Dissertation On Skyscrapers The Highrise

HIGH RISE STRUCTURES – MUMBAI
(VERTICAL URBANIZATION)
A DISSERTATION REPORT
Submitted by
SENTHILNATHAN .K
in partial fulfillment for the award of the degree
of
BACHERLOR OF ARCHITECTURE
IN
ARULMIGU MEENAKSHI AMMAN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING,

KANCHEEPURAM
ANNA UNIVERSITY: CHENNAI 600 025
March 2016
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Certified that this project report “HIGH RISE STRUCTURES – MUMBAI
(VERTICAL URBANIZATION)” is the bonafide work of
“SENTHILNATHAN K” who carried out the project work under my
supervision.
SIGNATURE SIGNATURE
HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT SUPERVISOR
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Abstract
Urban population is heavily increasing every second. The projected population
in 2014 accounted for 54% of the total global population, up from 34% in
1960, and continues to grow. The urban population growth, in absolute
numbers, is concentrated in the less developed regions of the world. It is
estimated that by 2017, even in less developed countries, a majority of people
will be living in urban areas (WHO). This urban migration for work and other
things leaves cities short on affordable housing, transport link and can either
lead to inner city poverty or urban sprawl.
Increasing demand for urban spaces pushed the environment to grow vertical
and compact. The traditional front – lawn houses are cut away and re-arranged
into skyscrapers, losing their greenness and their “neighborhood”. So the
necessity of High – rise is needed. High-rise housing is usually defined as a
residential building with five or more stories, most of the time encountered in
urban or suburban areas. The high rise building has its own reputation of good
and bad. The high rise building are on one part is advantageous but on the
other has flaws on its own. Economical aspects, social, ecological and
psychological aspects are influenced on both ways.
There is a love/hate relationship towards high rise. The cohabitation between
people, safety and security, mechanical pollution to the ecosystem, less feeling
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of greenness on the ground, economical support to small vendors, uniting many
people under a single roof and reducing the distance of travel are some of the
main good and bad of high-rise buildings. The most successful solution for this
problem of population, pollution is mixed use development integrating plants
and bringing in bio-climatic design principles has come up.
This Dissertation explorers the design issues and goals in High rise mixed use
development. The designing and planning of mixed use development involves
consideration of all prevailing conditions of social and economic problems and
added guidance of the local bye-laws. The various functional needs, efficiency,
economy, energy conservation, aesthetics, technology, fire and safety
solutions, vertical transportation, human comforts, operation and maintenance
projects, provision of future growth are some of the main factors to be
incorporated in the design.
The thrust of the topic is given towards the integration of plants and applying
bioclimatic principles, energy conservation and solving economic and social
problems in the design as well as improving the living quality into these
vertical cities. The main objective is to establish the necessity of greenery to
incorporate into skyscrapers, for the wellbeing of the economy, society and the
environment.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER NO. TITLE PAGE NO.
ABSTRACT iii
LIST OF FIGURES vii
LIST OF TABLE ix
LIST OF SYMBOLS ix
1. INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Aim 2
1.2 Objectives 2
1.3 Necessity 3
1.4 Scope 3
1.5 Methodology 4
2. HISTORY AND ASPECTS OF HIGH

RISE BUILDINGS 5
2.1 Historical development & Origin

Of skyscrapers 5
2.2 Transition – Seven islands to Mumbai city 8
2.3 Architectural aspects of high rise 9
2.4 Economical aspects 11
2.5 Social aspects 12
2.6 Ecological aspects 15
2.7 Psychological aspects (Mumbai) 19
3. DESIGNING CONSIDERATION OF
HIGH RISE BUILDINGS 25
3.1 Planning of a Project 25

3.2 Basic planning consideration 26
3.3 Structural design considerations 27
3.3.1 Foundation system 27
3.3.2 Central core system 29
3.3.3 Reduction of Total high-rise weight 32
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3.3.4 Floor Vibration test 33
3.3.5 Torsional wind load on High-rise 35
3.3.6 Seismic loading on high-rise 38
3.4 Facades
3.4.1 Innovations and Sustainable
Façade system 42
3.4.2 Factors to be considered
for Glazing of High-rise 45
3.4.3 Fire Safety Factors
for Glazing of High-rise 48
3.4.4 Ventilation and Noise control
Using double skin facade 53
3.4.5 Façade emergency exit concept 55
4. BUILDING SERVICES OF
4.1 Vertical Logistics 60

4.1.1 Vertical Transportation
(Elevator system) 60
4.1.2 Vertical Services
Transportation 69
4.2 Fire Safety Measures 71
4.2.1 Fire Extinguisher 74
4.2.2 Firefighting systems (dry & wet) 75
4.2.3 Sprinkler systems 75
4.3 Deliveries & Parking requirement 78
4.4 Refuse areas on High-rise 79
5. CASE STUDIES -
5.1 Kanchanjunga Apartments 84

5.2 Bank of China Tower, Hong Kong 85
5.3 Linked Hybrid, Beijing, China 93
5.4 Taipei 101 97
6. CONCLUSION 103
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LIST OF FIGURES
Fig.1 Schematic diagram of the methodology in which the study is taken through 4
Fig.2 Transition of Mumbai city from seven islands 8
Fig.3 Reason for purchasing a house in a tall building 19
Fig.4 Reason for selecting a floor in a tall building 20
Fig.5 Interaction with neighbors in comparison to a low-rise development 20
Fig.6 Most common concerns in a High-rise residence 21
Fig.7 % of People wanting to move 22
Fig.8 Primary reason for wanting to move 22
Fig.9 Primary reason for not wanting to move 23
Fig.10 The Q-S curve diagram to determine the Pile settlement in Pile Foundation 28
Fig.11 Different types of Core placement in a high-rise 30
Fig.12 Outrigger truss connecting the exterior columns to the central core 32
Fig.13 iTECH beam concept - (Source – CTBUH) 34
Fig.14 iTECH floor vibration equipment - (Source – CTBUH) 35
Fig.15 CPP – Closed Circuit Boundary layer wind tunnel apparatus 36
Fig.16 Burj Khalifa model (scale – 1:500) –
Aeroelastic Wind tunnel test inside CPP 37
Fig.17 Shanghai Tower – Shaking Model Test,
China Academy of Building research 43
Fig.18 Double skin façade, Siemens center shanghai 45
Fig.19 - 20 High rise office, Hanoi, Vietnam – Super transparent façade 46
Fig. 21 Maritime museum Ling gang –
Showing two structural sails with the in-between cable net façade 47
Fig.22 Mechanism of Fire breakout in building 51
Fig.23 Impact of Horizontal and Vertical projection in the building 52
Fig.24 (left) Curtain wall supported on slab edge
(right) Curtain wall hung off slab edge 53
Fig.25 - 26 (left) inclined forward (right) incline backward 54
Fig.27 double skin curtain wall 54
Fig.28 DSF ventilation and Noise control schematic diagram 57
Fig.29 Exterior Evacuation method through Façade 58
Fig.30 Elevator Operation Scenario 64
Fig.31 Elevator Operation – Power failure condition 67
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Fig.32 Elevator Operation – Fire condition 68
Fig.33 Reported rates for premature loss of stairwell tenability from
a survey undertaken of fire report from 50 tall buildings 72
Fig.34 (a) Fire spreading from origin of the floor to all above floors
(b)‘Compartmentation’ is done and thus reducing the spreading of fire 73
Fig.35 Spreading of Fire from the origin floor @several instances 74
Fig.36 Fire Extinguisher 74
Fig.37 Sprinkler System - Unit 76
Fig.38 Sprinkler System – Schematic diagram 76
Fig.39 Methods for safety of occupants during fire event 80
Fig.40 Plan & Sectional analysis of types 85
Fig.41 Sectional analysis of single type 85
Fig.42 Form evolution of the Apartment tower 86
Fig.43 Sectional analysis of individual types 87
Fig.44 Individual Type residents 88
Fig.45 Form Evolution of Bank of china Tower 89
Fig.46 Final Structure of the High-rise 90
Fig.47 Floor Plans of Bank of china 91
Fig.48 Section & Façade design detail 92
Fig.49 Conceptual painting of Linked hybrid 94
Fig.50 View of the Linked hybrid – linked 94
Fig.51 Section of the Linking bridges 95
Fig.52 View of Linked hybrid 96
Fig.53 Section of Taipei 101 98
Fig.54 Plan of Taipei 101 99
Fig.55 Clock view the TOWER 100
Fig.56 Structural Concept of Tower 101
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LIST OF TABLES
Table.1 New York City initial high-rise building built 6

Table.2 Chicago City initial high-rise building built 6
Table.3 The Ecological design aspects in high-rise buildings 18
Table.4 The adverse health effects of noise 56
Table.5 Consequences of Sleep disturbances 56
LIST OF SYMBOLS
CTBUH - Council of Tall Building and Urban Habitat

SRA - Slum Rehabilitation Authority
LIG - Low Income Group
HIG - High Income Group
HVAC - Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning
iTECH - Innovative Technical Economical and Commercial Hybrid
HFFB - High Frequency Force Balance
CCB - Closed Circuit Boundary
RC - Re-inforced Concrete
SSG - Silicone Structural Glazing
WHO - World Health Organisation
DSF - Double Skin Façade
FOH - Front of House
BOH - Back of House
VIP - Very Important Person
OEO - Occupant Evacuation Operation
IBC - International Building Code
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Chapter - 1 Introduction
Chapter – 1 Introduction
Monumental structures were built for the gods, including temples, pyramids
and cathedrals which pointed to the sky. Today’s monuments such as high rise
tall buildings –symbolize power, prestige, richness and glory. The evolution
from the Tower of babel to Bhurj khalifa is to overcome the limitations of
nature with human ingenuity. Until the introduction of modern metal frame
construction, advent of electricity, fire proofing and most importantly elevator,
tall buildings were not actually possible practically. The first building to be
felicitated with the above techs was The Home Insurance Building and further
more tall building were practical.
At present, it is impossible to find a major city without Skyscrapers. Tall

buildings are the most famous landmark of the cities, symbol of pride,
dominance in power, confidence in human ingenuity over nature. The
importance of skyscrapers in the present and future urban development is
without doubt increasing despite the negative effects in the quality of life. The
feasibility and desirability of tall buildings have always depended on the
available materials, the level of construction technology and the state of
development of the services necessary for the use of the building. Therefore,
advances in structural design concepts, analytical techniques and a more
sophisticated construction industry with the collaboration of lightweight
materials it has become quite easy to construct tall skyscrapers at a low cost
premium compared to conventional construction.
Mumbai city is called as the Manchester of India. Mumbai city is the second
most populous metropolitan city, wealthiest city with most number of
billionaires & millionaires in India. Mumbai is an important hub for transport.
The Demographic statistics of Mumbai, as of to the Census report on 2011 –
the population of Mumbai city was 1.38 cr and the area of 603km 2. The living
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space per person is 4.5m2 per person. Mumbai suffers from a major
urbanization crisis like poverty, poor public health, and land availability.
Mumbai is currently home to the largest number of supertalls and skyscrapers

under construction in the world. The city is undergoing a massive construction
boom, with 6 supertalls (buildings taller than 300 meters), 40+ of skyscrapers
and many more of high-rise buildings under construction in addition to the
mid-rises existing already. Most of the skyscrapers are residential. Mumbai
ranks 33rd in the global ranking in no. of 150m+ high rise, 21st in Asia and 1st
in the India.
1.1 Aim
To study and analysis about high rise building conditions in Mumbai
1.2 Objectives
 To study the present condition and keep in account the future evolution
of Mumbai city.
 To analyze social, ecological, architectural aspects of high rise building.
 To study how mixed used high rise building can solve urban related
problem.
 Understanding the regulation and requirement of mixed use
development.
1.3 Necessity
Urban sprawl is basically another word for urbanization. It refers to the

migration of a population from populated towns and cities to low density
residential development over more and more rural land. The end result is the
spreading of a city and its suburbs over more and more rural land. In other
words, urban sprawl is defined as low density residential and commercial

development on undeveloped land. Migration and urban sprawl isn’t something
that is just now becoming popular, as it has been around for quite some time.
Cities and their suburbs are now becoming overcrowded because of this.
The effects of urban sprawl are even more problematic. The increase in public
expenditure, health issues, increased traffic, environmental issues. These issues
can be reduced in dense living. The cities that are denser perform the best. The
cities like Manhattan, Hong Kong are less in environmental issues compared to
other cities. The vertically might be our solution in dense living taking into the
account of all bio climatic, greenery factors.
1.4 Scope
 Analyzing a solution for the future urban context.

