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Introduction
Apartment:
Apartment is the building in which accommodation is provided for three or more families
living independently of one another.
Apartment buildings are multistory buildings where three or more residences are contained
within one structure.
An apartment building is that the different floors of residential units are separated
horizontally.
Can share outdoor space and car parking.
Evolution:
High – raised apartment buildings had already appeared in ancient times.
The Insulate in ancient Rome and several other cities in the roman empire some of
which might have reached up to 10 or more stories.
In Egypt, there were many high-rise residential buildings, some seven stories tall
that could reportedly accommodate hundred of people.
Apartment were popular in Canada.
SITE DETAILS
Site design:
A well designed apartment developed
responds and contributed positively to its
natural and built environment. To achieve
this should have a detail understanding of
the exiting site conditions
Site ecology and habitats
Avoid the building on important habitat areas.
Protect and use existing trees or bush, particularly natives, as features for the
development. This is a effective way of integrating the new development into
the existing environment.
Improve the ecology and habitat of the site by integrating this into the
development.
1. More recreation
3. Increased safety
4. Extra amenities
5. Low commitment
unknown
Characteristics of apartments:
1. Simplex apartment/flat
2. Duplex apartment
3. Triplex apartment
4. Efficiency apartment
5. One – bedroom apartment
6. Two bedroom apartment
7. Three bedroom apartment
8. Four bedroom apartment
9. Garden apartments
10. Luxury apartments
11. Combination of apartments
There are three key elements to any apartment building:
Courtyard apartments
- Provide the sides open spaces (courtyards).
-The open spaces are communal and should
provide a high quality landscaped environment
and outlook.
-It may have a base
2.Building access arrangement:
• Vertically ( lift staircase)
• Horizontally (corridors) internal or external
• Individually (having their own front door)
An enhanced ceiling height greater than 2.4m may enable adequate day lighting
and ventilation for greater apartment depths.
Dual aspect apartments benefit from the opportunity for cross-ventilation
through the apartment, increasing the maximum apartment/building depth up to
14 meters, beyond which both become difficult to achieve.
Building Separation:
Building separation is the distance measured
between building envelopes or buildings.
Separation between buildings contributes to
the urban form of an area and the amenity
within apartments and open space areas.
General Requirements:
The kitchen is not a specialized workroom, for it has many uses . It is used for
preparation of meals, food preservation, storage of food and utensils, and
also, in many cases, for eating.
Kitchen should have 1.2m access space in front of the base kitchen units.
Balconies:
Locate the private outdoor space adjacent to the main living and dining space
of the apartment.
Do not providing climbing aids to gain access into an apartment.
Ensure balconies are not so deep that they prevent sunlight entering the
apartment below
Windows:
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Services
Types of Exits
(a) Exits shall be either horizontal or vertical type.
(b) An exit may be doorway, corridor and passage to an internal staircase or
external staircase, ramp or to a veranda and/or terraces that have access to
the street or to roof of a building.
(c) An exit may also include horizontal exit leading to an adjoining building at the
same level.
(d) Lifts/ escalators and revolving doors shall not be considered as exits.
Exit requirements:
Exits those not accessible for general public use.
(c) All exists shall be free of obstructions.
(e) Exits shall be clearly visible and the routes to reach exits shall be clearly
marked and signs posted to guide the occupants of floor concerned.
(f) All exit ways shall be properly illuminated.
(g) Firefighting equipment where provided along exits shall be suitably located
and clearly marked but must not obstruct the exit way and there should be
clear indication about its location from either side of the exit way.
(h) Alarm devices shall be installed to ensure prompt evacuation of the
occupants concerned through the exits, wherever required.
(i) All exits shall provide continuous means of egress to the exterior of a
building or to an exterior open space leading to a street.
(j) Exits shall be so arranged that they may be reached without passing through
another occupied unit, except in the case of residential buildings.
(12) Staircase Requirements
(b) Single staircase may be considered for Non-high-rise residential,
educational, business or group housing society where floor area does not
exceed 500 sq. m. and height of the building does not exceed 18m (including
Stilt Floor) and other requirements of occupant load travel distance and width
of staircase shall meet the requirement.
(13) Stairways
(a) Interior stairs shall be constructed of non-combustible material throughout.
(b) Interior stairs shall be constructed as a self-contained unit with at least one
side adjacent to an external wall and shall be completely enclosed unless
mechanically ventilated.
(c) A staircase shall not be arranged round a lift shaft for buildings above
15.0m (18m with stilts) height. The staircase location shall be to the
satisfaction of department of Fire Services.
(f) The minimum width of treads without nosing shall be 25cm for an internal
staircase for residential buildings. In the case of other buildings, the minimum
tread shall be 30cm.
Minimum Width Provisions for Stairways: Apartments - 1.25m
(g) The maximum height of riser shall be 19cm in the case of residential
buildings and 15cm in the case of other buildings and these shall be limited to
12 per flight.
