Date;25/05/2016
Lecture Notes 01
The Nature of Building + Built Environment
Topic : INTRODUCTION
The nature of Buildings
The Nature of a Building Create an adequate indoor environment; protection from external weather or noise, provision of comfortable indoor temperature and humidity, natural light and fresh air.
To order human activities and the functional spaces according to purpose and use.
To be an integrated component in the built or natural environment. To integrate the independent construction systems in a complex hole
Built Environmental
A building can be understood to be the physical embodiment of number of systems and subsystems that must necessarily be related, coordinated, and integrated with each other as well as with the three-dimensional form and spatial organization of the building as a whole. (From Building construction illustrated, D. K. Ching) B
Structural system
Building element : any major functioning part of, or structural assembly in, a building, such as roof, floor, walls, beams, slabs or foundations; often made up of building components.
Building component : a prefabricated assemblage of parts or product such as a door or window assembly, technical utility etc. supplied ready for installation on site. B
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