Building Drawings
and Symbols
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Building Drawings
Introduction
Location Plan
Schematic diagrams
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Elevations
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Location Plans
Plot2
Floor plans
Illustrations
Sectional views
As a result of many different companies and
professions using the project set, all the
drawings must be in a standardised format using
the same symbols and conventions.
You will learn about all of these throughout this
unit.
Harlow Road
North
facing
arrow
Building Drawings
Site or Block Plan
Floor plan
arrow
En-Suite
Kitchen
Master
Bedroom
96
Play
Area
Hall
Dining Room
94
Door
Bathroom
C/board
Plot 2
Bedroom 2
Living Room
92
Contour lines
Tree
Window
Building Drawings
Elevations
Sectional Views
Elevation
End Elevation
Brickwork or
Cavity wall
Outside
ground
level
Flooring
with
Insulation
Foundations
Building Drawings
Illustrations
Schematic Diagrams
An example of a simplified
solar power heating system
is shown as a
pictorial view
on the left and as a basic
schematic diagram below.
Nowadays, technology
has advanced to allow
3D animation walk
through videos, to
give an even clearer
representation of a
Building.
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Sectional Views
Brick
Switch
Socket
Insulation
Sawn Wood
Concrete
Schematics
Bath
WC
(water closet)
Radiator
In Line
Valve
Lamp
Fluorescent
Lamp
Door
Window
Shower
Tray
Crossover
Junctions
Wash
Basin
Sink Top
(R/H bowl)
Exercise 1
A pictorial view and plans of a house are shown opposite.
1. a) State the name of the pictorial view shown at A.
Pictorial View A
b) State one reason why an architect would use this
type of view.
Reason ..
2.
(1)
View A
(1)
3.
(3)
1:1250
1:500
1:2500
Plan C
Plan B
Scale (1)
4.
(1)
Plan D
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Exercise 2
1
Bathroom
Kitchen
Plan .
Lounge
a)
Purpose
Garage
Bedroom 2
Bedroom 1
b)
Plan .
c)
Purpose
d)
Plan .
e)
Purpose
f)
g)
(7)
(6)
Exercise 3
C
D
A
B
C
D ..
E
(5)
2.
(3)
Exercise 4
An Architect uses a CAD system to produce a new
house design.
1
Device 1 .
Device 2 (2)
3
(3)
(1)
Symbol X
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Revision Sheet
Floor Plan
EN-SUITE
KITCHEN
MASTER
BEDROOM
DINETTE
BATHROOM
C/BOARD
BEDROOM 2
LIVINGROOM
Location Plan
HALL
Scale 1:50
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North Pointing
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Harlow Road
Site Plan
Used to promote
and sell a house
96
94
Plot 2
92
Scale 1:200
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