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

1)AIM AND INTRODUCTION:

To draw a g+1 residential floor plan as per vastu shastra and calculate the loads as per IS CODE.

Vastu is a part of civil engineering as the ancient engineer Vishwakarma words it is said that the vastu is used in every part of civil structure, and it has no expire date.

Now a day’s civil engineer are particular about the construction as per vastu.

In civil engineering point of view vastu helps the engineer to show the proper direction of doors, windows, bed directions, bedroom design, interior and entrance. 

It also helps to give information about the house or building facing. The change in direction gives the change in vastu for the building or house.

Some of the vastu tips are-

• Entrance, Hall, Puja Room should be at north-east corner or east.
• Dining, balcony should be at south side
• Kitchen, stair case and bath room should be at south-east corner.
• Master bed room should be at south-west corner.
• Children bed room, bath room and stair case should be at north-west corner
•  Second entrance for east facing house/building should be in the north side towards east corner.
•  Balcony may be at north-west corner.
•  The flooring height should be more at south-west corner when compared to other sides or directions.
•  There should be more loads like cupboards or lockers in south-west.
•  Cupboards or shelves for all the rooms should be for west side or south side walls.
• The door for children bed room should be at south side towards the south-east corner.
• The door for master bed room should be at east side towards north east corner.
•  Bath room doors should be towards south or north-east corner.
•  The bed in bed room should touch the south side wall and the facing for sleeping must to head at south side and legs towards north side.
• The main gate entrance should be at north-east corner.
•  The height of compound wall should be more height at south-west corner when compared to other sides.
• We need to turn towards right side when we are moving up on to the stairs.
•  Comparing to all the rooms the master bed room should be bigger.
• Over head tank should be placed at south-west corner because the corner should take more loads to balance the vastu.
• The underground tank should be place at north-east corner.

Introduction of the project.

Building size- 30'x49'3".

It is a 2bhk house with staircase from outside. Building is north facing, main door placed at north east.

Column- 230mmx300mm, beam- 230mmx450mm, wall thickness- 230mm, wall height- 3mtrs, slab thickness- 125mm.

2) PROCEDURE:

Floor plan of the building is attached in the document.

Procedure begins with calculating the dead load and live load on the structure. Thereafter gives the actual load for the building design procedure.

Calculation of dead load.

1) SLAB: 

ground floor and first floor-

30'*49'3"*2= 2955sft= 274.7sqmt

274.7*0.125*25= 858.3KN

2) BEAM:

0.23*0.45*25= 2.59KN/M.

total beam length- 300'- 91.56mtrs*2.59*2floors= 473.76KN.

3) COLUMN:

no of columns- 15, ht- 3mtrs

0.23*0.30*3*15*2floors= 6.21m3

6.21*25= 155.25KN.

4) WALL:

total length- 182.92mtrs, ht- 3mtrs, thk-0.23m, density- 20kn/m3.

DL= 182.92*3*0.23*20= 2525KN.

Total dead load= 858.34+473.76+155.25+2525= 4012KN.

CALCULATION OF LIVE LOAD:

• floor finish on slab- 1*274.7= 274.7kn
• Live load on slab- 2*274.7= 549.2kn
• Live load from rooms- 2*274.7= 549.2kn

Total live load= 1373.5KN.

* Wind loads are not considered for buildings with height less than 10mtrs as per is875.

Here building height is 6mtr, hence neglected.

As per IS875 load combinations,

Total load= 1.5( DL+LL)

1.5(4012+1373.5) = 8078.25KN.

3) RESULT:

For the above requirement, the floor plan is drawn for both ground floor and first floor.

As per vastu requirement,

• Main door- north facing and placed east of north
• Living room is at north east and centre place is  cluster free.
• Toilet is placed north west
• Bedroom in south west
• Kitchen in south east.

Whereas structural part is considered, we have.

• Slab of 125mm thick throughout.
• Columns are placed at 3mtrs spacing of size 230*300mm of 15no's.
• Beams are of size 230*450mm
• Staircase of 6.5' width
• We have found after calculations that the total load of the building structure is 8078KN for which the footing has to be designed.

Drawings that needs to be provided for  construction of the building are as follows.

1. Setting Out Plan
2. Floor Plans
3. Elevation Drawings
4. Section Drawings
5. Working Drawings
6. Opening Schedules
7. Rood Drainage Plan
8. Flooring Plan
9. Furniture Plan
10. Typical Details
11. Foundation excavation plan
12. Footing sections
13. Ground floor column plan
14. Column sections
15. Ground floor plinth beams plan
16. Plinth beams sections
17. floor wise beam plan
18. Beam sections
19. floor wise slab bottom rebar detail
20. floor wise slab top rebar detail
21. floor wise slab section
22. Overhead water tank design
23. Septic tank design
24. Other drawings like electrical, plumbing, fire safety, hvac are provided as per requirement.