Litreture Review Print

2016E.
Department of architecture
design
residential apartment design
PREPARED BY: biruk yared
[residential apartment]
TABLE OF CONTENTS
LITERATURE REVIEW ............................................................................................................... 2

1.1 Definition of Apartment ................................................................................................................................ 2
1.2 Functional Space Organization ..................................................................................................................... 2
1.3 Circulation ..................................................................................................................................................... 3
1.4 Standards and Requirements ......................................................................................................................... 3
1.4.1 Room Size Requirement ......................................................................................................................... 3
1.4.2 Circulation Requirement......................................................................................................................... 5
1.4.3 Toilet Requirement ................................................................................................................................. 8
1.4.4 Parking Requirement .............................................................................................................................. 8
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LITERATURE REVIEW
1.1 Definition of Apartment
• Apartments refer to any residential unit within a building.
• Apartment is a building with 2 or more stories, these stories has different unit and different purpose.
• An apartment complex is an area full of apartment homes. These apartment homes contain several
essential rooms.
• An apartment complex is simply a structure with five or more housing units on various floor levels.
Types of apartment based on the height:
A. Low-rise: A system with two to three stories and no elevators.
B. Mid-rise: Three to eight stories with elevators.
C. High-rise: A system having more than eight stories and elevators.
1.2 Functional Space Organization
Figure 1: example of functional space organization for apartment building
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1.3 Circulation
Apartment design is comprised of two circulation types: vertical and horizontal. Within each category,
horizontal circulation employs two common types: central corridor and open corridor (Figure), and vertical
circulation employs four basic types: single-loaded corridor, doubled-loaded corridor, skip-stop plan, and tower
plan (Figure).
Figure 2: Horizontal circulation in apartment design
Figure 3: Vertical circulation in apartment design
1.4 Standards and Requirements

1.4.1 Room Size Requirement
• Studio apartment minimum 40 sq.m
• 1 bedroom apartment minimum 45 sq.m
• 2 bedroom apartment Minimum 73 sq.m
• 3 bedroom apartment Minimum 90 sq.m

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Figure 4: Minimum requirement of rooms
Minimum aggregate floor areas for living/dining/kitchen rooms
Minimum widths for the main Width of Aggregate floor

living/dining rooms Apartment living/dining room area of living /
type dining /
Studio 5m 30m2
One bedroom 3.3m 23m2
Two bed rooms 3.6m 30m2
Three bed rooms 3.8m 34m2
Table 1: Minimum standard size of apartment units of living rooms
Minimum bedroom floor areas/widths
Minimum m bedroom Minimum m width Minim u m floor area
floor
Studioareas/widths Type 5m 30m2
Single bed room 2.1m 7.1m2
Double bed room 2 .8 m 11.4m2
Twin bedroom 2.8 m 13m2
Table 2: Minimum standard size of apartment units of bed rooms
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1.4.2 Circulation Requirement
I. Steps and Stairs

• Uniform risers: 150mm and tread: 300mm.
• Stair edges should have 50mm wide, bright/ contrast colour band.
• Maximum height of a flight between landings to be 1200mm.
• Landing should be 1200mm clear of any door swing.
• The steps should have an unobstructed width of at least 1200mm.
• Continuous handrails on both sides including the wall (if any) and at two levels –760mm and 900mm.
• Warning tile to be placed 300mm at the beginning and at the end of all stairs.
• Nosing should be avoided.
Figure 5: Stair standards
II. Lifts and escalators

• Escalators, or powered stairs, and it used when it is necessary to move large numbers of people from
floor to floor.
• Escalators should be viewed as preferred transportation systems whenever heavy traffic Volumes are
expected between relatively few floors.
• Escalators are used to connect airport terminals, parking garages, sports facilities, shopping malls, and
Numerous mixed-use facilities.
• They can move a large number of people efficiently and comfortably b/n a limited number of floors, six
floors are a practicably limit.
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• Escalator is a very efficient form of vertical transportation for very heavy traffic where the number of
floors served is limited normally a maximum off live to six floors.
• Minimum depth of tread in direction of travel—153⁄4In Maximum rise between treads—81⁄2 In
Minimum width of tread—24 in Maximum width of tread—40In Maximum clearance between tread and
adjacent skirt panel—3⁄8 in Maximum distance between handrail centerlines—width between balustrade
sport etc.
Figure 6: Escalator standards
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Figure 7: Lift standards
III. Corridors
• Corridors should have an unobstructed width of 1800mm.
• Level differences should be beveled.
• Thresholds and gratings should not be more that 10mm.
• Protruding objects (more that 100mm form the wall) to be placed either in a niche or above 2100mm
form the floor.
• Open spaces below ramps, escalator and stairs should be blocked out completely by protective guard
rails, raised curbs or marked with a tactile surface.
Figure 8: Corridor standards
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1.4.3 Toilet Requirement
Private toilet layout:
1.4.4 Parking Requirement
Figure 10: Parking standards

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2016E.

residential apartment design

PREPARED BY: biruk yared

LITERATURE REVIEW ............................................................................................................... 2

• Apartments refer to any residential unit within a building.

Types of apartment based on the height:

A. Low-rise: A system with two to three stories and no elevators.

B. Mid-rise: Three to eight stories with elevators.

C. High-rise: A system having more than eight stories and elevators.

1.2 Functional Space Organization

Figure 1: example of functional space organization for apartment building

Figure 2: Horizontal circulation in apartment design

Figure 3: Vertical circulation in apartment design

1.4 Standards and Requirements

• Studio apartment minimum 40 sq.m

• 1 bedroom apartment minimum 45 sq.m

• 2 bedroom apartment Minimum 73 sq.m

• 3 bedroom apartment Minimum 90 sq.m

Minimum aggregate floor areas for living/dining/kitchen rooms

Minimum widths for the main Width of Aggregate floor

Minimum bedroom floor areas/widths

Minimum m bedroom Minimum m width Minim u m floor area

I. Steps and Stairs

Figure 5: Stair standards

II. Lifts and escalators

Numerous mixed-use facilities.

floors are a practicably limit.

Figure 6: Escalator standards

• Corridors should have an unobstructed width of 1800mm.

• Level differences should be beveled.

• Thresholds and gratings should not be more that 10mm.

Figure 8: Corridor standards

Private toilet layout:

1.4.4 Parking Requirement

Figure 10: Parking standards

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