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Architectural Design & Site Planning - Refresher Module 2

If there are 2 cars in between columns, which cannot be the clear span distance between columns?
Where should the excavation start, if the structure has a basement?
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should NOT be provided at the basement component of the project?

What type of window is not recommended

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in a high rise building?

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A Proposed low-Rise NATIONAL GOVERNMENT OFFICE Project ie. A development,,~it;~~Ba~sement,

Podium (with Optional Parking) and Tower component and on a Project Site havingl'tw6';p~rcent
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slope.
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM:
The National Government

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a.; Total lot Area (TLA) of

eight thousand square meters (8,000 sqm) located in Metro Manila. T~e~r4\~~'to
Low-Rise National Government
PROJECTSITE FEATURES:

be erected shall be a

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Office Building.

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The Project Site is a rectangular through lot with an esplanq~e atltS'(~orth ..The esplanade is relatively flat,
having a 1/3 or 1% slope draining towards the east. The m~fn':~xi~)s located at the eighty meter (80m) wide
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frontage facing south. The Road Right-of-Way (RROW) i~a)t:f"!:tY~meter (30m) wide street relatively flat at
1/3 or 1% slope draining east. The site is at a slope of:~~;~~~~~t
(2%) towards the esplanade which has a
1.20 meter wide sidewalk, and having a 6 meter
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The flood line is 0.5 meter lower than the eplanap.~"and at 0.0 elevation on building ground line. The
thirty (30m) RROW has 2.40 meter wide siq~~~I~".~:ltl"-both Side's, but has become an arcaded street by virtue
of a city ordinance. The project uses.the",:~~~een
B~irdingll concept. At the east of the lot are two (2)
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government

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office complexes, and(a:~~d:~,~l~flot are private low-rise office buildings.

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What is the Allowable Maximu'liJ~.,l!ildin?:l Footprint (AMBF) for the Project (in square meters)?

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For the project, zoned asirtsti!Jifional

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meters)?

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under the NBCP, how much is the maximum allowable ISA (in square

For the project, ftsing The~brescribed FLAR designation/rights

under the NBCP, what shall be the maximum
Gross Floo,"Ar~a /GF~j&}nsquare meters) that can be generated for the Project?

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For th..~,PI;,~l~~!Z'basedon the maximum PSO and BHL under the NBCP, what shall be the maximum
GfQ~SFIQ[iit/vea (TGFA, in square meters) that can be generated for the Project?
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Which is not required in a Senior Manager's Area?
Which is more expensive?

UAP Center for Career Development

- Architectural

Design Refresher 2011

Prepared by: RSGabitan