BUILDING DESIGN

REQUIREMENTS
RICA SUNSHINE D. BONQUIN

Teacher I
1. Windows
◦ Window opening shall be equal to or atleast ten percent of the floor area of the room, provided that such
opening shall not be less than one square meter, except those in toilets and baths which shall be not less
than 1/20 of the floor area of such rooms or not less than 240 square millimeters.
◦ Steel casement for windows using plain GI sheets can be used to resist strong wind from entering inside
the building that creates an uplift force that blow up roofs. GI sheets are connected by rivets and non-sag
marine epoxy over steel window frames.
◦ All glass windows easily breaks and can cause injury to occupants inside when broken by strong winds
2. Ceiling Height
◦ The ceiling height of rooms with natural ventilation shall not be less than 2.7 meters measured from the
floor to the ceiling; rooms provided with artificial ventilation shall have ceiling heights not less than 2.4
meters.
3. Floor Construction
◦ All floor shall be so framed and secured into the framework and supporting wall so as to form an integral
part of the whole building; the type of floor construction used shall provide means to keep the beam and
girders from lateral buckling.
Floor Construction
4. Roof Construction
◦ All roofs shall be so framed and tied into the framework and supporting walls so as to form an integral
part of the whole building; dark stops, roof drains, flushing, etc., shall be provided.
5. Exit Doors
◦ Atleast two exit doors are required where the number of room occupants is over 50 in the case of
classrooms, conference rooms, exhibit rooms, gymnasia, school shops, vocational institutions,
laboratories and auditorium; a door shall not be less than 2.10 meters high and 900 millimeters wide.
6. Door Shutters
◦ Door shutters shall be swing out and be capable of opening atleast 90
degrees so that the clear width of the exit way is not less than 700
millimeters.
◦ No door shutter shall exceed 1.20 meters in width.
 7. Corridors
◦ Every corridor shall not be less than 1.10 meters wide
and shall be unobstructed.
8. Stairways
◦ Stairways serving an occupant load of 50 or less must be 1.10 meters wide; those serving more than 50
shall not be less than 1.50 meters .
◦ The rise of every step shall not exceed 200 millimeters and the tread shall not be less than 250
milimeters.
◦ Handrails shall be provided on each side of every stairway having more than four steps.