 The problem of horizontal expansion in Mumbai is solved.
1.5 Methodology
The process starts by identifying aims and objective followed by the literature
study and reviews about high rise in Mumbai. The literature gives clear view of
the history of high rise and the use of high rise in an urban fabric in the future,
the problems of horizontal denser cities. The effects of high rise socially,
ecological and environmentally can be noted. Inferences from the case studies
can be made. Byelaws, design considerations of the high rise mixed use can be
studied. Comparison of all these data and conclusions can be derived.

Fig.1 Schematic diagram of the methodology in which the study is taken through

Chapter - 2 History and Aspects of High-rise buildings
Chapter – 2 History and Aspects of High rise buildings
The notion of size or appearance of tallness is a relative matter and not a

consistent one over time and space. It is always difficult to distinguish the “tall
building, high rise building or skyscraper” just in terms of size. Unfortunately,
there is no standard or criteria to call a building on its height. The terms all
mean the same type of building which results in extremely high. Skyscraper is
the most assertive term.
2.1 Historical development & Origin of Skyscrapers
The early Equitable Life Building in New York, which was completed in 1872,
also contributed towards the development of high-rise buildings, for it was the
first tall building to have an elevator. Although it only had six floors, the edge
of the roof was no less than 130 feet (roughly 38 m) above the road surface.
Due to its elevator, the upper floors were in greater demand than the lower
floors. Following completion of the “Equitable” building, it was the thing done
to reside on one of the “top” floors.
In 1871, the great first accident in Chicago destroyed much of the city’s office
space and it gave a chance to rebuild a modern, fireproof business district. The
Home insurance building completed in Chicago in 1885, was the first to
incorporate an iron – skeleton structure to bear the load of the building. This
building paved way for the city’s early skyscraper boom. Architects and
engineers who “cut their teeth” in Chicago skyscrapers were later called to
work in New York as well. Chicago and New York were the two great
superpower of American architecture.
The buildings rose higher and higher with the spread of pioneering
construction methods – such as the steel skeleton or reliable deep foundation
methods – as well as the invention and development of the elevator. The highly
spectacular skylines of North American cities, particularly Chicago and New

York, originated in the early years of the 20th century. Glancing over
Manhattan’s stony profile, the silhouettes dotting the first 12 km of the 22-km-
long island bear vociferous testimony to this dynamic development
.
The famous skyscrapers of New York and Chicago during the start:
New York
Equitable Life Assurance building 1870 43m/141ft. 8 stories
Western Union building 1875 70m/230ft. 10 stories
Tribune building 1875 79m/259ft. 10 stories
Boreel building 1879 - 8 stories
Mills building 1883 - 9 stories
Temple court 1883 45m/148ft 10 stories.
Table 1 New York City initial high rise building built.
Chicago
Montauk Block 1882 39m/128ft 10 stories
Calumet Block 1883 44m/144ft. -
Pullman Building 1884 44m/144ft. 9 stories
Home Insurance building* 1885 44m/144ft. 10 stories
Marshall Field building* 1892 83m/273ft 12 stories
Table 2 Chicago City initial high rise building built.
It is only recently that attention has also turned to interesting high-rise

buildings outside North America: Norman Foster’s Hong Kong and Shanghai
Bank, Ieoh Ming Pei’s Bank of China in Hong Kong and the twin tops of the
Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, the tallest building at the time of its
construction in the world at 452 m. High-rise buildings in Germany are a
modern development and are concentrated particularly in Frankfurt am Main:
today, Frankfurt is the only German city with a skyline dominated by
skyscrapers. One of the tallest buildings in the city is the Messeturm built in
1991 with a height of 259 m, which is not much more than half the height of
the Sears Tower in Chicago, currently the tallest office and business tower in
North America with a total height of 443 m. It was the rapid growth in
population that originally promoted the construction of high-rise buildings.
New York once again provides a striking example: land became scarce well
over a hundred years ago as more and more European immigrants streamed
into the city. From roughly half a million in 1850, the city’s population grew to
1.4 million by 1899. More and more skyscrapers rose higher and higher on the
solid ground in Manhattan, as buildings could only be erected with great
difficulty on the boggy land to the right and left of the Hudson River and East
River. In this way, New York demonstrated what was meant by “urban
densification” despite the considerable doubts originally voiced by experts in
conjunction with this development.
Cities in Europe and Asia grew horizontally and it was only when production
and services acquired greater economic significance throughout the world and
the price of land rose higher and higher in economic centers after the Second
World War that they also began to grow vertically. Modern Hong Kong is a
striking case in point: it encompasses an area of 1,037 km 2 (Victoria, Kowloon
and the New Territories), of which only one-quarter has been developed, but
with maximum density and impressive efficiency

2.2 Transition - Seven islands to Mumbai city
From a group of seven islands to a strategic port and eventually the financial
capital of world’s largest democracy. The 18th century marked the rapid
growth of the city, when hinterland was connected to Mumbai by rail. Many
construction projects were started due to the need of flourishing markets and
economic opportunities. Various business communities from different part of
the nation set up their businesses in this island.
These laborers lived in settlements that grew parallel to the docks. The
landowners and factor owners constructed rental dormitory. Eventually the
immigrants brought their families in these single – room accommodations,
drastically increasing the density of the area. ‘Rent control Act’ was
introduced which rendered these Chawls unprofitable for the landlords. The
damaged Chawls were not repaired and maintained. In 1969, there were about
20,000 chawls in dilapidated conditions housing two million people.
Fig.2 Transition of Mumbai city from Seven islands
At present, Mumbai is the entertainment, fashion and commercial center of

India. It is also one of the world’s top 10 centers of commerce in terms of
global financial flow. Mumbai accounts for 30% of customs duty collections,
20% of central excise tax collections, 40% of foreign trade and rupees 40,000cr
in corporate taxes to the Indian economy. Mumbai is the world’s 29 th largest
city by GDP. 11.9 trillion rupees by 2030, larger than GDP of many countries
today, greater than many countries like Portugal, Columbia, Malaysia.
The city’s economic boom attracts migrants in search of opportunities from

across the country. This has led to acute shortage in low income/mid-income
housing resulting in slums and pavement dwellers. Due to the lack of space
most of the new developments are expanding vertically on small plates of land
with no consideration for the wider infrastructure. ‘Pencil Towers’ have
cropped up at random, leaving inadequate infrastructure. These unplanned and
scattered constructions aggravate the urban blight and dd to the burden to an
already stressed infrastructure. The governing bodies lack the resources to
undertake large scale redevelopments on their own. The above mentioned
problems force the urban planning to be sustainable and that is the need of the
hour.
“The bias among architecture critics isn’t against Skyscrapers per se, but
against the way in which their design is so heavily dictated by economic
considerations – the way in which skyscrapers are real estate before they are
architecture.”
Paul Goldberger
2.3 Architectural aspects of high-rise
As the historical development of high-rise buildings has already shown, the

construction of building reaching higher and higher into the sky was – and to a
certain extent still is – an expression of power and strength. This is equally true
of both ecclesiastical and secular buildings: the power, strength and influence
of entire families – i.e. their standing in society – are mirrored in the erection
of ever taller buildings culminating in a battle to build.

The building built in the past is ornamented with stylistic new elements of their
time. The building that reflects the spirit of time when it is finished can appear
“old” within only a few years. The brevity of the various stylistic trends is one
of the reasons for the inhomogeneous appearance of modern towns and cities.
Since architects must expect that later buildings will have their own,
completely different formal identity, they do not see any reason why they
should base their own designs on existing standards, particularly as this would
merely cause them to be considered “unimaginative”.
Several modern trends in high-rise construction:

- The dictate of tastes mentioned above is expressive of the egotism
prevalent in modern society with its desire for status symbols and designer
brands. Unfortunately, the public not uncommonly bows to this dictate, as
when town councilors set aside major urban development considerations and
with seeming generosity set up public areas in the form of lobbies and plazas
in high-rise buildings.
- In the past, it was the master builder and architect who defined the
construction and consequently the appearance of a building; today, on the other
hand, technical developments determine what can and cannot be done. The
appropriate and basically essential symbiosis between engineering designer
and artist has been abandoned. This critical thing on the architectural, urban
development and economic background is not basically to cast doubt on high-
rise buildings as such, but it does illuminate some of the facets that are central
to considering the risk potential inherent in high-rise buildings. This almost
inevitably raises the question why high-rise buildings should have to be built in
today’s dimensions.
- One reason is indisputably the need for a “landmark”. In other words,
to express economic and corporate power and domination in impressive visual

terms. Nothing has changed in this respect since the very first high-rise
buildings were erected.
- Connections to the infrastructure are improved by concentrating so
many people in such a small area. The World Trade Center alone provides jobs
for over 50,000 people – that is the equivalent of a medium-sized town. All
institutions of public life are united under a single roof and the distances
between them have been minimized. However, high-rise buildings do little to
prevent land being sealed on a large scale. The suburbs of modern American
cities are a prime example: as far as the eye can see, the landscape is covered
with single-family homes, swimming pools and artificially designed gardens
simply to provide sufficient private residential land for all the people working
in a high-rise building occupying only a few thousand square meters.
- Many of the techniques and materials which are also used for
“normal” buildings today would never have been invented and would never
have become established if high-rise construction had not presented a
challenge in terms of technical feasibility. Rationalized, automated sequences
are beneficial to high-rise buildings, at no time in the past were such huge
buildings erected in such a short space of time. Short construction periods also
mean shorter financing periods and consequently profits which partly
compensate for the additional costs incurred in the construction and finishing
of the building.
2.4 Economical Aspects
Hundreds of companies and thousands of people depend on the smooth

operation of a high-rise building, from the one-man business of a newspaper
vendor or shoe shiner and corporations with thousands of employees, such as
banks, brokers or global players with a daily turnover in the order of several
billions to radio, television and telecommunications companies which use the
roofs and tops of high-rise buildings for the transmission and receiving

installations. In addition, there are innumerable other businesses and workers

with their families whose economic situation is directly or indirectly linked
with the high-rise building. These range from transport companies and catering
firms to tradesmen under long-term contract in the building. Nor should it be
overlooked that even the municipal authorities and the service companies are
also affected by the “failure” of a high-rise building and that its effects can be
felt nationwide or even worldwide in the worst case.
This scenario not only applies to such total failure as a major fire or collapse of
the building. Despite (or precisely because of) its size, a high-rise building is
an incredibly sensitive and vulnerable system. Even a brief power failure can
result in operational and economic chaos.
2.5 Social Aspects
“Social Infrastructure” has a sensitive definition to it. ‘Infrastructure’ means

“the basic framework of a system or organization”, the prefix ‘infra’ means
“below or beneath”. Infrastructure is what is below or beneath a structure, in
this case high rise buildings. ‘Social’ is defined as “of or pertaining to society
and its organization”. So “Social infrastructure” can be seen as the basic
framework of services pertaining to the organization of society, underlying any
human settlement.
| Urban population – Agglomeration – Inevitable growth pattern – Horizontal

to vertical – High rise housing & mixed use typology – Dense urban planning |
The world is at the verge of escalating rates of urbanization. The world

population is 6.9 billion and 10.1 billion in 2100. Urban population is 2.6
billion in 2010. Developed nations show 0.9 billion in 2010 to 1.1 billion in

2050. Rural population have dropped to 0.6 billion. This has been principal
cause of the ever increasing demand for homes.
History has given us many planning discourses intended to solve the planning
problem in the future by Sir Ebenezer Howard and Le Corbusier (The city of
tomorrow and its planning). The automobile dominating urban fabric since the
late 20th century has been bringing negative environmental and social impact.
By 1990s, “Compact City” model promoting “mixed use – high density living”
was the envisioned solution to urbanization.
Dense lifestyle proves better living for the people by reducing the money on
travel, saving time, retaining countryside and allowing people to enjoy the
vibrancy of city life. The urban designers and planners have a great challenge
in converting the urban compaction into a sustainable future of our cities. The
main aim is to create a sustainable neighborhood. “Smart Growth” does so by
focusing on regional characteristics to foster a unique sense of place, offering
better employment, transportation. Organizing populations densely so that
there is more increase in work and play opportunities adjacently.
Significance of Social sustainability:

