yr common Terminology 17 Section 1 1-6. BUILDING PARTS TERMINOLOGY Balcony: A Projecting slab outside the building on any floor (above Gd. floor) covered from sides by handrails or small height walls. It is ysable as a sitting place or sleeping out. Balcony may be a covered (canopied balcony) or uncovered. The difference between balcony and terrace is that below balcony, there is no walls or rooms or enclosures; simply the floor slab is projected outside the external wall of building but in terrace, there is a construction below. Barsati : Habitable room/rooms on the roof of building with or without toilet/kitchen. Basement or Cellar : The lower storey of a building below or partly below ground level. Canopy : A cantilevered projection from the face of a wall over an entrance to the building at the lintel level. Corridor: It is a narrow pathway inside a building or house to be used for entering other rooms, kitchen, toilet, etc. Courtyard : An area open to the sky within the boundary of a plot, which is enclosed or partially enclosed by building, boundary walls or railing and provides light and vantilation to one or more habitable rooms. Itmay be at ground floor level or any other level within or adjacent to a building. Chajja or Sunshade : Overhang (sloping or horizontal) above the windows, doors etc. cast alongwith lintels to provide protection from sun: and rain. Garage : A portion of a building at ground floor or outhouse used for parking/storage of a wheeled vehicle. Ledge or Tand : A shelf like projection along a wall supported in any manner whatsoever except by means of vertical supports within a foom itself but not having projection wider than 0.9 m and at a minimum Clear height of 2.2 m from the floor level. Loft : An intermediate slab constructed between two floors for Storage purposes and enclosed on sides upto the next floor slab. It is Normally cast at lintel level at location of passages and is open on one two sides for access.Pst Lobby: A space inside a building covered on top and sides but able to be utlized as a separate room because itis used as a rat 18 Common Termi {or entering other rooms or used as a waiting place for outside persons” Mumti or Stair Cover : A structure with a covering root ove; { staircase and its landing buit to enclose only the stairs for the cn of providing protection trom weather and not used for human habitatgy Mezzanine Floor: An intrrodato flor botaen we oor ab ground evel vith ateao! mezzanine rested to 70 ofthe aaa lower floor and with a minimum height of 2.2 m above the floor level, Party Wall: Conon wal party constructed on tho plot ot ay and party nan ajoning plot ane senng both ststraly Parapet : A low wall or railing built along the edge of a root ora floor, | Pavement: Any ‘Pucca’ floor anywhere, open trom allsides. | Platform (or Chabutra): Any raised floor open from top but may ¢ ‘may not be enclosed trom sides by boundary walls and gate. Normal) located in front or back of the house. Plinth : Ground floor of the building. Plinth Protection : Paved area around a building between the surface of the surrounding ground and surface of the Ground floor. Plinth Level : Level of the ground floor of a building, | Plinth Height : Height of the ground floor above the street leve measured from the level of the centre of the adjoining street. | Porch: A covered area supported on pillars or otherwise at the entrance of a building for the purpose of pedestrians and vehicular approach to a building, Roof: Topmost floor of the building Setback : Distance trom plot boundary to building line where nothing should be constructed as per byelaws. There are front, side and real setbacks in the buildings. Storey : Portion of a building between two floor levels. Terrace: Is an open space in front of a room/rooms on a tloor (from) 1st floor onwards) supported on the construction below. ‘The ter includes Root aso In other words, on the root of a certain storey. some area is le vacant without consructon is called terece Verandah: Portion of a tloor, cover fed from top and enclosed by walls on three sides and open on one sid ° lo ulinda jon Terminology 19 Section 1 4-7. BUILDING AREA TERMINOLOGY (i) Plinth Area : Built up or covered area on ground floor of the including thickness of wall it shall not include the following: fa) Chabutra with open top and unenclosed on sides by walls. {@) Porticorporch. . {@) Uncovered staircases inside building, {a) Areas covered by windowidoor chaljas, architectural bands, ‘comice, vertical sun breakersifins, box louvres outside window. (6) Compound wall with gates. {@) Garden, tank, open pavement. All areas required for common services, i.e. its, sanitary pipe shatts open to sky, garages and other parking areas, outside Staircases and common entrance areas between flats, servant quarters, sub-station, pump house. Piinth area shall include the following: (j Inside covered staircases. {i) 1/2 the area of uncovered balcony. If width of uncovered balcony is less than 3', no area need be taken into account. (ii) Full area of covered balcony. (iv) 1/2 the area of chabutra enclosed on sides. (2) Circulatory Area: Areas used for the movement of persons, ie, passages, corridors, staircases, porch, lift shaft, etc. Circulatory area in the buildings may be upto 25% of the plinth area. @ Carpet area: It indicates the floor area of the usable rooms at any tloor level and is equal to floor area-Circulatory area-Tollets (baths, water closets) -air-conditoning room — kitchen, pantry, store, etc. It doesn't include wall areas also. Carpet area may be 50% to 75% of the total floor area. (4) Floor Area : It is covered or built up area at any floor. However Usable or net floor area = Total covered area at any floor ~ area of walls. ‘Area occupied by walls in a load bearing building may be about 15-20% ofthe total floor area, (5) Ground Coverage = Plot area - area of landscapes, roads ins, parkings, paved areas and other open and undeveloped area. It 'S approximately equal to covered area at ground floor ofall the buildings. (6) Open Area: Plot area ~ Ground coverage. (7) Living Area: The term Living Area is generally employed for deducting licence fee in case of Government accommodation, It is Calculated as follows1 20 Common Terminology Section Main Building Rooms, kitchen, bath, latrine, My store and enclosed verandah - 100% of the floor area idors and ° Berea cm — 25% of the floor area (c) Porch — 12'/,% of the floor area (d) Courtyard pucca — 5% of the floor area as Om) Roome — 25% of the floor area (0) Verandahs — 12'/,% of the floor area (8) Total Built up Area : Total covered area of all the floors of the building. (9) Super Built Up Area : This term is applicable for society flats, Here in the floor area of the flat, some percentage of outside common areas (e.g. staircase, corridors, lifts, common rooms, A.C. or AHU rooms, pump room, security room, elect. sub-station or DG room, society office, common underground or overhead tank, covered parking area @tc.) is also added. It then becomes Super built area of the flat. (10) Plot Area: Areas of the full site inside boundary walls of a premises. (11) Floor Area Ratio: Total covered areas of all floors x 100 Plot area Some useful Notes regarding Plinth Area (1) Plinth area includes the wall thickness. (2) For canopied or covered balcony with Parapets and railing around the balcony, full area shall be taken for Covered area calculations. (3) For uncovered balcony but with railin. C 98 and parapets around, only 50% area is to be Considered for covered area calculations, (4) For open Pucca platform outside the hou: i d handrails and no Cover on t coneldered ha ‘op, Nothing shall b i in pli a. (5) For platiorm (at G Ig considered in plinth are: d. floor) and with par all round but without Cover on top, oe is to b e considered Pou @ Considered. (6) For verandah (i, i i i plinth ares (i.e. cover on top) full area is to be considered in (7) Entrance Porch shall not be included in plinth area.