MULTI-STOREYED BUILDINGS

LECTURE - 3

IX Semester

MULTI-STOREYED BUILDINGS IX Semester

SITING OF MULTI-STOREYED BUILDINGS

FACTORS FOR SITE SELECTION

The important factors to be remembered before selecting the site for tall buildings are: Location- w.r.t existing structures, transport facilities, approach roads, linking roads etc. Development of buildings on a site that will lead to the formation of unpleasant, dense, and over- populated areas without sufficient social relationship should be avoided. Geography : Orientation with respect to sun, seismic conditions of the area, density, population growth, land use pattern etc. etc. Topography: Study of existing and surrounding site features, vegetation, surfaces etc. and the effect on the microclimate, etc.

FACTORS FOR SITE SELECTION

The effect on the local environment like overshadowing: The location (site) of the buildings should be selected and designed in such a manner that it creates no obstacles for the view of residents of the surrounding buildings. The sunshine should not be obstructed either.

FACTORS FOR SITE SELECTION

Type of soil: Whether rocky, loose, hard etc to adequately design the foundations. Check the bearing capacity of soil for the maximum load to be distributed by the structure. Water table: The level of water below the surface needs to be accounted before constructing a high rise as the foundation depths of high rise are deeper than horizontal structures. Abutting roads: The road widths along which the site has to be selected should check for the vehicular accessibility and should not lead to traffic congestion and overcrowding.

FACTORS FOR SITE SELECTION

Wind conditions: The intensity of wind flow, and their nature (dry, Moisture laiden) Orientation: of sun and wind to check the impact of wind loads and other external influences on the tall structure. Skyline: The existing skyline should not be hampered and the proposed structure should be in consonance with the existing skyline or Disturbing elements: Tall buildings should not be located too close, or in an area consisting of ordinary buildings. This disrupts the hierarchical process of space privacy in quite private places (House) and semi-private places.

FACTORS FOR SITE SELECTION

Accessibility of relief and emergency services, e.g. fire fighting facilities to the building is another important factor, therefore: The tall buildings should not be located in narrow and blind areas, mountain skirts and high hills; the latter for creating sloping passages. The tall building should have sufficient frontage in order to provide enough protection when fire accidents occurs in nearby blocks. At emergency times, the passages and routes must be so designed that the relief services would have an easy access to the building. The fire fighting services should be able to deploy at the least 8m far from the construction spaces.

FACTORS FOR SITE SELECTION

Open Spaces: According to the density and the height of buildings, area should be sufficient to allocate open spaces. The open spaces are more vital for residential complexes, since children and old people, are a major part of inhabitants which need open spaces for recreation. Sufficient co-ordination: Tall buildings should have sufficient co-ordination, not only with their own components but also with adjacent installations, e.g. roads, public parking, schools, shopping centers, libraries, parks and green areas.

FACTORS FOR SITE SELECTION

In the nut shell facilities given below should be readily available: Communication and transportation routes, public facilities and infrastructure, conservation of natural and environmental resources, prediction of the population, beautification and development of desirable landscape, compatibility of adjacent buildings

MULTI-STOREYED BUILDINGS IX Semester

BASIC SITE PLANNING PRINCIPLES FOR HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS

BASIC SITE PLANNING PRINCIPLES

LOCATION High-rise should be directed to maximize walkability, support the transit system, and enhance the importance of the citys key activity centers like Station Lands, hospital, university, or college etc. High-rise may be included in the redevelopment of a large site in the interior or exterior of a mature neighborhood, depending on the size of the neighborhood and its characteristics. High-rise should be developed only if directed by an Area Redevelopment Plan or existing zoning.

BASIC SITE PLANNING PRINCIPLES

SITE CHARACTERISTICS The site should be large enough to provide for adequate building setbacks and a transition / decrease in height to the edges of the site, to achieve compatibility with existing small scale development in the surrounding area. The site should be separated from existing small-scale residential development by a major roadway or other non- residential use The site should have a direct access to an arterial road.

BASIC SITE PLANNING PRINCIPLES

SITE AND BUILDING DESIGN High-rise buildings should be developed as slender, point - block towers with small floor plates (approx. 6,500 sq. ft.), to reduce shadow and wind impacts, and to protect views. Where high-rise buildings are constructed on podiums, the podiums should be designed to provide a human - scale street wall. High-rise buildings should have well-defined entrances, and be designed to address the street. High-rise buildings should be sited and designed to establish a focal point or landmark in the area.

