2022-2023 Spring

ARCH 306 Building Systems

01 . Building Systems

Ozyegin University Architecture and Design Faculty

Department of Architecture
Dr. Neşe Ganiç Sağlam
Dr. Feride ŞenerYılmaz
BUILDING SYSTEMS
Building systems are the critical systems of your facility, such as the
• Electrical,
• HVAC (Heating, Ventilating, Air Conditioning),
• Security, Life Safety,
• Lighting,
• Telecom,
• and Energy Management.

These systems are rarely, if ever, independent entities; rather, they depend on each other to
operate. For example, most building systems rely on the building's base electrical service for power;
and computer systems often need supplemental cooling to operate properly.

All building systems are typically designed, installed, managed, maintained and supported by their
own team of domain of experts. They are often evaluated and controlled both as an independent
system and as a part of a larger system and the whole building.

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WHY ARCHITECTS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT BUILDING SYSTEMS?

Providing comfort
Health & Productivity
Security
Handling the unfavorable climate conditions
Have a full control on design
INTEGRATION OF BUILDING SYSTEMS TO ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

• Floor height
• Suspended ceiling height
• Raised floor height
• Shafts
• Mechanical equipment rooms
• Electrical equipment rooms
• Roof spaces
• Chimneys
• Building components which separate
these service rooms from other spaces
• …
PERFORMANCE & ESTHETICS

The Centre Pompidou - Renzo Piano & Richard Rogers

1977
 PERFORMANCE & ESTHETICS

The Centre Pompidou - Renzo Piano & Richard Rogers

1977
PARAMETERS WHICH AFFECT THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

• Town Planning and Building By Laws

• Codes and Standards
• Constructive Limitations
• User needs and requirements
• Environmental considerations
• Acoustical requirements
• Energy needs and consumptions
• Annual operation and maintenance costs
• Fire safety and extinguishing system
• Investment cost for the building
• …

Resources are central to a knowledge-based practice

of architecture. Photo Credit: Roger K. Lewis
INTEGRATED DESIGN

• Architectural Design
• Load Bearing System Design
• Mechanical System Design (Heating/Cooling/Ventilating)
• Electrical System Design (Electric/Data/TV/Internet/vb)
• Fire Safety System Design
• Sanitary System Design
• Lighting System Design
• Building Automation System Design
• Safety System Design
• …

Roger K. Lewis illustrates that architects balance ideas,

form, and function. Photo Credit: Roger K. Lewis
INTEGRATED DESIGN APPROACH

• Inter-disciplinary work between architects, engineers, costing specialists, operations people and
other relevant actors right from the beginning of the design process;
• discussion of the relative importance of various performance issues and the establishment of a
consensus on this matter between client and designers;
• budget restrictions applied at the whole-building level, with no strict separation of budgets for
individual building systems, such as HVAC or the building structure. This reflects the experience that
extra expenditures for one system, e.g. for sun shading devices, may reduce costs in another
systems, e.g. capital and operating costs for a cooling system;
• the addition of a specialist in the field of energy engineering and energy simulation;
• testing of various design assumptions through the use of energy simulations throughout the
process, to provide relatively objective information on this key aspect of performance;
• the addition of subject specialists (e.g. for daylighting, thermal storage, comfort, materials
selection etc.) for short consultations with the design team;
• clear articulation of performance targets and strategies, to be updated throughout the process
by the design team

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INTEGRATED DESIGN
BIM (Building Integrated Modelling) Programs
INTEGRATED DESIGN
BIM (Building Integrated Modelling) Programs
INTEGRATED DESIGN

DESIGN TEAM NEEDS A LEADER!

PROJECT MANAGER
Ventilation ducts
Heating&Cooling

Electricity
Lighting

Others
[Wi-Fi]
…
 Acoustics
HVAC

Fire Safety

Lighting
APPLICATION STUDIES

Design a two-storey Cafeteria (or you can find a cafeteria design), which has approximately
120 m² seating area + reading/working area
60 m² kitchen
25 m² services (Storage, WCs)
45 m² technical area

Location: anywhere (real or fictional) in a determined city in Turkey, but consider surroundings
(buildings, roads, natural elements, etc.).

For the application studies next week, you should have

1/500 site plan (show surroundings, north and indicate the city)
1/100 plan(s)
1/100 elevations
3d model (optional)