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a green belt design reqiurements needed to design for a residential building

2006-09-21 17:50:19 · 2 answers · asked by poori 1 in Education & Reference Special Education

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High Rise Residential Towers-Sustainable concepts.
Therefore let's start by looking at Singapore. Most housing is government sponsored and erected by the Housing Development Board. All these buildings tend to be vertically oriented residential units or "HDB flats" as they are commonly referred to. Concrete structures with masonry infill or precast concrete panels for the walls and no insulation. Many of these buildings are clumped together and for the most part seem to have very little variety in form or heights.
A general solution, would be to ensure that proper site analysis/ studies are carried out before designs for any building is started. Understanding how wind and sun works on a particular site, can be the driving force of how these high rise buildings are formed and oriented. The unit plans of the flats could be arranged in a way to block solar heat gain from the western sun and to maximize cooling from prevailing winds. Buildings could be oriented to funnel winds through them and not block it. Additionally, instead of trying to maximize units within these buildings it may help to change the heights of the buildings to create daylight and wind corridors. While it is efficient to have all the units the same size because it easier to construct, sometimes having variations can provide variety to a buildings facade and help with passive energy design. Taking a page from commercial office towers like the Kommertzbank or Menara Mesiniaga, roof top gardens or mid level gardens that step through a building or open up atriums within the core of the building, can help create a "green" belt within the buildings themselves. Imagine if you would, buildings that have natural daylight, ventilation biodiversity through landscaping and evaporative cooling available through waterscapes in these roof gardens. These high rise residential buildings could use their building forms and orientation to take advantage of the sun to generate enough power to sustain themselves from an energy standpoint. The trick of course is to design the photo voltaic panels into the form of the buildings in a way that is both innovative and visually pleasant. It's not just about sticking panels to the roof or walls of a building.
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2006-09-21 17:53:19 · answer #1 · answered by Alen 4 · 0 0

eco-friendly belt ability a gaggle off trees planted on the boundary of a city.Its a considerable theory of city making plans.Its given to regulate the haphazard develop of a city.That area is likewise utilised for sport.

2016-10-17 10:33:58 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

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