- Social sustainability is regarded as an important part of sustainability
in general. It is a “development compatible with the harmonious civil society”.
- People live and work in the same area so housing should be

organized for the people at present and saved for them to the future.
- Social sustainability is now of a big concern alongside mankind

withdrawal from tradition. Electronic and social network is the main issue by
the reduction of adult interaction and children playing. Technology enables
work from home facility putting less interaction among people.
Advantages of Social spaces in Low-rise over High-rise
- Access, the spaces are horizontally accessible giving a more feel

physically and visually.
- Participation, low rise provide semi-private gardens giving

opportunities for hobbies such as gardening, tinkering and also time for the
family, neighbors to interact.
- Individuality, the expression of uniqueness and personalization of

private and semi-private spaces can be done. It also makes the walks and
outdoor stays interesting.
- Adaptability, the expansion in the small individual house is not so

difficult. It has a backyard and a front garden augmented space. This promotes
people to stay in one place for a lifetime and have a stronger bond.
- Hierarchy of spaces, the individual house has a semi private garden

at front and followed by a view to the street so children can play. Further in
from street to neighboring pocket spaces, public parks and much more
walkable neighborhood.
Advantages of Social spaces in High-rise over Low-rise
- Footprint, low-rise has a large foot print leaving less area for green
and public space. High-rise has less ground coverage and leaves more area for
green and communal spaces.
- Views, having a good city view is one good positive attribute in
high-rise. It will attract more people and be a good social space and interaction
zone for the people living in the high-rise.
- Security, the social spaces in the high-rise have a closed and secured
environment. In low-rise the passers-by have no problem entering the zone.
High-rise have good restriction towards the entry and no fear of crime is
prevailing in the high-rise.
- Pollution, as one gets higher the air gets cleaner and thus bringing
more pure breathing. Noise is also a good advantage in the high-rise. Elderly
people have a bad reaction towards noise. Most of the public social spaces are
noise zones producing more noise pollution.
- Safety, the children interaction in public is prone to speeding

vehicles. In high-rise the fear of children is not a factor at all.
2.6 Ecological Aspects
Ecological design involves the holistic consideration by design, of the careful

use of energy and materials in the designed system. The main aim is to reduce
the impacts of this over the natural environment, over the lifecycle of the
designed system from source-to-sink. We can structure these considerations in
a framework of set of interactions between the built environment and
ecological environment.
Interactions are classified into four general sets:

- The external interdependencies of the designed system (its external
or environmental relations)
- The internal interdependencies of the designed system (its internal
relations)
- The external-to-internal exchanges of energy and matter
- The internal-to-external exchanges of energy and matter.
Key criteria for ecological design are:

Assess where it is to be built? Site planning should be bases on
ecological land use method. Buildings
in the site should be located with
minimum disruptions to the natural
environment.
 Ecosystem hierarchy of site.
 Ecological land use.
 Evaluation of biodiversity index
before and after construction.
Assess local wind effects Design to limit frequency of
exceeding wind levels of 4 or more on
the Beaufort scale to 20% or less to
reduce impacts on pedestrians nearby.
Check overshadowing of other Locate buildings on the site to avoid
buildings substantial overshadowing of
neighborhood buildings and land. Site
solar production potential might
reduce due to overshadowing.
Assess environmental impacts of Check the environmental impacts of
production of building the flow of source of materials and
energy in the production of the
building and their impacts.
Assess natural resources consumption Material specification to consider
and Recycled materials depletion of natural resources (eg.
Timber products from sustainable

sources). Demolition materials to be

re-used.
Assess building construction impacts Building construction work should not
cause ecological disruptions. The long
term ‘sustainability’ is to take into
account the construction process in
sustainability.
 Developing and implementing a
project environmental plan.
 Minimising waste.
 Minimising re-work
 Using recycled and recyclable
materials wherever possible.
 Minimising the need for
transport, including
importation/exportation of
materials.
Assess external landscape design Micro-climate can be achieved by site
planning and landscape designing.
 Solar radiation
 Temperature
 Relative humidity
 Evaporation
 Wind.
Reduce Carbon-di-oxide production Control CO2 production <50kg/m2 per
year <200mg/kwh delivered energy.
Design for storage of Recyclable Provide adequate space for separate
materials storage of wastes for reuse/recycling
collection.

Assess water pollution  Reduce Site run off.

 Improve absorption and return
to ground water
Assess transport energy  Minimising car parking on site
 Policies to encourage public
transport and discourage car use
 Consider staff transport schemes
Internal water conservation  Aim to reduce water
requirement.
 Water recycling proposals,
rainwater use, waste water
treatment proposals.
 Irrigation systems to
landscaping areas should use
grey water.
Design for disposal of building  Minimise amount of materials
demolition and excavated materials. taken off site.
 Reuse and recover
Table 3 The ecological design aspects in high rise buildings
The above table is prepared as a simple guide for ecological aspects in an high
rise using some standards available. This list is totally comprehensive and can
change with improvement in technology.
2.7 Psychological Aspects (Mumbai)
A substantial part of Mumbai’s population are transferring from low-rises to

high-rise buildings, be it residence-commercial-work space-hospitality as well
as slum rehabilitation projects. An individual residing in 3 rd floor suddenly
adjusts the thrill of 13 th floor. Thus a psychological change is experienced in
the Mumbai city. The psychological change can be felt from both high-end
luxury high-rises as well as low-income housing for those rehabilitated from
the slums. The middle income group is left out from the analysis as tall
buildings are yet a luxury unaffordable to this section of this society.
100
80
60
Larger House
40 Amenities
Social & cultural Desire to be a part of

20
a happening communtiy
0
Larger House Amenities Social & cultural
Desire to be a
part of a
happening
community
Fig.3 Reason for purchasing a house in a tall building
7%
15% Panoramic View
45% Cleaner & Cooler air, Breeze,

Ventilation & Light
8% Proximity to ground & green
Social status
Non-availability of choice
25%
Fig.4 Reason for selecting a floor in a tall building

8%
12%
Same
34%
Increase/Convinient
Decrease/Inconvinient
Irrelevant/Indifferent
46%
Fig.5 Interaction with neighbors in comparison to a low-rise development
100
80
Elevator Breakdown
60
Precieved impact on Enviroment

40
20 Lethargy/Dependance on home
deliveries
0 Temperature & heat control
Dust accumulation
Escape/safety in calamitous
situtaion
Fig.6 Most common concerns in a High-rise residence

High rise building should not only have housing unit but also sports,
recreational amenities, retail market, common public space for people for the
purpose of leisure, entertainment. The taller the building the more isolated it
should be from the surrounding developments due to high density. The heavy
vehicular movement and the road access should be studies carefully. People
afford high rise for the View. Green spaces can come in handy for several
problems in a high rise building.
Slightly more than 28% of the country’s urban population is urbanized. Almost
22% of the urban population lives in slum. Out of the 21 million inhabitants of
Mumbai, almost 55% live in slums. SRA has many rehabilitation projects for
the slum to live in high rise housing complexes for LIG.
100
90
80
70
60
Senior Citizens
50 Above adults (35-60)
40 Youngsters (18 - 35)
30 Children (upto 18)
20
10
0
Senior Citizens Above adults (35- Youngsters (18 - Children (upto 18)
60) 35)
Fig.7 % of People wanting to move

100
90
80
70
Legal recognition
60
50 Expectation of Amenities
40
Improved access to roads
30
20
Sense of Ownership of an
10 Apartment in Mumbai
0
Legal recognition Expectation of Improved access Sense of
Amenities to roads Ownership of an
Apartment in
Mumbai
Fig.8 Primary reason for wanting to move
100
90
80
70
60
Loss of Livelihood
50
Loss os Sense of Community
40
Loss of Traditional lifestyle
30 Ineligibility
20
10
0
Loss of Livelihood Loss os Sense of Loss of Ineligibility
Community Traditional
lifestyle
Fig.9 Primary reason for not wanting to move
Positive Aspects of Vertical development

The rehabilitated slum dwellers under the SRA act receive legal recognition for
their residence and an apartment in a metropolitan area. This motivates people
especially the new generation who have graduate degrees, speak English and
work in posh commercial spaces and improve their lifestyle. Having a
residential unit in a building allows for better access to main roads for the use
of medical or natural calamities.
Rehabilitated slum inhabitants have more time on their hands to perform useful
activities due to reduction in time spent on water collection. Thus increase in
expenditure on entertainment and higher savings for the people living.
Negative Aspects of Vertical development
The problem of low income group housing is multi-layered. Slums are major
business hubs of Mumbai and are home to countless cottage industries that
support the daily needs. The makings of small edibles, fashion accessories,
recycling of plastics are done primarily by slum people. The livelihood of
vendors, shopkeepers and fishermen are lost. As SRA projects are likely to be
costly the people refuse to move to the high-rise buildings rather move to
another slum complex for cheap living of life.

Chapter - 3 Designing Consideration of High-rise
Chapter – 3 Designing Consideration of High rise
3.1 Planning of a project
The complexity of designing a mixed use high rise has to be co-ordinated and
has become several times greater since many disciplines and different experts
are involved solely in planning of the high rise housing.
 Architects
 Planning engineers for the supporting structures
 Construction and site management
 Planning of the technical building services
 Interior designers
 Construction Physics
 Planning and site management for data networks
 Planning of the lighting and materials handling
 Planning of the electrical and electronic systems
 Planning of facades
 Surveying engineers
 Geo-technology, hydrogeology and environmental protection
 Design of outdoor facilities and vegetation
 Surveying of the actual situation in surrounding
The amount of complexity is clearly shown in the above list. The high rise
housing requires a highly professional management is essential for such
project. Project management companies have come to play an increasingly
important role in recent years as they take over the entire organization,
structuration and coordination of construction projects.

3.2 Basic planning considerations
Planning Module – Span – Ceiling height – Floor to floor height – Depth of

structural floor system – Core planning
Planning module, the space one need for living, changes according to the
culture and the economic class. Span, described as the distance from a fixed
interior element such as building core to exterior window wall is another
important factor to be considered in designing the interior planning of a high
rise building. These depths change depending on the function of the space, and
acceptable span is determined by office layouts, hotel room standards, and
residential code requirements for outside light and air.
Ceiling height, it is also an important factor in building planning. Commercial

spaces require variety of ceiling heights ranging from 2.7 to 3.7m. Office
building insist ceiling height to 2.5 – 3.5m, hotel and residential functions have
a ceiling height of 3.0 – 3.5m. Floor-to-floor height, this function of the
necessary ceiling height, the depth of the structural floor system, and the depth
of the space required for mechanical distribution, determines the overall height
and the cost of the building. Small increase or decrease in floor system when
multiplied with the total floors could drastically increase the exterior,
mechanical system and overall cost.
Core Planning, it is another significant issue for planning considerations. A

typical floor in a high rise building contains a perimeter zone, an interior zone
and a core zone. While perimeter zone is described as a approximately 4.5m or
5m deep area from the widow wall with access through the interior zone. The
interior zone is defined as the area between the perimeter and the public
corridor. Core zone consists of those areas between elevators bank which
become rentable on floors at which elevator do not stop. Central core, which is

generally used in the building with a relatively square plan, is the most typical
core arrangement. Core elements should rise on every floor as it serves
logistics and also easy to construct.
3.3 Structural Design considerations
Super tall buildings have great challenges to the engineers. The structural
engineers have to overcome some unavoidable challenges that originate from
the massive gravity loads and large lateral loads in super tall buildings.
Structural engineers have to find a solution to overcome the natural loads and
to provide robust foundation system to support the great gravity loads, lateral
load system to resist huge lateral loads and light weight floor system to reduce
total tower weight.
3.3.1 Foundation System
Although the foundations are out of sight once the building is completed, they
are of immense importance for ensuring that the dead weight and live loads of
the building are safely transmitted to the native subsoil. These loads are not
inconsiderable. The dead weight of a high-rise building can amount to several
hundred thousand tones. This value may be exceeded several times over by the
live loads which are taken as the basis for designing the building and include
the loads from equipment and furnishings, people or moving objects, as well as
wind or earthquake loads. Moreover, these loads often exert different pressures
on the subsoil, thus resulting in uneven settlement of the building.
The Foundation system is obviously one of the most important factors in the
structural system of a high-rise building. In every high-rise huge tower gravity
load demand a strong foundation base with great bearing capacity. Soil
condition at the building site determines the type of construction of foundation.

The pile foundation is considered the practical solution for worse soil
conditions.
To optimize the pile design and verify the pile capacity and constructability,
structural engineers adopted a pilot test-pile program at the early design stage.
Under the pilot test pile program, two 110m long testing piles, with bearing
layers set fine sand layer (13-2) and two 98m long testing piles, with bearing
layer set at the silty sand layer (13-1) were constructed and will be taken to
testing. This is the prime method of testing pile and the Pile Load-Settlement
Curve (Q-S Curve) will be derived. End grouting and side grouting are
provided to enhance the pile capacity and reduce pile settlement. After
evaluating the pile capacity, pile settlement and construction cost the structural
engineers design the necessary specification for system.
Fig.10 The Q-S curve diagram to determine the Pile settlement in Pile Foundation

3.3.2 Central Core System
The first frame structures used for the steel skeleton were flexurally rigid
frames corresponding in height to one floor. New York’s Empire State
Building, which was completed in 1932, is one example which clearly shows
the advantage of this new method, namely the short time required for the
construction work. Moreover, the complete separation of outside wall and
supporting structure permitted absolute freedom of design for the facade.
Instead of requiring around 300 kg of steel per square metre of base area as in
the past, modern supporting structures only require roughly 125 kg of steel on
average.
As the buildings became taller and taller, however, the main problem was no
longer the vertical loads but such horizontal loads as wind and earthquake
forces, as well as their transmission.
The central of arterial part of a multistory building that integrates functions

and service needs for established occupants. Such areas are normally
composed of toilet facilities, elevator banks, janitors’ closet, utilities,
mechanical facilities, smoke shafts and stair. Core also known as facade
envelope is a spatial element for load-bearing high-rise building system.
Function of the Central core is to tie the building together as a single unit. It
also maximizes the flexibility in design layout. The core resists the lateral load
(Wind load) from any direction and also carries the gravity load of the
building. The core holds Toilets, Vertical transportation, Services (Electrical,
HVAC, Telephone, Risers and fan rooms).

