Legislative control for quality buildings: extract of research on building regulations affecting building design
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HKIA journal: the official journal of the Hong Kong Institute of Architects (香港建築師學報), no.22, 1999, pp. 20-32
Abstract
(1) Survey on building regulations affecting design of buildings
(a) Calculation of gross floor area
(b) Environmental issues
(c) Planning & functions
(d) Street related matters
(e) Internal space arrangement
(f) Kitchen
(2) Survey of users' opinion on their home
(a) Bathrooms
(b) Kitchen
(c) Pipe duct
(d) Window
(e) Balcony
(f) Common areas
(g) Ceiling height
(h) Environmental control devices
(3) Observations on the two surveys on design buildings
(4) Survey on definition of 'floor area'
(a) Gross floor area (see fig. 3)
(b) Usable floor space
(c) Construction floor area
(d) Saleable floor area (see fig. 4)
(e) Lettable area
(f) Internal floor area
(g) Tolerance (see fig. 5)
(5) Observation on survey of 'floor area'
(a) Gross floor area (GFA) (see fig. 7)
(b) Usable floor space (see fig. 8)
(c) Construction floor area
(d) Saleable floor area (see fig. 9)
(e) Lettable area (see fig. 10)
(f) Internal floor area
(g) Tolerance
(h) Selling of units
(6) Recommendations for improvement of building regulations
(a) Gross floor area
(b) Other floor areas
(c) Environmental issues
(d) Planning & site matters
(e) Internal layout
(f) Conclusion
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1999
Language
en