(h) Handrails shall be provided with a minimum height of 90cm from the centre
of the tread.
(i) The minimum headroom in a passage under the landing of a staircase and
under the staircase shall be 2.2 m.
(j) For building more than 24m in height, access to main staircase shall be
through a lobby created by double door of half an hour fire rating. One of the
doors will be fixed in the wall of the staircase and other after the lobby.
(k) No living space, store or other fire risk shall open directly into the staircase
or staircases.
(l) External exit door of staircase enclosure at ground level shall open directly
to the open spaces or can be reached without passing through any door other
than a door provided to form a draught lobby.
(m) The main staircase and fire escape staircase shall be continuous from
ground floor to the terrace level.
(n) No electrical shafts/AC ducts or gas pipe etc. shall pass through the
staircase.
(o) Lift shall not open in staircase landing.
(p) No combustible material shall be used for decoration/wall paneling in the
staircase.
(r) The exit sign with arrow indicating the way to the escape route shall be
provided at a suitable height from the floor level on the wall and shall be
illuminated by electric light or glow sign or florescent connected to corridor
circuits. All exit way marking sign should be flush with the wall and so designed
that no mechanical damage shall occur to them due to moving of furniture or
other heavy equipment’s. Further all landings of floor shall have floor-indicating
boards indicating the number of floor as per Building Rules. The floor indication
board shall be placed on the wall immediately facing the flight of stairs and
nearest to the landing.
It shall be of size
not less than 0.2m. x 0.5m.
(v) Fire Escape Staircases
(i) Fire escape shall not be taken into account while calculating the number of
staircases for a building.
(ii) All fire escapes shall be directly connected to the ground.
(iii) Entrance to the fire escape shall be separate and remote from internal
staircase.
(iv) The route to fire escape shall be free of obstructions at all times except
the doorway leading to the fire escape which shall have the required fire
resistance.
(v) Fire escape shall be constructed of non-combustible materials.
(vi) Fire escape stairs shall have straight flight not less than 125cm wide with
25cm treads and risers not more than 19cm and the number of risers shall be
limited to 16 per flight.
(vii) Handrails shall be at a height not less than 100cm.
(i) The use of spiral staircase shall be limited to low occupant load and to a
building height of 9m.
(ii) A spiral stairs shall not be less than 150cm in diameter and shall be
designed to give the adequate headroom.
straight flight
Circulation: movement through space
• Horizontal circulation by Corridors, pathways.
Horizontal circulation is in between the different places in a floor.
Minimum Width Provisions for Passageway/Corridors: 1.50m
• Vertical circulation by staircases, ramps, lifts, escalators.
Vertical circulation is in between the different floors in a building.
Horizontal Vertical
Ramps:
The maximum gradient of a ramp approach intended for the Differently Abled
persons shall not exceed 1 in 10 and shall be finished with approved non-
slippery materials. The minimum width of the ramp shall be 1.2m and provided
with handrails of height not less than 80cm.
Lifts and Escalators
(a)Provision of Lifts
(b)(i) It shall be made mandatorily for all buildings which are 15m and above
(without stilts) /18m and above (with stilts) in height.
(ii) For buildings less than 15m (without stilts)/18m (with stilts) the provision of
lift is on the discretion of the owners in order to facilitate movement of elderly
people.
(iii) All the floors including basement and terrace shall be accessible for
24hours by the lifts.
(iv) The lifts provided in the buildings shall not be considered as a means of
escape in case of emergency.
(v) The lift machine room shall be separate and no other machinery shall be
installed in it.
(vi) Grounding switch at ground floor level to enable the fire service to ground
the lift car in case of emergency shall also be provided.
Lighting and ventilation
Aims of Good Lighting
Good lighting is necessary for all buildings and has three primary aims.
• The first aim is to promote work and other activities carried out within the building.
• The second aim is to promote the safety of the people using the building
• The third aim is to create, in conjunction with the structure and decoration, a
pleasing environment conducive to interest of the occupants and a sense of their
well-being.
Reflection factor = luminous flux reflected by a body / luminous flux received by
the body
The values of the reflection factor of the ceiling and of the wall are as follows:
White and very light colours 0.7
Light colours 0.5
Middle tints 0.3
Dark colours 0.1
For the walls, taking into account the influence of the windows without curtains, shelves,
almirahs and doors with different colours, etc, should be estimated.
0.7 0.3
0.5 0.1
Ventilation — Supply of outside air into, or the removal of inside air from an
enclosed space.
Natural Ventilation
Artificial Ventilation
Natural: Natural ventilation is the process of supplying air to and removing air
from an indoor space without using mechanical systems.
Artificial: Artificial ventilation is the process of supplying air to and removing air
from an indoor space by using mechanical systems.
• Duct ventilation
• Tunnel ventilation
• Side wall ventilation
• Attic inlet ventilation
Tunnel ventilation
Duct ventilation
Basic Zones
For the purpose of design of buildings, the country may be divided into the
major climatic zones as given in Table 2, which also gives the basis of this
classification.