Fig.11 Different types of Core placement in a high-rise
Advantages of Off Centered - Core
- All window or building perimeter space to be used for offices

- More flexibility in maximum depth and arrangement of spaces
- Affords the opportunity of developing small secluded space in the
relatively narrow portion of the floor plan where the core is closes to the
exterior walls.
Dis-Advantages of Off Centered - Core
- Present some problems of access

- Less flexibility of tenant distribution
- Remote and thus less convenient to the far sides and corners of the
building

Advantages of Central - Core
- Allows all windows and all window space to be utilized as rental of

the building plan will permit offices of verging depths to receive natural light .
- Extremely convenient of access and in some cases may be equidistant
for all side.
- Simplifies area division & provides good flexibility of tenant
distribution in the same way.
- Horizontal utility runs may also relatively equidistant from the core.
- Combine with a square building plan, bearing exterior & core walls,
this location permits a floor plan tree of columns and thus totally flexible for
office layout.
Disadvantages
- The central interior location limits the depth of offices in the mid-
zone of each floor
- It requires an access corridor around its perimeter.
3.3.2 Outrigger supporting structures
Since the middle of the 20th century, a number of improvements in the

supporting structures for skyscrapers have been introduced by the architects
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) in Chicago. One such development by
SOM is the “outrigger truss”: a rigid superstructure known as the outrigger is
mounted at the top of a reinforcing core with movably connected floors and
columns.
The outrigger connects the columns to the core. They are suspended from the
outrigger and are therefore under tension, thus eliminating the risk of buckling
that is associated with pressure elements. A supporting system in the form of
such an outrigger truss yields further advantages over a simple core
construction when it comes to transmission of the horizontal loads. The

bending stress applied to the core area in the lower floors is considerably
reduced when using an outrigger truss. The outrigger itself usually
accommodates such technical floors as the heating and ventilation systems.
Fig.12 Outrigger truss connecting the exterior columns to the central core.
Potential sets of outrigger trusses could be placed along the building height
with one set in each zone. However, more outrigger trusses do not lead to a
more efficient structure. Outriggers are expensive, and the construction time
for outrigger floors is much longer than for regular floors, thus the number of
outriggers should be kept to a minimum.
3.3.3 Reduction of Total high-rise weight
For a super tall building built on soft soils, engineers make great efforts to
reduce the tower weight in order to make foundation construction feasible and
reduce the seismic loads. The reduction of seismic load helps reduce the sizes
of individual structural members in the lateral system.
To reduce the building weight, engineers look into 3 sources – the lateral
system, the floor system and non-structural elements.

- The Structural elements in the lateral system, such as core walls, super
columns, outrigger trusses and belt trusses are crucial elements that provide
overall tower strength and stiffness to resist lateral loads. Not much change in
the lateral system will be done as it results in weakening of the load.
- The floor system accounts for a big portion of the building weight. A
composite slab can be selected as the floor system for the entire tower. It is
light in weight and easy to construct. They are carefully evaluated for weight,
cost and fire rating.
- Nonstructural members contribute to the tower weight but do not

contribute to the tower overall lateral capacity and stiffness. Therefore, it is
very efficient such as floor finishes – partition walls to be minimal.
3.3.4 Vibration Floor Test
The story height of the tall buildings is the significant factor due to the limited
construction area within the central city of the urban scenario at present. For
floor serviceability, stiffness and resonance are dominant considerations in the
design of composite floor structures. With longer spans and lighter steel
beams, floor vibration needs to be carefully studies to make sure it meets the
desired occupant comfort level.
The iTECH system has analyzed and experimented the iTECH (Innovation,
Technical, Economical and Convenient Hybrid) beam. This consists of a
structural tee precast concrete in factory and a situ concrete slab. The structural
performance of the iTECH beam was experimentally assessed and was
evaluated to be good.

Fig.13 iTECH beam concept - (Source – CTBUH)
Concept, The iTECH system has an asymmetric steel assembly with web
openings, where the top plate is welded on top of structural tees. The both
sides are filled in with situ concrete. The iTECH system shows good
constructability that is similar to that of steel construction.
Testing, Two-story buildings, built with iTECH composite beam have been
used to test effects of vibration. The test was performed on the 2 nd and roof
floor. The floor is constructed with iTECH composite beams and 4-bay deck
Slabs. The measuring equipment and the measurement system were used.

Fig.14 iTECH floor vibration equipment - (Source – CTBUH)
There are two kind of vibration source considered in this experiment, impact
load and walking load each tested in two ways. Impact load was tested using a
sand drop and a heel drop both analyzed in terms of natural frequency and
damping ratio. The necessary result was clearly achieved in the iTECH
composite beam system. Dynamic characteristics of the iTECH composite
beam system were obtained by several experiments.
3.3.5 Torsional Wind loading on high-rise
The torsional wind loading on the building is not as well understood as lateral
or over-turning loads and it is not considered as a load factor. Because of this,
many designers – indeed ignore this aspect of the load and simply apply the
lateral load at the geometric or elastic center of the structure. Wind tunnel test
on model buildings have revealed that torsional load exists and span a great
significance. This test aids the designer in providing methods to either reduce
or manage the loading.

This torsional loading is influence in terms of shape of the building, interfering

effects of nearby buildings and dynamic characteristics of the structural
system.
The High Frequency Force Balance (HFFB) test method is the initially used to
obtain the structural frame loads and acceleration at the observation deck level
(if proposed).
Fig.15 CCB – Closed Circuit Boundary layer wind tunnel apparatus
The climatological study of the region should be done to know the wind speed
of the region. The local building code at that time should be known to
determine the wind speed in the tunnel. 80mph – 85mph are some wind speed
to test the model of the building. The advantage of the technique is that it is
relatively quick to undertake and also it provides the complete spectra of the
wind – generated model forces acting on the building. The wind tunnel data
will then be combined with the dynamic properties of the tower in order to
compute the tower’s dynamic properties and to compute tower’s dynamic
response towards the wind force.

Fig.16 Burj Khalifa model (scale – 1:500) – Aeroelastic Wind tunnel test inside CPP
Several turns of the HFFB test were taken. The shape of the building will
evolve and will be refined architecturally. After each round of wind tunnel
testing the shape of the building will be altered to minimise the wind force.
The process of reduction of wind force is called as “Confusing” the wind is
finally achieved and the shape of the building will be achieved. The confusing
is mostly achieved by alteration of shape of the building, structural
improvements and re-orientation of the building.
The wind climate study of the region should be more precise. The pedestrian
wind environment solely depends on the wind direction. The comfort of
pedestrians at ground level and on the terrace, observation deck was evaluated
by combining wind speed measurement on wind tunnel models with the local
wind statistics and other climatic information.
Two aspects of pedestrian comfort were considered:

- The effect of the mechanical force of the wind and thermal comfort
to the building.
- Bearing in mind air temperature, relative humidity, solar radiation
and wind speed.

Wind Tunnel testing can be a powerful tool in the architectural and structural
design of a building. Utilizing several rounds of force balance wind tunnel
tests each followed by a refinement of the architectural shape dramatically
reduced the forces and acceleration of the building.
3.3.6 Seismic loading on high-rise
The Richter scale is a logarithmic scale for determining the energy dissipated
in an earthquake. This means that an earthquake measuring 7 on the Richter
scale dissipates 32 times the energy of a size-6 quake, while one measuring 8
dissipates roughly 1,000 times as much energy. The energy dissipated by these
earthquakes is expressed in horizontal and vertical acceleration forces acting
on the skyscrapers. The immense forces transmitted from underground must be
absorbed by the supporting structures of the buildings. These dynamic loads
are replaced by structural equivalent loads in horizontal and vertical direction
when a structural analysis of the building is performed. The highest
acceleration forces measured to date in an earthquake were recorded during the
Northridge earthquake in Los Angeles.
The planning engineers would additionally have to apply roughly 2.3 times the
dead weight in horizontal direction and roughly 1.7 times the dead weight in
vertical direction to the building when dimensioning the supporting structure
so that these earthquake forces can safely be absorbed. Moreover, they only act
on the supporting structure very briefly and are subject to rapid changes of
direction.

3.3.6.1 Foundation design for earthquake
Deep foundations generally display better seismic resistance than shallow

foundations. Floating foundations can prove advantageous on soft ground,
since they may be better able to attenuate resonance action. The risk of
subsidence is considerably greater with floating foundations than with deep
foundations.
“Base isolation” is an anti-seismic construction technique that uses the

principle of attenuation to reduce vibrations. The building is isolated from the
solid subsoil by damping elements arranged on a foundation ring or foundation
plate. Another version was employed for the Court of Appeals in San
Francisco: the building was retroactively more or less mounted on ball
bearings which are intended to gently damp down the impact of a future
earthquake. The requirements to be met by all the various anti-seismic bearings
are set out, for example, in the Uniform Building Code (Division III, 1991).
In addition to the isolation systems for foundations mentioned above,

vibrations can also be damped by using heavy moving counterweights. “Soft”
skeleton structures have a period of fundamental natural oscillations equal to
roughly one-tenth of the number of floors in seconds. The period of a 15-storey
building consequently equals roughly 1.5 seconds. Higher edifices require a
certain time before they oscillate at maximum amplitude. This excitation
period lies between 20 and 30 seconds. Enduring earthquakes, such as that in
Mexico City in 1985 (around 3 minutes), consequently represent a particularly
high risk. A so-called whiplash effect was observed in the high-rise buildings
in Mexico City, for example, as the buildings abruptly moved back from their
maximum deflection. Extremely high acceleration forces and consequently
high horizontal forces were involved here and resulted in damage to the upper
floors, including such superstructures as tanks and antennas.

3.3.6.2 Height of the Building
Tall buildings are more susceptible to damage from strong remote earthquakes
than from weak earthquakes close at hand. They normally have a lower
resonant frequency and a lower attenuation than low buildings. Short-wave
oscillation components in earthquakes are rapidly damped, while the long-
wave components (frequency f <1 Hz) can still make themselves felt at a
distance of several hundred kilometres, particularly in the form of surface
waves.
3.3.6.2 Symmetry of the Building
Symmetric layouts, rigidity and mass distribution lead to a considerably better

seismic response than asymmetric layouts, rigidity and mass distribution. This
is because asymmetric buildings are subjected to stronger torsion (twisting)
around the vertical axis by horizontal seismic loads.
3.3.6.2 Shaking table test of the Building
In recent years, several super high-rise buildings have been started to construct
in all part of the world. These buildings mostly do not follow traditional
structural building design concepts due to the height and design of the
building. Hence, a thorough investigation of their seismic performance is thus
necessary to verify safety of these buildings.
For several decades, substantial progress has been made in the development
and the use of computer-based procedure for seismic analysis of structures. It
is still difficult to accurately predict the seismic performance of a given
structure due to the differences between analysis model and real structure. To
overcome this Shaking Model Test is adopted to investigate the seismic
performance of a building structure.

The use of shaking table test was started in 1980s systematically introducted
and discussed the principles of structural model testing particularly for civil
engineering applications. Complex and irregular structure should definitely be
tested in the Shaking Table test to investigate the seismic performance of
seismic performance.
Study, The Study of the region of the building and structural concept should be
firm. The Local standard for seismic load should be thoroughly examined as
the force applied in the shaking table should be known.
Model materials, the model to be built for the shaking model test should be of
brass used to simulate the steel structural members and fine aggregate concrete
with ne steel wires should be chosen to construct the RC components in the test
model.
Scaling Factor, Scaling of factors of dimension for the respective building

structure is most important in the shaking model test. The biggest shaking table
test is in the China Academy of Building Research, which is the biggest
shaking table in china with dimension of 6m x 6m and bearing capacity of
80ton. As average the scaling of the model done by Shanghai tower experiment
was 1:40.
Model design, the test model included every structural elements in the design
(Floor to roof, podium connections, crown spires and observation decks). Too
many elements and the prototype structure might be huge and complex. Hence,
the structure is simplified while designing the test model for convenience of
model construction and test.
- Key structure members, including core wall, mega columns, out
trigger trusses and belt trusses were kept and simulated strictly according to
the scaling factor.

