BUILDING SCIENCE.

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 BY: ARCHITEC CEPHAS. (BS. ARCHITECTURE. CBU).

COURSE CONTENT

UNIT 1: BUILDING MECHANICS

1.1. Beams

1.2. Stress, Strain and Elasticity

1.3. Forces moving about point, and beams

1.4. Shear force and Bending moments

1.5. Cantilever beams

UNIT 2: BUILDING GEOMETRY AND TECHNICAL DRAWING

2.1 Introduction to technical drawing

2.2 Principles of technical drawing

2.2.1 Accuracy

2.2.2 Thoroughness 

2.2.3 Neatness 

2.2.4 Completeness

2.3 Identification and use of drawing equipment

2.4 Mechanical Drawing

2.4.1 Outlines

2.4.2 Title block

2.4.3 Lettering

2.4.4 Dimensioning

2.4.5 Isometric and Orthographic drawing 

2.5 Plans, Elevations and Sections 

2.5.1 Dwelling houses

2.5.2 Trading premises

2.5.3 Public buildings

2.6 Introduction to Auto-CAD software

UNIT 3: TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING

3.1 Brief history of the development of Town and Country Planning

3.1.1 Factors that led to development of Town and Country Planning discipline

3.2 Institutional and legal frameworks for Town and Country Planning in Zambia

3.2.1 Institutional framework for Town and Country Planning in Zambia

3.2.2 Laws and Regulations that guide Town and Country Planning practice in Zambia

3.3 Principles of Town and Country Planning practices.

Developmental control 

3.4.1 Development plan, 

3.4.2 Zoning principles, 

3.4.3 Change of land use and 

3.4.4 Planning permission

3.5 Development strategies and their shortcomings

3.5.1 Top-down approach

3.5.2 Bottom-up approach – decentralization

3.6 Rural and urban growth

3.6.1 Definition of urban drift

3.6.2 Causes and results of urban drift – health and social

3.6.3 Development of informal settlements – causes and impacts on towns and cities

3.6.4 Concept of upgrading informal settlements and Urban Renewal.

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