BASIC SITE PLANNING PRINCIPLES

The exterior of highrise buildings should be finished with high quality materials depending on its effect on the surroundings. High-rise buildings should be located and designed to minimize adverse shade and wind conditions on surrounding open space. High-rise buildings should be located and designed to minimize loss of privacy for other residential development in the area. High-rise should include small-scale commercial or community uses on the ground floor that meet the daily/weekly needs of local residents.

BASIC SITE PLANNING PRINCIPLES

OPEN SPACES AND AMENITIES: High-rise projects should include significant indoor amenity spaces and outdoor open spaces designed for the recreational and social use of residents and users.

High-rise projects should have a high quality of landscaping on the site, and along adjacent street boulevards or walkways.
High-rise developments that are part of a large scale redevelopment project, should dedicate additional public park space

BASIC SITE PLANNING PRINCIPLES

PARKING: The majority of parking for the residents of high-rise projects should be provided underground or in above ground structures (parking garages).

Surface parking for visitors should be developed at the side or rear of the building, and be well landscaped.
Parking garages should be designed with residential, commercial or community uses at a grade to provide for active frontages.

MULTI-STOREYED BUILDINGS IX Semester

EFFECTS OF TALL BUILDINGS ON THE URBAN SPACE & PERSPECTIVE

EFFECTS ON THE URBAN SPACE

The urban space , the space for social life of the people is influenced by the existence of tall buildings. Many experts emphasize on three main characteristics of the urban space, as follows:

The space being confined.

The aesthetic quality of the space. Social functions and executed in that space. activities being

EFFECTS ON THE URBAN SPACE

1. THE SPACE BEING CONFINED. Space when used as a confined area should enjoy a quality that creates the most desirable visual effects for the users of the space. The urban space in areas where the tall buildings are the most prevalent type, the spaces do not enjoy such human atmosphere and the narrow streets between these buildings destroy possible perspectives from inner spaces towards open spaces. This obstruction in the sight creates more tightness in the space in case the building is taller. The undesirable circumstances will be intensified by the shadows being made, lack of sufficient lighting and lack of sunlight.

EFFECTS ON THE URBAN SPACE

For solving this problem, the following remedial measures are recommended: Making openings among buildings by establishing open or green spaces along the length of the tower blocks, in the streets,

EFFECTS ON THE URBAN SPACE Recession in some buildings by not making them too high Change of height towards its appropriation and adjacency of tall and short buildings.

EFFECTS ON THE URBAN SPACE

2. THE AESTHETIC QUALITY OF SPACE Tall buildings have a nice perspective from relatively long distances. However, from closer destinations they are not much appreciated. In order to modify the aesthetic aspect of the urban space, .when the tall buildings are the most prevalent types and to improve the physical and visual aspects of these spaces, the dimensional proportions should somehow be near to the human measures.

EFFECTS ON THE URBAN SPACE

i.e. In the other words, the heights of buildings in the main envelope should be reduced OR The space is at an urban scale to appreciate the entire building at one go.

EFFECTS ON THE URBAN SPACE

3. SOCIAL FUNCTIONS & ACTIVITIES IN SPACE Social functions and activities in tall building are not successful, due to confinement and lack of sight Therefore by recession of those buildings from the frontier envelope of urban space and construction of short buildings instead, the space would be more suitable and will enjoy the possibility of creating more and better visual perspectives. As such, the tall buildings are located further away from the space surrounding so that their undesirable influences on the urban space will diminish.

MULTI-STOREYED BUILDINGS IX Semester

VISUAL EFFECTS OF TALL BUILDINGS

VISUAL EFFECTS OF SITING IN TALL BUILDINGS

The towering height of the building results in

clear widening of the site itself which would not

gel in a setting where traditional housing would merge into the surrounding landscape. The effect of tall building from the distance is not only determined by their own position, but by the background; buildings or hills etc. They should be well appreciated from a distance.

VISUAL EFFECTS OF SITING IN TALL BUILDINGS

As the high rise cannot hide behind the trees or other neighboring structures it tends to attract more attention and so should be aesthetically

more satisfying.
Tall building should merge with the

surrounding environment yet be a contrast to stand apart and be high.

EFFECTS ON THE URBAN PERSPECTIVE

Supporter of tall buildings believe that one of the major advantages of these buildings is provision of urban perspective and sight from inside higher storeys of these buildings. But it should be remembered that the phenomenon of tall buildings has generally some undesirable impacts on the adjacent environment for example: Obstruction of view, shadowing, reducing the privacy of interior space by the adjacent buildings and influencing the green areas.