- The secondary structure including the secondary-frame and floor

system was simplified. The beams and columns of secondary frame were kept
and simulated approximately. Floors were deleted alternately where the belt
trusses and outrigger trusses are not proposed.
- Curtain wall system was not included in the test model and its weight
was simulated and applied at the edge of the floor.
The Seismic analysis was done on the simplified test model and the results
were compared with that of prototype structure. The analyzed result shows that
the simplified measures have little influence on the dynamic characteristics and
seismic performances of structure. The designed test model was reasonable and
the test results of this scaled model can reveal the seismic performance of
prototype structure.
Fig.17 Shanghai Tower – Shaking Model Test, China Academy of Building research

Seismic behavior of Model Structure, the model first should be studies with
the area for the seismic zone. First earthquake of intensity 7 will be observed.
Then slightly increasing the intensity gradually and many test would be
undertaken. On this observation the element more elastic and less elastic will
be known clearly.
Conclusion, The seismic test for high-rise structure carried out in a Shaking
Table model test to investigate the seismic performance. A 1:40 scale optimum
model (for instance) should be designed and test for small, moderate and large
earthquake. The dynamic responses of the model structure and prototype
structure were analyzed. The following conclusion can be drawn:
- The high rise structure should be feasible and reasonable to resist
earthquake and would have minor cracks on moderate level. For large earth
quake, more cracks occurred but most key members should be elastic.
- Experimental results should show that the structure can meet the
requirements of the Building Codes for seismic performance.
- For scaled model test, reasonable design and fine construction of test
model is very important. Thorough analysis should be carried out during model
design to verify that the test model and prototype structure are in conformity
with the similitude theory and the experimental results on the scaled model can
reveal the seismic performance of the prototype.
3.4 Facades
3.4.1 Innovations & Sustainable façade system
Innovative and iconic high rise buildings all over the world combine latest
integrated design, energy efficient building envelopes and up-to-date
construction technology to create an optimized, multi-functional, recognizable
and unique appearance. Several case studies on the innovative façade designs:

Siemens Center Shanghai: The Double Skin Façade is used in the East Asia.
The double skin comes in handy in many things. With a double-skin type of
facades, there is an insulated layer at the inside, with operable windows for
natural ventilation, a permanently ventilated cavity where an external sun
shading device is located, and an outside mono plane. The “Additional” plane,
forming the second skin, meets a set of important requirements.
Fig.18 Double skin façade, Siemens center shanghai
- Protection of motorized external sunshade blinds from wind, dirt and

debris; putting the sunshade outside the insulated envelope is the key to low
cooling energy and keeping them clean is the key to efficient use of daylight
direction devices.
- Reduction of outside noise level to enhance natural ventilation
through operable panel without being disturbed by traffic noise.
- Reduction of wind effects, providing protection from wind draft
through natural ventilation openings especially in open-plan offices.

The panels are 2.8m x 4.0m size façade units, pre-assembled with operable
louvers, motorized blinds, glass and glazing which were lifted up to site
without the need for any external scaffolding.
Office High-rise in Hanoi, Vietnam: The Modern curtain walls meet a special
structure. This project is a compound of two high-rise with a large low-rise
podium building totaling 300,000 m 2 of office space. The architectural idea of
an integrated special structure super transparent cable façade was chose and
further enhanced.
Fig.19 - 20 High rise office, Hanoi, Vietnam – Super transparent facade
The whole project was cladded with a fully unitized façade, in a variety of
different faced types. These facades included innovative features, such as
integrated operable natural ventilation louvers and operable external
sunshades, similar to the preceding project. The façade construction type and
the use of highly relective, neutral solar-control, multifunctional insulating
glass units were not common to the country, and special production was setup
specifically for this project.
Maritime Museum Ling gang: A further development on the integration of

special structures is the museum, where the 50m high main building essentially
consists of one huge special structure. The main structural body consists of two
curved, white-clad sails which were made of a steel truss system with bolted
connections. The sails meet only in one central hinged point high up, in the
middle, giving the whole assembly a special structural appearance.
Fig. 21 Maritime museum Ling gang – Showing two structural sails with the in-
between cable net facade
In between there are two super transparent cable-net insulating glass facades.
The double-curved geometry of these double-curvature facades were determine
by computerized form-finding routines, and they fit very well in the overall
geometric complexity.
3.4.2 Factors to be considered for Glazing of High-rise

Many factors need to be considered when glazing super tall structures.

Environmental factors such as high temperatures, ultra-violet radiation,
inclement weather/high wind loads and even seismic activity all need to be
considered when specifying products to ensure high quality glazing. Lower
maintenance and safety of building façade with long term adhesion durability
on specific substrates need to be studied.
Silicone Structural Glazing (SSG) is a method utilizing a silicone adhesive to

attach glass, metal or other panel material to the structure of a building. Wind
load and other impact loads on the façade are transferred from the glass or
panel through the structural silicone sealant to the systems’ framework. SSG is
the most common glazing method in the world. The performance and
economical production have made SSG famous. It also provides waterproofing,
acoustic and thermal benefits to the system.
Durability: Designing a building skin by SSG gives many of benefits as

mentioned above but there are key things need to be considered before and
during fabrication in order to enjoy the performance benefits. Some parameters
are there to specify a sealant.
- Mechanical performance criteria such as elasticity, modulus and
movement capability.
- Adhesion to specified substrates.
The substrates must be properly prepared in all cases. They must be clean, dry,
sound and free of loose particles, contaminates, foreign matter, water-soluble
material and frost or ice. Many sealants require primer on all substrates, while
some require them on only certain substrates. Primer is to change the chemical
characteristics of the substrate surface to render it more suitable for the sealant,
to stabilize the subrate surface by filling pores.

Weatherproofing: Sealing the joint with sealant material is economical and

practical ways of doing for weather tightness, it it’s properly installed there
could be no comparable weatherproofing replacement. But most people do not
think about its importance seriously. For high-rise building construction, its
not easy to check every part of the sealing process for the façade so there
might be serious weatherproofing issues.
The mechanically tested Sealants should have more Elastic recovery under ISO
11600 and should pass the minimum requirement. There are so many
weatherproofing sealants available from the market and all they are claimed for
high performance of weather tightness.
Aesthetic: The aesthetic satisfaction for building maintenance is getting more

important than before to lower maintenance cost. Many efforts have been
dedicated by industry during the last years to better understand the aesthetics
effects of sealant in buildings, in particular those that affect the sealant itself
and those that affects the adjacent building substrates. Issues such as typical
dirt pick up, microbial growth, chalking, sealant inversion, fluid migration,
surface crazing and change of color.
There could be severe dirty appearance on the building façade because of

migrants from weather sealant. All the material for building cladding could be
influence by the pollutants from the environment and the potential contaminant
from the sealant material. The simple dirt pick up or fluid migration on the
joints of the panel system might be severe. Alternative sealants should be used
to lower the building maintenance cost and waterproofing performance.
Quality Control: Along with selecting right glazing material under relevant
industry, specification and guidelines, proper quality control procedures and
application expertise should be ensure to have originally intended performance
of building façade and design of building skin. A large percentage of cladding

seal defects and failures can be attributed to poor workmanship, lack of proper
site supervision and poor fabrication.
In order to minimize failed cladding works there must be proper fabrication

check for every stage of the fabrications for clean, accurate and consistent
application. More specifically all the required steps such as what need to be
done, where it need to be done, when, who is to do should be well documented
and passed to the respective personnel.
Once silicone sealant and adhesive are cured properly, it will form durable and
flexible anchor for curtain wall system. Long term durability of its structural
function has been proved based on many of successfully fabricated land-mark
projects over the world for last 40 years.
Conclusion: Super tall building has several important meanings for the society
by cultural, environmental, tourism and economical. Sealant and adhesive take
small portion for total budget and mass volume of building construction but it
has own contribution factors. For example, structural silicone sealant is one of
key contributors for the architects to fulfill unique building design based on its
flexible structural features. Once wall cladding successfully done using
structural silicone and weatherproofing sealant, it will give huge tangible
benefits for all people in the society but if it fails, it could make human made
disaster.
Whatever aspect they are for sealants in building construction, either for
structural function or for weatherproofing function, it is a matter of durability
and proper quality control.
3.4.3 Fire Safety Factors for façade of High-rise

The Design of façade in high rise should be carefully examined about the
durability, weatherproofing and quality control. Another main factor for the
façade is the fire safety consideration to be taken into account.
Our understanding of the mechanisms of floor-to-floor fire spread at the

curtain wall has been established by the work of fire researchers and fire
engineers. From a fire dynamics perspective, we know that flames emitting
from an exterior window can extend higher than 5m (16.5ft) above the top of
the window. A test of Yokoi’s was done in a test room with plywood
walls/ceilings which is a characteristic of residential occupancies and at the
lower end of the fire load scale. The hot gases from the room measured 400 –
500oc at 1750mm (5.75ft) above the top edge of the fire room window. The
glass broke out under this exposure.
Fig.22 Mechanism of Fire breakout in building

Thus portion of the hot gases are unable to burn inside the room due to limited
air but upon the movement of air towards the outside sufficient air is entrained
to the fire, allowing the hot fuel gases to burn outside the building. The result
is the flame projecting out and upward from the window.

Fig.23 Impact of Horizontal and Vertical projection in the building

From a fire containment perspective, there are currently two basic ways to
provide a code complying curtain wall design in fully sprinklered buildings.
The most basic approach is for the curtain wall to be supported directly on the
structural floor slab edge, which precludes any gap or joint condition to or
extends past the building envelope. This is most common approach for the
installation and support of curtain wall.
The second approach is applicable when the curtain wall assembly is

positioned just outside the edge of a fire rated floor system, such that a void
space results between the floor system and the curtain wall. The void space at
the slab edge is sealed with an approved material or system to prevent the
interior spread of fire. This requires some form of a joint system or what today
are called “Perimeter fire barrier systems”.

Fig.24 (left) Curtain wall supported on slab edge

(right) Curtain wall hung off slab edge
Key factors that impact the curtain wall’s resistance to the vertical fire
spread are as follows:
- Full height or partial height vision glass systems
- Nature of the glass used to construct glazing system
- Nature of the curtain wall components
- Height of spandrel panels
- Vertical or Horizontal projections on exterior that may deflect or
enhance flame behavior
- Building geometry at curtain wall – twister, staggered, sloped etc.
- Operable windows/openings-size, vertical or horizontal orientation
- Ability of perimeter fire barrier system to remain in void during fire
exposure

Composite – Complex Curtain wall system: The curtain wall inclined and
double skinned curtain wall can come in handy when the fire factors are
considered. Building geometry and exterior projection of the curtain wall or
building structural elements can have beneficial or negative effect on flame
length extension and heat flux exposure to curtain wall elements above the fire
compartment.
Fig.25 - 26 (left) inclined forward (right) incline backward
Fig.27 double skin curtain wall

Double curtain wall systems, where two glazed walls are separated by
distances of less than a meter are being implemented. This introduces new
concerns arising from the fact that any flame that breaks through the inner
façade is confined to within a long tall shaft-like space.
Conclusion: Our understanding of fire and its mechanisms of spread in

buildings no longer eludes us, however the risks of fire spread related to high-
rise buildings and the facades that define their character has not been well
examined. The successful record of fully sprinkler protected high-rise building
and only requires that the void space between the curtain wall and floor slab be
resistive to fire spread using a perimeter fire barrier system.
3.4.4 Ventilation and Noise control using double skin facade
“The World Health Organization (WHO) has suggested that environmental

noise should not exceed 55 dB and 40dB for daytime and nighttime
respectively, to prevent potential psychosocial effects”
Urban noise is drastically increasing in the rapid increase in the urban

population. Thus the noise factor is one to take into account of the present
urban scenario. The increase in major outdoor noise source, causing adverse
health effects in urban environments and to the urban people living.

Table 4 – The adverse health effects of noise
Table 5 – Consequences of sleep disturbances

Fig.28 DSF (Double Skin Façade) ventilation and Noise control schematic diagram
Conclusion: Differing spatial configurations of DSF air cavities, achieved by

varying the vertical glass fin and air cavity depth, affected air temperature, air
velocity and sound transmission loss inside the air cavity.
3.4.5 Façade emergency exit Concept
Fig.29 Exterior Evacuation method through Façade

One of the most important safety measures in every design is the provision of
means of evacuation in ensuring people to escape quickly to a safe area in a
short time from any point of the building. A redundant design will have more
than one means of evacuating or exiting the building during such period of
emergency. Emergency exits within the interior of the building as well as the
exterior exits with facilities for leaving the building from windows or doors
located at the facades.

