What are building Services? How to design services and how to make choices? These are the questions answered in this studio. We may give the analogy “If a building is a body, services are its soul”. The studio covers building services viz. Mechanical-Heating, Ventilation and Air-conditioning (HVAC), Electrical, Plumbing, Fire Protection Services, that are essential or mandatory for effective performance of a building. Students will learn engineering terminologies, design principles, systems classification, design basis, load calculations, capacity determination for the services. Standard engineering practices, statutory regulations will be illustrated. We sincerely attempt to keep the course live and interesting by practical teaching methods, tutorials, site visits and close interactions with students by Industry Experts. Students shall have better concept of space requirements, layouts and shall be in a position to visualize a building in totality. Building Information Modelling is a unique feature of this course.
