULE, LOBBY, CORRIDOR, ATRIUM
ROOMS - LIVING, DINING, KITCHEN, BEDROOM etc
BALCONY
TERRACE
ATTIC
STAIRCASE / STAIRWELL
PATIO, DECK
ROOFTOP

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