Chapter - 4 Building services of High-rise
Chapter – 4 Building Services of High-rise
The introduction of vertical urbanization with its increased density of

population per square kilometer of ground surface area has a significant impact
upon the primary engineering networks and building services that are required
to support each development. Whilst the urban planners promote vertical living
releases areas at ground level for green are and recreation use, within the area
of the high-rise development in many cases to a point where there is little
exposure to the external environment is generating larger areas of space that
require to be treated with services provisions to maintain acceptable internal
conditions. This should be a heavy burden on the service designer however it
should be considered as an incentive to introduce energy efficient solutions
that are sustainable and adaptable.
4.1 Vertical Logistics
The mixed-use vertical city is a concept created from the necessities of ever
increasing urban densities in maturing Asian cities. The unique benefits of
multiple building uses within the same area have driven the development of the
vertical city concept where people live, work, recreate and shop in the same
complex. As real estate has become more scarce and expensive in other mature
urban markets, this concept has expanded around the globe.
If people want to live near where they work, employers are more likely to lease
space in this environment. If there are workers present during the day and night
then restaurants and shops want to be there to provide their services. The loop
is closed as people want to live where they are close to work, shopping and
entertainment. Sustainability is improved as people are able to reduce or
eliminate commutes, travel, vehicle usage and other resource intensive
activities. The refuse pick up and removal as one example. A relatively few
trucks can collect the refuse from thousands of office dwellers, restaurants and
residents. This would not be possible in traditional urban as many trucks to

drive considerably more miles to collect the same refuse. This concentration of
services is a key to sustainability.
4.1.1 Vertical Transportation (Elevator System)
The structure of the vertical transportation system is of critical importance as

these complexes are designed for following reasons.
In addition to escalators and automatic walkways, which usually only serve to

connect a few floors conveniently and without delays, passengers and goods
are normally carried up and down by elevators in high-rise buildings. The
comparison made above between a high-rise building and a small town also
applies with regard to the number of people inside the building: in the course
of a few hours every morning, tens of thousands of people stream into a mega
building to start work and leave again within a very short space of time at the
end of the day. They are supplemented by visitors, guests and customers, with
the result that the elevators often have to transport well over 100,000 people
every day.
The two operating systems commonly used today – namely group and
changeover operation only became possible with the development of powerful
drive systems and controllers, as well as highly effective braking systems with
multiple braking for safety reasons.
In group operation, for which a separate shaft is (still) required for each
elevator, the elevators or groups of elevators only serve certain floors: one
group of elevators serves the first ten floors, for example, while a second group
serves floors 10 to 20 from the entrance level, the next group then serves floors
20 to 30, etc. The groups must overlap on at least one floor so that people can

transfer from the 17th to the 23rd floor, for example, although they must
change elevators in the process. The advantage of this system is that the
number of elevator shafts decreases towards the top of the building, thus
counteracting the lower floor space frequently found on the top floors.
In changeover operation, large and very fast express elevators serve a small
number of central floors which are often also highlighted architecturally. In
New York’s Empire State Building, these elevators take no more than a minute
to travel from the ground floor to the 80th floor. “Local elevators” serve the
floors between the “changeover floors“. Here too, the elevators may serve
groups of floors in exceptionally large high-rise buildings. If the equipment
rooms are located alongside the elevator shaft, a number of local elevators can
be operated one above the other in the same shaft; in this way, the number of
shafts can be reduced while maintaining the transport capacity.
Providing Proper Vertical Transportation without Consuming the

Building Core
Carful elevator analysis must be conducted to provide advice to the design
team in order guide the architectural design of these complexes. This helps
create a “Stacking” which allows for optimal elevator performance while
minimizing the total number of elevator shafts in the building core.
Additionally, by careful consideration of the stacking, the core designs of these
mixed-use towers can use stacked elevator hoist ways where multiple elevator
uses can have hoist ways stacked one atop the other.

Operation
Micro computer based control systems are used to perform control functions of
elevators, car operation, group supervision and door control. The base control
includes operations required to connect, transfer and interrupt power and to
protect motors against overloading. The elevator control is monitored by the
Building Management System and is designed to include different operating
states with different provisions:
Group Automatic Operation: Operation through car and landing buttons in

conjunction with the multiple zone supervisory system. Cars will slowdown in
numerical sequence irrespective of the order in which buttons are pressed.
Tenant Security: An ability to lock-off floors to prevent access is provided.

Activation of the system makes the floor inoperative. This feature can be
overridden by any car on independent or emergency operation.
Standby Power: The system is designed to ensure that life safety and
emergency operations accept software upgrades. Signaling to and from
emergency power networks will ensure that emergency generators are not
overwhelmed by elevator evacuation, and that the elevators operating on
standby power are not shut down.
Firefighting Emergency: Elevators are equipped with Firefighter’s Emergency

Operation in accordance with applicable code and local jurisdiction. Elevators
shall return to main floor upon activation of lobby detectors, lobby recall
switch, and or other dedicated emergency signals.
Earthquake Emergency: Upon activation of earthquake signal, elevators shall

turn to emergency operation mode for emergency response personnel and or
fire department, for necessary procedures.
Fig.30 Elevator Operation Scenario
Elevator Users’ Segregation by Mixed-use Type

As each of these user types are considered, the expected level of elevator
performance varies by each group type. Average wait times and elevator
handling capacity expectations are markedly different. The most demanding
elevator performance is required by the Class A office space and while less
aggressive elevator performance is required of the residential components of
these towers with other uses falling in between. Local elevators for the
respective spaces should be given. Example, Hotel Pool is present in the 5 th
Floor and hotel lobby in the 30 th floor. Then people going to their residents to
40th floor should travel with the People with wet bathing suits till 30 th floor.

Front of House vs. Back of House vs. People vs. Material segregation
(Elevators)
Just as we strive to segregate rider types as we transport passengers vertically
through these complexes it also is important to keep back of house staff and
material transportation separated from passengers. Beyond that segregation it
is important to also segregate BOH user types. Hospitality BOH need are
significantly different than those of residential, office or retail users. These
challengers also must be considered but are significant design points that
cannot be overlooked. Current life Safety requirements for high rise buildings
also place a design requirement on BOH vertical transportation with most local
codes requiring at least 2 elevators that serve every level of a tower.
Security Concerns
These mixed use facilities ask a great deal of the elevator system in order to
provide the segregation discussed above. Modern elevator technology and
access control systems enable an even finer level of segregation when required.
For example, the use of Destination based dispatching in an elevator system
along with access control systems (Proximity cards, swipe cards, proximity
fobs or even keypad PIN entry) allows an elevator group to provide security
against unauthorized access to certain levels in case of VIP ride or Medical
emergency.
Life Safety in Modern Mixed-Use towers

As mixed-use complexes/towers become ever taller and more divergent in user
types, it has become increasingly important to develop life-safety solutions that
take advantage of vertical transportation in ways that were previously unheard
of. The traditional solution was to evacuate of a high-rise was to not use
elevators in the case of fire and to rely on stairwell egress. This solution is
becoming untenable as these structures grow in height. Occupant Evacuation

Operation (OEO) has now been recognized by the International Building Code
(IBC) as a means of providing egress from a high-rise building code
professional if such a design approach is considered as there are significant
architectural and code related geographical concerns. The use of OEO and
other new strategies provide opportunities to reduce the number of stairs in a
project, which can lead to significant core space savings.
Elevator Evacuation measures

As time goes on, technology evolves; demands change; building gets taller;
people evacuation becomes more and more challenging. All of these factors
mean the actions required to protect human life become more and more
intricate. The use of elevators for emergency evacuation becomes an integrated
part of the overall building design and building egress system.
Building power outrage: In the event of normal building power loss, the
system will identify the power available in the emergency generator network
and allocate the use by priority as follows; firefighting elevators first, then
dedicated shuttle elevators, then passenger elevators and then non-fire freight
and service elevators.
Fire Condition: Elevators will first return to the main floor via activation of
lobby detectors and lobby recall switch. In the event of a power interruption
before, during or after a fire emergency, the system will identify the power
available from the emergency generator network; prioritize orderly evacuation
of elevators serving that portion of the building prior to general elevators first,
then fire/service elevators and then non-fire freight and service elevators.
Normally the occupants are advised to evacuate to dedicated refuge areas in

mechanical levels and proceed based on building emergency response team
directions. Several dedicated shuttle elevators can be used by trained
emergency response personnel to assist evacuation and can also be used for
transportation of emergency personnel to ground level.
Fig.31 Elevator Operation – Power failure condition

Fig.32 Elevator Operation – Fire condition
Conclusion
While efficient day-to-day transportation of building occupants is the primary
objective of the elevator system, the design of the system must consider
occupant safety as the number one priority in every multi-floor building
design. Emergency operating conditions for such a building must be considered
as a fundamental component in their design, with consideration given to
conditions which affect the building occupants. Any high-rise building will

need to consider occupant evacuation in various emergency modes as a basic

requirement of the design of the building and its internal systems.
4.1.2 Vertical Services Transportation
Retail and commercial tenant types vary widely in modern, mixed-use high rise
towers. Non-residential tenants often include but are not limited to; office
suites, hotels, restaurants and bars, grocers, retail shops, fitness centers and
small service oriented businesses such as dry cleaner. Special demands of the
logistics systems are made by many of these tenants in addition to the demands
created by residential units. Meeting the diverse requirements of all occupants
is the challenge logistics planners must meet.
Street level deliveries are acceptable in limited situations. Depending on the

time of day this practice can create traffic congestion. Street level deliveries to
new properties may even be prohibited by city codes. Requirements for loading
dock provisions may be mandated locally. The best design solutions address
the logistics requirements of both residents and commercial tenants in BOH
manner.
Given the wide variety of truck types and trailer heights, dock equipment such
as levelers are strongly recommended to provide a safe and efficient operation.
Efficiency is important to the building owner because it may translate into
fewer truck bays and less overall space. The impact of ramps to trucks is an
important consideration inclines over eight percent grade should be avoided if
possible.
Often retail tenants are located on lower floor levels but exceptions exist and
access to service elevators is very important. Overnight couriers access to all
building levels including residential spaces. Routing to appropriate check

points must be considered during planning. The size of service elevators is an

important consideration especially for certain retail tenant types. Sports
equipment stores may have oversized items to transport such as canoes.
Planning sessions should include “What-if” scenarios to account all
possibilities. Residents should have access to move-in/out activities. Access to
elevators suitable for this function and that provide access to all residential
units is required.
Waste and recycling operations require careful planning to ensure optimal,

non-obstructive solutions. Waste chutes for residential units are common. They
require adequately sized termination points located on the same level as the
loading dock where waste compaction equipment normally resides. Waste
transports from those terminal rooms to the loading dock may be reduced by
incorporating waste compaction as part of chute termination point. Waste is
dropped into special carts that interface with a small compactor in the
termination room so that carts are fully packed before transport to the loading
dock.
Municipal waste collection scenarios should be considered when planning the

property’s waste management plan. Some locales provide waste collection
services under local taxes so tenants may already pay for trash collection
services. They may balk at paying a fee for the collection fro municipal pickup
may be financially beneficial to the government.
Recycling requires planning to ensure a system which residents and

commercial and retail tenants will embrace. Otherwise, recycling will only
capture a portion of the potential recycling stream and the rest will end up as
general waste. Chutes may be used for recycling bagged cans, bottles and
paper but they are not suitable for cardboard. A growing element in the
recycling stream is the food scraps. This can be the most challenging
component of the waste stream as foul odor is often associated. Planning

sessions including a consultant experienced with options and property staffs
familiar with acceptable procedures for tenants to follow are warranted. Waste
hauling operations is important as picking up should be frequent, several times
a day.
The planning team must fully understand the various demands the building will
experience, driven by the wide range of uses of a mixed use property. Proper
planning can make logistics operations more transparent to public, tenants and
residents. The best logistics operations are those that run smoothly without
being noticed.
4.2 Fire Safety Measures
Fire is one of the greatest risks for every building and particularly for high-rise
buildings. Due to the spectacular photographs and film sequences shown in the
media, major fires have always made – and will continue to make – headline
news not only during the construction phase, but above all during the
occupancy phase.
A holistic Fire safety strategy for a tall building is essentially a function of

time. It contains two principle components; egress strategy and building
performance. Building performance can be further broken down into structural
performance and fire spread mitigation e.g. compartmentation. The evacuation
strategy is concerned with defining the time taken for all occupants to exit the
building. Building performance concerns the time that the structure can
withstand the effects of the fire and the compartmentation remain in place and
function.

