Optimising Floor Space During Retrofitting of High-Rise Office Buildings

2008 ◽  
pp. 813-821
Author(s):  
Chintha Perera ◽  
Sujeeva Setunge ◽  
Arun Kumar ◽  
Tom Molyneauxa
Keyword(s):  
Office Buildings ◽  
Floor Space ◽  
High Rise

scholarly journals Spatiotemporal Changes in Vertical Heterogeneity: High-Rise Office Building Floor Space in Sydney, Australia

Buildings ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 374
Author(s):  
Hoon Han ◽  
Haonan Chen ◽  
Jinwoo (Brian) Lee
Keyword(s):  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Office Buildings ◽  
Commercial Building ◽  
Floor Space ◽  
High Rise ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Mixed Use ◽  
Vertical Heterogeneity ◽  
The City ◽  
Sydney Australia

Mixed-use development is increasingly popular in land use planning and zoning, fostering a combination of residential, commercial, and cultural uses into one space. However, there is a lack of understanding of the vertical mix office space within a high-rise commercial building and the dynamics of the industry mix between buildings. This paper examines the spatiotemporal patterns of industry mix between and within office buildings in Sydney CBD from 2006 to 2017, using the data obtained from the City of Sydney floor space and employment surveys. This is the first study that identifies the dynamics of an industrial ecosystem in central Sydney, which has transformed to homophily land blocks, with increasing vertically heterogeneous office buildings, over the past decade. In addition, the study found that the significant clustering of anchor tenants, such as finances, hospitalities, and knowledge-based industries, are apparent.

The Role of Wind on Double Skin Facades in High Rise Office Building

2013 ◽  
Vol 787 ◽  
pp. 711-716
Author(s):  
Daryanto ◽  
Eko Budihardjo ◽  
Wahyu Setyabudi ◽  
Gagoek Hardiman
Keyword(s):  
Energy Conservation ◽  
Building Envelope ◽  
Office Buildings ◽  
Thermal Discomfort ◽  
High Rise ◽  
Double Skin ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Air Conditioning Systems ◽  
Double Skin Facades

There was an indication that high rise buildings in Jakarta was not designed based on energy conservation principles. The most important aspects of the high-rise buildings is energy saving technology located in the building envelope design. Building envelope with a full glass design functions for widening view and enhancing natural lights, even though but it is also increasing energy consumption and thermal discomfort due to the intensity of solar radiation in hot humid climates. During the current decade, the development of double building envelope type (Double Skin Façade: DSF) seemed more just to improve the aesthetics and the use of natural light, while the wind and thermal performance aspects were still lack of serious consideration. Those aspects will be chosen as the subject matter in this research. The research was aimed to investigate and compare the value of heat transfer in the building envelope of high-rise office buildings. Samples were taken from five DSF buildings, with closed and open cavity. CFD software is used for simulation of the five different models of DSF. The research proves that the high-rise office buildings as the research object in Jakarta do not apply energy conservation principle. The utilization of wind in the DSF cavity can reduce temperature and relieve the burden of air conditioning systems that is energy save. An important finding of the research is the need for ventilation in the design of a double skin at high-rise office buildings in the humid tropics.

scholarly journals PAUL RUDOLPH’S DESIGN PRINCIPLES ON HIGH-RISE OFFICE BUILDINGS IN INDONESIA CASE STUDY: WISMA DHARMALA SAKTI JAKARTA AND WISMA DHARMALA SAKTI SURABAYA

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (04) ◽  
pp. 372-387
Author(s):  
Nabila Qirala Sukada ; Purnama Salura
Keyword(s):  
Educational Institution ◽  
Design Principles ◽  
Office Buildings ◽  
Architectural Form ◽  
The Public ◽  
High Rise ◽  
Surgical Tool ◽  
Building Form ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract- Many of high-rise office buildings in Indonesia applies efficiency and effectivity of building form,cost, and time for construction as a number one priority. As a result, high-rise office buildings appears with aminimum-articulated form, and show the dominance by using glass materials as a facade. However, there arealso high-rise office buildings that have an articulated form and its facades that are not dominated by glass,although they appear in small numbers. Wisma Dharmala Sakti Jakarta and Wisma Dharmala Sakti Surabayaare one of them. Moreover, both buildings were designed by foreign architect, Paul Rudolph. Based on thepotentials of both buildings, this research focused on Paul Rudolph’s principles in designing high-rise officebuildings in Wisma Dharmala Sakti Jakarta and Wisma Dharmala Sakti SurabayaLooking at the phenomena of high-rise office buildings in Indonesia as described earlier, this smallnumber and the articulated form of high-rise office buildings designed by Paul Rudolph in Indonesia areinteresting to be understood even more. The main purpose of this research is to reveal the relationship betweenPaul Rudolph’s design principles with buildings, which are Wisma Dharmala Sakti Jakarta and WismaDharmala Sakti Surabaya.Using an interpretative method in a qualitative research, this research utilized theories that helpsunderstanding of an office building, theories that related to Paul Rudolph’s background and common thoughtabout architecture, and also Paul Rudolph’s theory about determinants of architectural form as a literaturestudy. Building’s Anatomy Theory is used as a surgical tool to disect the study cases, which happens to beWisma Dharmala Sakti Jakarta and Wisma Dharmala Sakti Surabaya.Result of this research are six points of Paul Rudolph’s principles in designing high-rise office buildingwhich are: repetition, space, scale, rotation, light, and context. Implementation of Paul Rudolph’s designprinciples in both study cases can be seen in the dominance of rotation and repetition of building elements. Theapplication of these two principles can fulfill all the three aspects of Paul Rudolph’s design ideal, which areform, context, and cycle.Benefit of this research is to enrich architectural vocabulary about design principles of a high-riseoffice buildings in Indonesia for the concerned educational institution, as a consideration and input toarchitects and the stakeholders to be more sensitive and critical in designing high-rise buildings in Indonesia,as a reference and study case about design principles of a high-rise office buildings for students, academics,architects, and the public with the focus of study concerned, and enrich the knowledge about Paul Rudolph’sdesign principles especially in designing high-rise office buildings in Indonesia for researcher.Keywords: Paul Rudolph, Design Principles, Office, Wisma Dharmala Sakti Jakarta, Wisma Dharmala SaktiSurabaya.