Each climatic zone does not have same climate for the whole yew, it has a
particular season for more than six months and may experience other seasons
for the remaining period. A climatic zone that does not have any season for
more than six months may be called as composite zone.
Climatic Factors
From the point of view of lighting and ventilation, the following climatic factors
influence the optimum orientation of the building:
a) solar radiation and temperature
b) relative humidity, and
c) prevailing winds.
Outdoor Noise
The main sources of outdoor noise in residential areas are traffic (aeroplane,
railways, roadways), children playing, hawkers, services deliveries, road repairs,
blaring loud-speakers, various types of moving machinery in the
neighbourhood and building operations, and captive power generation
machinery.
Indoor Noise
As far as indoor noises are concerned, conversation of the occupants,
footsteps, banging of doors, shifting of the furniture, operation of the cistern
and water closet, playing of radio, television, music system, cooling and
ventilation machinery, etc, contribute most of the noise emanating from an
adjacent room or an adjacent building. Noise conditions vary from time to
time and noise which may not be objectionable during the day may assume
annoying proportions in the silence of the night when quiet conditions are
essential.
In the case of flats the main sources of noise are from other flats and from
stairs, lifts and access balconies. Plumbing noise is another cause. In semi-
detached buildings, outdoor noises from streets are noticed more than indoor
noises from neighbours.
Internal Planning
• The orientation of buildings in a locality should be planned in such a way as
to reduce the noise disturbance from neighbourhood areas. The non-critical
areas, such as corridors, kitchens, bathrooms, elevators and service spaces
may be located on the noisy side and the critical areas, such as bedrooms
and living space, on the quiet side.
• Windows and doors Windows and doors should be kept away from the noisy
side of the building.
• When windows of a building, particularly those of bedrooms in apartments or
flats, face roads carrying heavy traffic or other noises where the external
noise is of the order of 80 to 90 dBA, the building should be located at a
distance of about 30 m from the road, but a distance of 45 m or more,
where possible, should be aimed at for greater relief from noise
• When the windows are at right angles to the direction of the above type
of noise, the distance from the road should be arranged to be about 15 to
25 m.
• In case another building, boundary wall or trees and plantations intervene
between the road traffic and the house/flat further noise reduction is
achieved and in such cases the above distances may be reduced suitably.
Standards for physically disabled people
Type of Disabilities
Non-Ambulatory
Semi-Ambulatory
Sight disabilities
Hearing disabilities
Design requirements for
Non-Ambulatory
Ramp (1:12)
Design requirements for
Non-Ambulatory
Width of entrances and exists
(clear 900mm)
Lift
Toilet
Design requirements for
Semi-Ambulatory
Use of guiding blocks for persons with impaired vision to guide them within the
buildings and facilities and out side the building. (Refer details of
guiding/warning blocks).
* Installation of information board in braille.
* Installation of audible signages (announcements)
* Removal of any protruding objects and sufficient walking space for safe
walking.
• For persons with limited vision use of contrasting color arrangements.
HEARING DISABILITIES
Persons with impaired hearing
Persons in this category are totally deaf or have difficulty in hearing. They are
generally use their sight to gather information in public places.
Design requirements
* Provision of information board in an easily understandable manner.
* Provision of illuminated signages, layout diagrams to help the persons easily
reach the desired place.
ELDERLY PERSONS
Elderly persons may suffer impaired mobility, sight disabilities (partially or fully),
hearing disabilities or any other physical difficulties, for which the design
guidelines for
them within and outside the buildings and facilities shall be similar like other
physically
disabled persons.
Conclusion
•There are many types of houses and each one characterized by special
character and each one have different function, material and style and made
according to a specific design.
•Its better to use more than one type in a housing project.
•Detached houses for privacy, luxury, free modification and addition, no
management fees.
•Apartment blocks for economic , safety, not responsible for any exterior
maintenance or repairs.
•Different unit sizes for apartment for different family needs.
CASE STUDY
Boppana’s valluru Empire,
Near PVP shopping mall,
Mogalrajapuram,Vijayawada.
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LOCATION MAP
Area for each flat(3BHK) - 529.763 sq.ft
Buit up area for one floor - 3364.110 sq.ft
Total built up area – 16820.55 sq.ft
Abutting road on east side
Site area – 7885.795 sq.ft
Tot lot area – 756.852 sq.ft
Parking slot – 4 wheelers- 12
Drive way width @N-11’6”
@S- 11’6” MIN
@E – 10’MIN
@W – 11’6”
Total Building height-18m
Circulations –staircase rise- 6”
thread- 1’
flight width- 4’
lift details (6p)5'6" x4'9"
Entrance gate width- 13’
NORTH
TYPICAL FLOOR PLAN
NORTH
staircase
balcony
Toilets
kitchen
Accessibility
Demerits:
No proper placement of watchman cabin.
ramp ratio is not suitable for disabled people.
Desktop study
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