Safety, with respect to evacuation, is measure in time, predominantly the time

required for all occupants to reach outside takes time. Thus the designer must
design a ‘safe zone’ which should guarantee the safety of occupants once
reached and allow safe transit to a place of refuge, within or outside the
building.
Times associated to evacuation are typically of the order of minutes while

structural/compartmentation times are more typically of the order of hours. It is
thus usually inherent that the structure and compartmentation will remain
intact for a period that comfortably allows for the implementation of egress
strategy. The considerable time the occupants spend within the stairwells much
remain smoke and heat free and the entire building structurally sound.
Fig.33 Reported rates for premature loss of stairwell tenability from a survey
undertaken of fire report from 50 tall buildings.
Compartmentation Performance: The extended evacuation time of tall

buildings combined with the limited vertical evacuation routes force the
evacuation strategy to operate in stages or phases. Occupants not immediately
adjacent to the floor of fire origin are left in –situ while those in more
immediate danger are evacuated. Vertical compartmentation must be provided
in support of the evacuation strategy. It is essential that the fire be prevented
from spreading upwards or downwards from the floor of origin, endangering

the lives of those waiting on more remote floors.
Internally, the floor slab provides a robust barrier so long as it remains firmly
supported by the structure. Historically, an extension of the floor slab past the
external façade would provide a means of in biting external fire spread. It has
also introduced flammable materials into both the wall linings and external
cladding.
Fig.34 (a) Fire spreading from origin of the floor to all above floors
(b) ‘Compartmentation’ is done and thus reducing the spreading of fire
Thus the compartmentation is more important for a high-rise structure. The

failure of the compartmentation results in spreading of fire form the origin of
floors.

Fig.35 Spreading of Fire from the origin floor @several instances
4.2.1 Fire Extinguisher
Hand-operated fire extinguishers must be installed at clearly marked and

generally accessible points in high-rise buildings in order to fight incipient
fires. These extinguishers are intended for use by the building’s residents.
However, teams should be present on every floor made up of the people who
work and live there; they must then be instructed on what to do if a fire breaks
out and also be familiarized with the use of these hand-operated fire
extinguishers.
Fig.36 Fire Extinguisher

4.2.2 Firefighting Systems (dry & wet)
The cases outlined above have shown how important it is to have an effective
supply of fire-fighting water when combatting a fire in a high-rise building. So
that the firemen can start to fight the fire as soon as they arrive on the scene,
wet risers must be installed in every stairwell or in their vicinity and a wall
hydrant with hose line connected to these risers on every floor. The hoses must
be sufficiently long to direct fire-fighting water to every point on that floor. An
adequately dimensioned water line and adequate water pressure must be
ensured when planning and designing the building. In very high buildings,
booster systems must be installed in the wet risers to increase the water
pressure.
Whether the water for fire-fighting can be taken from the public mains or from
separate water reservoirs or tanks must be decided in each individual instance
in accordance with local conditions and regulations.
For greater safety, it may be useful to install not only wet risers, but also dry
risers into which the fire brigade can feed water at the required pressure from
the ground floor.
4.2.3 Sprinkler Systems
An automatic sprinkler system is the most effective protective measure for

fighting and controlling a fire in a high-rise building. Care must be taken to
ensure that the complete building is protected by such sprinklers. In the cases
outlined above, there was either no sprinkler at all or no activated sprinklers on
the burning floors. In the case of “One Meridian Plaza”, the fire was
subsequently brought under control with the aid of the sprinkler system and an
additional supply of fire-fighting water. Based on past experience, the
installation of sprinkler systems is in many countries prescribed by law for

high-rise buildings from a certain height onwards – as from 60 m in Germany,
for example. In some cases, the statutory regulations even stipulate that
sprinklers have to be installed retroactively in high-rise buildings erected
before the regulations came into force.
Fig.37 Sprinkler System - Unit
Fig.38 Sprinkler System – Schematic diagram

Automatic sprinkler systems throughout the building are important since they
must fight a fire as early as possible and must either extinguish the fire directly
or keep it under control until the fire brigade arrives to finish off the job.
However, a sprinkler system will normally be unable to control a fire in full
flame, for instance if it leaps from a floor with no sprinklers to one with
sprinklers. Sprinkler systems are simply not dimensioned to cope with such
developments.
Sprinkler systems must meet the following requirements:
- They must rapidly control a fire in the fire compartment in which it

breaks out;
- They must limit the emission and spread of flames, hot fumes and
smoke, they must trigger an alarm in the building, preferably also indicating to
the central control panel where the seat of the fire is located, the alert must be
forwarded to the fire brigade or other auxiliary forces.
- The ability of the system to indicate to the central control panel

where the seat of the fire is located presupposes that a separate sprinkler
system with an alarm valve is assigned to each floor and to each fire
compartment. As already mentioned in connection with fire-detection systems,
the installation of an automatic fire-detection system in addition to the
sprinkler system is advisable so that fires can be discovered and signaled more
quickly. Sprinkler systems must be installed in accordance with the applicable
directives or standards.

The various directives and standards permit a variety of solutions with

regard to the water supply:
- Water supply from the public mains – possibly via an intermediate

tank on the ground – via booster pumps on the ground to supply several groups
of floors with different pressure levels intermediate tanks on various upper
floors, under either normal pressure or excess pressure, to supply the sprinkler
groups above or below.
- Deep tanks and pressurized tanks on the roof, as well as intermediate

tanks in the middle of the building, to supply the sprinklers below with static
or high pressure Tanks on upper floors can be replenished via low-capacity
pumps. Depending on the type of supply selected, it may be necessary to install
pressure-reducing valves on the individual floors.
For a sprinkler system to operate smoothly, it must not only be correctly

installed and set, but also be regularly inspected and serviced by specialist
personnel.
4.3 Deliveries & Parking requirements
Although most high-rise buildings are centrally located and within a

convenient distance to public transport systems, a sufficient number of parking
spaces must still be provided for employees, occupants and visitors. The
number of parking spaces required is usually stipulated in the construction
regulations in relation to the number of occupants. However, several hundred
or a few thousand parking spaces may still be required for large high-rise
buildings.
For financial reasons, the size of a high-rise building is often also dictated by
the number of parking spaces required. Depending on the nature, location and

execution of the garages and on the building’s structural system (nature of the
subsoil), the manufacturing costs for one parking space can easily amount to a
large sum. This means that the cost of building parking spaces can reach as
much as even more with complex engineering and location on several levels,
including the required ramps and traffic areas.
Traffic links must be created not only for the parking spaces, but also for
delivery traffic to the building, as well as for refuse-collection vehicles. High-
rise buildings are commonly said to represent a “town under one roof“. That,
however, also means that the traffic to, around and from the building is equal
to that of a small town, the only difference being that the entire traffic is
concentrated on a handful of access roads and adjacent traffic areas which must
be able to handle this volume of traffic at peak periods.
4.4 Refuge Area
Tall buildings offer the advantages of housing people and business operations
efficiently and vertically in urban areas. One of the great efficiencies is that
relatively few independent exit stairs are needed to serve the population of tall
building housing potentially thousands of occupants. Some fire safety methods
such as sprinklers and compartmentation techniques afford safety for
evacuation of only a few selected floors during a fire or similar emergency to
other floors.
Although elevators may play a bigger role in total building evacuations in the
future there are a variety of reasons and concerns that stairs and elevators are
not adequate to support occupant needs during a partial or total building
evacuations. Major points that have been recognized in the building
community are:

- Tall buildings with large occupant loads are subjected to long

evacuation time.
- Evacuation down long stair routes can be physically demanding or
tiring for occupants with long stamina.
- Stairs are not conductive for movement of people with permanent or
temporary disabilities that include.
- Total evacuation may not always be desirable or feasible. A partial
evacuation may be appropriate to move only those occupants in or near the
affected fire or emergency zone to another area of relative safety.
- Stairs can become contaminated by smokes.
- Fire department personnel will often rely on exit stairs for staging
and hose deployment operations. Such fire department operations can conflict
with occupants egress movement and result in smoke entry into the stairway
while doors are held open by hose lays.
Fig.39 Methods for safety of occupants during fire event
The Consolidated Approach: Using Refuge floor
The consolidated approach has become most common in many areas of Asia in
recent years. The impetus for the refuge area in some parts of the world is
attributed to several accidental fires. These requirements focused more on
providing refuge areas in terms of an entire floor or large portion of a floor in
those high-rise residential building taller than 40 stories.

Refuge floors provide the option for occupants to pause during the evacuation
process, and they provide the option of being an assumed safe holding area for
occupants. Occupants who are exiting can pause and rest at the refuge floor
until they feel are ready to descend further downs the exit stairs. Alternatively,
occupants may be directed to the refuge floor and kept there awaiting further
instructions.
The exit stairs above the refuge floor discharge into the refuge floor, sot that
the users must leave the stair enclosure before entering the refuge floor. The
interruption has the dual advantage of making the exiting occupants aware of
the availability of the refuge floor; and thus the people will be aware of the
refuge floor available.
Design issues and Challenges
The occupants load anticipated to be provided for a refuge floor should be the
theoretical worst case. The density of the occupants would be high and the
resulting crowd posed building design and crowd management challenges. The
actual utilization of a refuge floor is, however, not easily estimated or
predictable and is dependent on highly variable factors at that time of an
emergency incident. Such factors include the fire incident location, extent of
fire spread, natural calamities.
Assuming that the estimated hundreds or thousands of occupants would

assemble on a given refuge floor, this approach then posed number of issues
related to the comfort and safety of those occupants for the duration of the
stay. Amenity and safety features that need to be considered are as follows:
 Toilet and drinking water provisions

 Seating facilities or standing room accommodations only

 Emergency Power for lighting and refuge floor amenities

 Protection of floor from increasing/spreading fire effects
 Ventilation/HVAC design and reliability for duration of the event
Challenges of Life safety
Human behavior is an area of concern and uncertainty when refuge floors are
implemented. Although training and evacuation drills are important factors to
encourage proper evacuation actions there are potential issues that may not
simply be addressed by evacuation drills. Factors such as crowding,
uncertainty about the conditions, increased heat, difficulty breathing, physical
discomfort from long standing or sitting, and other factors can increase levels
of stress and impatience.
The provision of a refuge floor does not mean that occupants will utilize the
floor as intended. Overcrowding or non-use are both potential outcomes.
However assuming a refuge floor is appropriately utilized, it should be
recognized that the refuge floor becomes assembly occupancy. The increased
density poses crowd management risks and subjects a large percent of the
building population to/smoke exposure risks in a single situation. Should the
refuge floor need to be evacuated there can be crowd issue due to the large
number of occupancy competing for access to a limited number of evacuation
routes.
Challenges of Life safety
The opportunities for mitigation of the negative financial impact of refuge

floors seem minimal compared to the costs of construction and ongoing costs
of operation and maintenance. And so the question remains, is there a more
cost effective, sustainable method of accomplishing what refuge floor are
endeavoring to accomplish?
The CTBUH fire safety working group believes the concept of refuge floor
needs to be reconsidered. It may make sense for some areas of building of
exceptional height or special occupancy conditions, but should be used only
with caution and with implementation of strategies or design elements which
eliminates the design and life safety problems.

Chapter - 5 Case studies: High-rise
Chapter – 5 Case Studies – High-rise
5.1 Kanchanjunga Apartments
Bombay, India, 1970 – 1983
Architect - Charles Correa

Plot Area - 2900 m2
Building footprint - 432 m2
Gross floor area - 5,260 m2
Height - 84m
Lifts - 3+1
Status - Constructed
The Tower is one of the masterpieces of Indian architect, Charles Correa.

Kanchanjunga Apartments is a 28 story height high end residential building
built in Bombay, 1983. It was clear that the architect has reference to Le
Corbusier’s crossover units in Unit habitation in Marseilles in 1952. Correa
planned the 3 and 4 bedroom units interlocking with 5 and 6 bedroom units. 3-
4 bedroom units occupy on and half level and 5-6 bedroom units occupy two
and half levels. There is small level displacement within the units to
differentiate outdoor terrace and indoor living space, dining room and
bedrooms and so on. These change of levels hide the living and bed rooms
from the heat of sun and rains, while the big opening of balcony could get as
much day light as possible. The whole building structure is built by reinforced
concrete. The open terrace part is a 6m deep cantilever structure. Central core
with lifts and shafts and building services provides central stability element for
lateral loads.

