Banjaiga Architectural Magazine

The site plan is basically a large scale drawing that shows the full extent of the site showing a building footprint, travel ways, parking, landscaping and garden elements. In this article, you’ll get to know more about the basic requirements for a site plan in construction.

A site plan is a document that specifically maps out the part of the building site to scale. There are two main types of site plans listed below: Existing site plan – This site plan shows the site in its present state. Proposed site plan – The proposed site plan shows what’s going to change, and how the site will appear once the construction complete.

The Dadabhouy residence is nestled in a 550 sq yd corner plot, shaded by the cover of foliage guarding its boundary. Khadija has carved out a slender volume within the plot, creating large open spaces landscaped with plants and paved rock patios.

Choosing an architect is a critical part of any building project. Making sure you have the right architect to design your house is essential. In this article, we will tell you how to consult an architect and setting up a pricing structure for your project.
The popular architect Frank Gehry once said “I don’t know why people hire architects and then tell them what to do” This is likely a fair place to begin an article about how to interact with builders and architects - especially because it is not usually clear where your briefing must stop and where the designer’s feedback starts.

Choosing an architect is a critical part of any building project. Making sure you have the right architect to design your house is essential. In this article, you’ll find top significant tips that will help you hire the best architect for your house design. Great designs are potentially the most significant part of constructing a perfect home or doing incredible renovations – and thus acquiring the right person to design your home’s a big deal. Finally, choosing an architect will certainly come down to comparing:

1) what type of work they do,

2) where they generally work,

3)How they charge and

4) How good you will have the ability to deal with them.

Proportion plays an important role in architecture for centuries. The English author Henry Wotton translated ‘de Architectura’ which was written by Roman Architect Vitruvius in 1624, and elucidated Vitruvius, three conditions of the good building to be usefulness, firmness, and delight. Proportion plays a vital role in all of three as it provides the guidelines for making useful spaces, designing structures and creating aesthetically pleasing environments. In a very basic definition proportion is ‘ apart in comparison to its whole’, a basic example can be a table’s height in relation to its length. When looking at the macro-level proportions of space can dramatically change how visitors feel in it and when looking at the micro-level it again instigates the change in emotions as the visitors enter the space. While so much of the world of interior design is subjective and a matter of taste, there are some fundamental principles that transcend all styles and trends, one of those key principles is proportion. In interior spaces/design proportion acts as a vital representation of size and how objects interact as a whole and to one another in any given space. There are multiple ways in which designers play with proportions in terms of patterns, light, size, shape and texture to achieve harmony and visually pleasing spaces.

Brick –one of the oldest building block created by mankind, and perhaps the most common one still in use today. In Pakistan, brick is the foundation of almost every house that is built, every marketplace, mosque and commercial building that stands, and even the historical sites that still stay their ground hundreds of years later. Not only is it one of the most natural and inexpensive materials that are available to us, but it is also one that makes us feel closest to the earth, made from the grains of the very soil on which we stand. Even though all of us understand brick as the building block through which our homes are created, bricks are used in numerous other ways in Pakistan, and around the world. Let’s look at some local examples first.

Let’s look at some local examples first.

Patterns have always been the heart of home décor, from our traditional rugs to patterned sofas and cushions, to matching curtains. But mixing and matching patterns has always been a dicey business and when it comes to picking out new wallpapers or even matching your bedcovers to the rest of the room, most of us tend to play it safe. Even though patterns can radically change the outlook of our rooms, we rarely give thought to how exactly we are utilizing them in our day to day life. Today, we’ll give you a few tips on how to consciously use patterns in your home decor.

Residential architecture, throughout time, has been a defining factor in dictating the architectural style of the era. Every human being has a vested interest in the design of the space he or she inhabits, whether it is limited to which wall the television is hung on, or to what your neighbour sees when they look at your house from their own window. That is why, perhaps, residential architecture is a field where we can observe considerable stylistic variety, whether in the form of large shifts in trends or just a particular type of tile that is suddenly all the rage. In Pakistan, privately owned homes are multiplying at unprecedented rates, with the population in major cities expanding towards the suburbs. With this rise in homes, we can observe some clear trends in the design and styles that these houses are adapting.