LAYOUT PLAN OF HOUSING BLOCKS AND PUBLIC FACILITIES
LAYOUT PLAN : The act or an instance of lying out. An arrangement or plan , especially the schematic arrangement of parts or areas .The layout of a factory , the layout of a printed circuit . The art or process of arranging printed or graphic matter on a page
LAYOUT OF HOUSING BLOCK : Detached home Semi detached home Terraced houses Apartment
BASIC BUIKDING FORMS ARE : BLOCK
BUILDING FORMS ARE: The block The Tower Courtyard or apartment
THE BLOCK : Wider than it is tall The apartment are arranged of a corridor (single ,double or loaded )
THE TOWER Vertical form Centralized zone
THE COURTYARD OR APPARTMENT Provide the side open spaces (courtyard). The open spaces are comunnal and should provide and should provide a high quality landscaped environment and outlook .
RECTLINER/GRID IRON A systematic layout of streets in a subdivision that creates blocks of uniform length and width and streets that intersect at right angles.
CUL-DE-SEC A cul-de-sac, dead end, closed, no through road, a close and no exit is a street with only one inlet/outlet. While historically built for other reasons, one of its modern users is to calm vehicle through-traffic in residential areas,
PUBLIC FACILITES : Public facilities is a service which is provided by government to people living within its jurisdiction, either thorough the public sector or by financing provision of services should be available to all regardless of income.
THE ROLE AND FUNCTION OF PUBLIC FACILITIES : This give guidance on the planning of public facilities within residential settlements .Public facilities are defined as those basic services which can not be supplied directly to the individual dwelling unit and as a result are utilised away from the individual residential dwelling unit within the public environment .Public facilities satisfy specific or community needs-including safety and security ,communication , recreation , sport , education, health, cultural and public administration .