Fig.40 Plan & Sectional analysis of types
Fig.41 Sectional analysis of single type
The appearance of the building has strong resemblance of modern western

building design. Especially the white plain surface with concrete construction.
But the apartment design is an interpretation of traditional Indian bungalow
with verandah which is a main part of living area of Indian family.
The tower is 21m square on plan, and 1:4 proportion on elevation, 84m height.
It has a plain facade surface, with cut away to open up double height balcony.
The tower design reinterpreted the traditional living style of Indian with
modern architecture. And it is successfully merged with environmental
consideration, and social needs in this tower. Correa’s strong design signature
of sectional displacement where appropriate by changes in floor surface is
most elaborated in this project. The complexity of internal spacial organization
to create level changes and interlocking four types of units was pushed to an
extreme in this project.
Fig.42 Form evolution of the Apartment tower

Fig.43 Sectional analysis of individual types

Fig.44 Individual Type residents
The building is oriented in east-west direction to catch the natural wind from
the sea and also this direction has best view from city to the sea. But this face
is also most heat up surface by the sun. The old bungalows solved this problem
by warping a thick layer of around living area verandas to protect from heay
monsoon rain and sun heat. Kanchanjunga Apartment is applying this concept
into the apartment design.

5.2 Bank of China Tower, Hong Kong
Architect - I.M. Pei

Client - Bank of China/Hong Kong
Plot Area - 8000 m2
Building footprint - 2,700 m2
Height - 370m
Lifts - 21
Concept
I.M. Pei designed the building with the structure of bamboo in mind. However,
the building looks nothing like a bamboo stalk, but more like a ‘glittering
tower of diamonds’. The cross braces and triangular framework of the building
are designed to withstand typhoons. Because of the strong framework of the
building, there was less steel needed for the building’s construction.
` Fig.45 Form Evolution of Bank of china Tower

The Bank of China Tower is reminiscent of the Willis Tower in Chicago that
was the tallest building in the world for a long time. The difference is that the
Bank of China Tower is composed of triangular sections with triangular frames
and the Willis Tower is composed of rectangular blocks and has rectangles The
glass façades of the building reflect the light and its surroundings, so it is like a
bright and shiny white crystal, while the Sear Tower appears dark and
ominous.
` Fig.46 Final Structure of the High-rise
The whole structure is supported by the four steel columns at the corners of the
building and one in the center of the building, with the triangular frameworks
transferring the weight of the structure onto these five columns. It is covered
with glass curtain walls.
For the first time a mega structure composed of a pure space-truss was used to
support the weight of a skyscraper. The mega structural steelwork is expressed
externally by naturally anodized panels that form part of the curtain wall.

` Fig.47 Floor Plans of Bank of china
The tower was initially built by the Hong Kong Branch of the Bank of China,
but the entrance continues to display the name “Bank of China”, rather than
BOCHK. The top four and the bottom 19 stories are used by the Bank, while
the other floors are leased out.
When the Bank of China was completed, it was the tallest building in Asia and
was the first building outside the USA to break the 1000 foot mark (305
meter).The towers sharp corners and bright, reflective features caused a lot of
controversy when it the designs were made public.
The tower was contrary to “Feng Shui” for its sharp edges and its negative
symbolism by the numerous ‘X’ shapes in its original design. That’s why Pei
modified the design to some degree before construction following this
feedback; he decided to incorporate a few water features around the building as
a ‘remedy’ to the sharp edges of the tower. Unfortunately, some of the water
features were incorrectly placed.

` Fig.48 Section & Façade design detail

5.3 Linked Hybrid, Beijing, China
Architect - Steven Holl Architects

Client - Modern Investment Group, Beijing
Plot Area - 61,800 m2
Building footprint - 15,500 m2
Height - 68m
Lifts - 34
Linked Hybrid projects a renewed thinking about the public space within large
scale high rise projects. Holl shows us in this project how his ideal vertical city
should work. It is his ideal city within a city. The horizontal traditional urban
structure, continuous plinth with services, is combined with the vertical city,
disrupted plinth.
Living is combined with commercial program in various towers. The

commercial program is located in the plinth and living above. An ‘urban’ ring
of commercial and cultural public activities link the towers on the twentieth
floor. This sky-high public space provides a cinematic experience of the whole
complex and the city surrounding it. A big variation of urban functions are
located in this ring, for example: a swimming pool, a fitness center, a nail and
hair studio, an architecture office, galleries, bars, thee saloons and stores
To prevent the city within a city to become an isolated island, Holl introduces
the term urban porosity. He connects his ideal city with its context by
attracting people to the center of linked hybrid. Urban space is enclosed in the
heart of the project. On street level pedestrians are able to move in and out the
project.

` Fig.49 Conceptual painting of Linked hybrid
` Fig.50 View of the Linked hybrid - linked

These two themes, ‘city within a city’ and ‘urban porosity’ are also the
basis for Holl’s second big housing project in China, the sliced urban
porosity block.
` Fig.51 Section of the Linking bridges
The ensemble of high rise towers instead of the vertical tower pinned in the
city projects a new way of thinking about high rise architecture. The public
space in heart of the large plot area connected with the highly accessible
program in the sky ring makes a unique contribution to the public life in the
city.

` Fig.52 View of Linked hybrid
Three different public entrances connect the sky ring with the public space on
ground floor. These entrances (coloured red in the floor plan above) each offer
a different variety of program. One area for health and sport Centre, one area
for recreational program opened through the day and one area for restaurants
opened during night. The entrance to the restaurant is located next to the access
to the cinema within the heart of the project.

FUNCTIONS IN THE RING

1. Reading room 2. Design/book store
3. Architecture gallery 4. Sculpture gallery
5. Art gallery 6. Viewing platform
7. Dinning deck 8. Ultra lounge
9. Bar/cocktail 10. Listening lounge
11. Fitness 12. Juice bar
13. Group exercise space 14. Spinning room
15. Office, locker rooms 16. Lane lap pool
17. Suspended catwalk 18. Spa/massage
19. Meeting place 20. Viewing platform
21. Hair/nail salon 22. Health food store
23. Tea seating 24. Tea store/gaming place
25. Coffee shop 26. Café seating
27. Book event space s28. Book store
5.4 Taipei 101
Architect - C.Y. Lee & Partners

Client - Taipei Financial Center corp.
Building footprint - 2500 m2
Height - 508m
Cost - 1.6 billion
Lifts - 61

` Fig.53 Section of Taipei 101

` Fig.54 Plan of Taipei 101
The unusual tower shape is an idea of the architect C.Y. Lee from Taipei. He
was inspired by local culture; the building reflects the culture in which it
functions. Lee was looking for balance between local culture and
internationalism. The tall building symbolizes a broader understanding and
anticipation of things to come: we “climb” in order to “see further”. The
building rises from the ground like a bamboo, a symbol of everlasting strength
in Chinese culture.

In the section, the shape of a pagoda is recognizable. Taipei 101 Tower rises in
8 modules, a design based on the Chinese lucky number “8”. In cultures that
observe a seven-day week the number eight symbolizes a renewal of time
(7+1). In cultures where seven is the lucky number, 8 represent 1 better than
‘lucky seven’. Each module has 8 floors and flares wider t the top. There are
101 floors above the ground and 5 floors underground.
It’s more challenging to design and build a super-tal building in Taipei than
any other location in the world because typhoon winds, large potential
earthquakes and weak soil conditions all need to be overcome. A damping
system was implemented to reduce the excessive lateral accelerations from
wind.
In the time it was build; the height of the Taipei 101 was record-breaking,
previously held by the Petronas Towers with 452 meters. It was the highest
building in the world, build in an area with typhoons and earthquakes! The
height of 101 floors commemorates the renewal of time: the new century that
arrived as the tower was built (100+1) and all the new years that follow
(January 1 = 1-01). It symbolizes high ideals by going one better on 100, a
traditional number of perfection.
` Fig.55 Structural Ball view the TOWER

` Fig.56 Structural Concept of Tower

A mega mass damper reduces the effect of wind. The pendulum has a weight of
660.000 kilogram and is situated on the 88th floor. It sways to offset
movements in the building caused by strong gusts. Its sphere, the largest
damper sphere in the world, consists of 41 circular steel plates. The structure
has to be flexible enough to resist an earthquake, and stiff enough to resist a
typhoon. Eight mega columns give the stiffness to the building.
The Taipei 101, formerly known as the Taipei World Financial Center, is a
landmark skyscraper located in the Hsinyi District of the city, the rapid-
growing “Manhattan” of Taipei. This is the future center of financial power in
Taiwan. Taipei 101 is owned by the Taipei Financial Center Corporation
(TFCC).
Taipei 101 has one of the fastest ascending elevator speeds with 1010 meters
per minute, which is 16.83 m/s (60.6 km/h). These Toshiba elevators are able
to take visitors from the main floor to the observatory on the 89th floor in
under 39 seconds.
Taipei 101’s own roof and facade recycled water system meets 20-30 percent
of the building’s water needs. Upgrades are currently under way to make
Taipei 101 “the world’s tallest green building” by LEED.

Chapter - 6 Conclusion & Results
Chapter – 6 Conclusion & Results
The results of this study show that high-rise housing developments should not
only construct more comfortable and multiform physical environment, but also
produces more harmonious social environment by providing diversified
housing choices for various social groups to achieve a greater degree of social
mix. Finally, the concentration of high-rise buildings can change the micro-
climate of urban neighborhood and urban landscape, and result in the rise of
the environmental temperature (Heat island effect), the deterioration of wind
environment (Wind tunnel effect), and the decline of air quality. These
negative outcomes should be fully studied in order to find the methods to
improve the high-rise housing developments.
Several benefits of mixed use development are:

- Reduced distances between housing, workplace, retail businesses and
other amenities and destinations
- More compact development
- Stronger neighborhood character, sense of place
- Walkable neighborhood, increased accessibility via transit, both resulting
in reduced transportation costs.
Proper utilization of the benefits and more public awareness on this regards,
can change our environment drastically within near future. If all the processes
are followed, the best benefit the building orientation and the climatic
condition of the site should also be necessarily considered while designing
green buildings besides incorporation plants into the design. We hope that the
few drawbacks of technologies should be overcome soon and more options to
plant integration into the high-rise building should draw the builder’s attention.
Thus we can have a better environment as well as better future for our next
generation.

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HIGH RISE STRUCTURES – MUMBAI

in partial fulfillment for the award of the degree

ARULMIGU MEENAKSHI AMMAN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING,

ANNA UNIVERSITY: CHENNAI 600 025

Certified that this project report “HIGH RISE STRUCTURES – MUMBAI

(VERTICAL URBANIZATION)” is the bonafide work of

“SENTHILNATHAN K” who carried out the project work under my

HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT SUPERVISOR

Urban population is heavily increasing every second. The projected population

1960, and continues to grow. The urban population growth, in absolute

numbers, is concentrated in the less developed regions of the world. It is

estimated that by 2017, even in less developed countries, a majority of people

lead to inner city poverty or urban sprawl.

into skyscrapers, losing their greenness and their “neighborhood”. So the

necessity of High – rise is needed. High-rise housing is usually defined as a

psychological aspects are influenced on both ways.

There is a love/hate relationship towards high rise. The cohabitation between

problem of population, pollution is mixed use development integrating plants

and bringing in bio-climatic design principles has come up.

development. The designing and planning of mixed use development involves

consideration of all prevailing conditions of social and economic problems and

economy, energy conservation, aesthetics, technology, fire and safety

solutions, vertical transportation, human comforts, operation and maintenance

projects, provision of future growth are some of the main factors to be

incorporated in the design.

bioclimatic principles, energy conservation and solving economic and social

vertical cities. The main objective is to establish the necessity of greenery to

CHAPTER NO. TITLE PAGE NO.

2. HISTORY AND ASPECTS OF HIGH

2.1 Historical development & Origin

3.1 Planning of a Project 25

4.1 Vertical Logistics 60

5.1 Kanchanjunga Apartments 84

Table.1 New York City initial high-rise building built 6

CTBUH - Council of Tall Building and Urban Habitat

At present, it is impossible to find a major city without Skyscrapers. Tall

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Mumbai is currently home to the largest number of supertalls and skyscrapers

To study and analysis about high rise building conditions in Mumbai

Urban sprawl is basically another word for urbanization. It refers to the

words, urban sprawl is defined as low density residential and commercial

 Analyzing a solution for the future urban context.

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Chapter – 2 History and Aspects of High rise buildings

The notion of size or appearance of tallness is a relative matter and not a

2.1 Historical development & Origin of Skyscrapers

spectacular skylines of North American cities, particularly Chicago and New

Equitable Life Assurance building 1870 43m/141ft. 8 stories

Western Union building 1875 70m/230ft. 10 stories

Tribune building 1875 79m/259ft. 10 stories

Boreel building 1879 - 8 stories

Mills building 1883 - 9 stories

Temple court 1883 45m/148ft 10 stories.

Table 1 New York City initial high rise building built.

Montauk Block 1882 39m/128ft 10 stories

Calumet Block 1883 44m/144ft. -

Pullman Building 1884 44m/144ft. 9 stories

Home Insurance building* 1885 44m/144ft. 10 stories

Marshall Field building* 1892 83m/273ft 12 stories

Table 2 Chicago City initial high rise building built.

It is only recently that attention has also turned to interesting high-rise

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