scholarly journals Development of a user-friendly regression model to evaluate carbon emissions of office buildings design in the subtropics

Facilities ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (11/12) ◽  
pp. 860-878
Author(s):  
Pan Lee ◽  
Edwin H.W. Chan ◽  
Queena K. Qian ◽  
Patrick T.I. Lam
Keyword(s):  
Regression Model ◽  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Office Buildings ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Design Teams ◽  
Content Type ◽  
High Rise ◽  
User Friendly ◽  
Influential Parameters

Purpose Design teams have difficulties in assessing building carbon emissions at an early stage, as most building energy simulation tools require a detailed input of building design for estimation. The purpose of this paper is to develop a user-friendly regression model to estimate carbon emissions of the preliminary design of office buildings in the subtropics by way of example. Five sets of building design parameters, including building configuration, building envelope, design space conditions, building system configuration and occupant behaviour, are considered in this study. Design/methodology/approach Both EnergyPlus and Monte Carlo simulation were used to predict carbon emissions for different combinations of the design parameters. A total of 100,000 simulations were conducted to ensure a full range of simulation results. Based on the simulation results, a regression model was developed to estimate carbon emissions of office buildings based on preliminary design information. Findings The results show that occupant density, annual mean occupancy rate, equipment load, lighting load and chiller coefficient of performance are the top five influential parameters affecting building carbon emissions under the subtropics. Besides, the design parameters of ten office buildings were input into this user-friendly regression model for validation. The results show that the ranking of its simulated carbon emissions for these ten buildings is consistent with the original carbon emissions ranking. Practical implications With the use of this developed regression model, design teams can not only have a simple and quick estimation of carbon emissions based on the building design information at the conceptual stage but also explore design options by understanding the level of reduction in carbon emissions if a certain building design parameter is changed. The study also provides recommendations on building design to reduce carbon emissions of office buildings. Originality/value Limited research has been conducted to date to investigate how the change of building design affects carbon emissions in the subtropics where four distinct seasons lead to significant variations of outdoor temperature and relative humidity. Previous research also did not emphasise on the impact of high-rise office building designs (e.g. small building footprint, high window-to-wall ratio) on carbon emissions. This paper adds value by identifying the influential parameters affecting carbon emissions for a high-rise office building design and allows a handy estimate of building carbon emissions under the subtropical conditions. The same approach may be used for other meteorological conditions.

scholarly journals Three centuries of multi-storied St. Petersburg

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 01003
Author(s):  
Leonid Lavrov ◽  
Fedor Perov ◽  
Aleksandra Eremeeva ◽  
Vladimir Temnov
Keyword(s):  
Office Buildings ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
High Rise ◽  
Great Height

The article is devoted to assessment of the role of high-rise buildings in the St. Petersburg historic city’s ensemble. Features of formation of city architectural look, the conditions of city typical silhouette’s appearance which is characterized by the contrast of a small number of high-rise structures with a low horizontal mass building are observed. The consequences of the emergence of a significant number of great height buildings, the silhouette of which conflicts with the traditional St. Petersburg landscape’s compositional principles, are analyzed. The economic reasons of high-rise construction of residential and office buildings are given. The conclusions about the prospects of St. Petersburg high-rise construction in the light of city-building and economic factors are made.

Innovative Norm-Making in High-Rise Construction (Part 2)

2014 ◽  
Vol 584-586 ◽  
pp. 2391-2394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrey Volkov ◽  
Vitaliy Chulkov ◽  
Ryben Kazaryan ◽  
Muhammed Fachratov ◽  
Emomali Rahmonov
Keyword(s):  
Human Activity ◽  
Office Buildings ◽  
Innovative Development ◽  
High Rise

One of the topical trends of the innovative development of construction-investment area is the significant increase in the height of residential and office buildings, providing comprehensive safety of their construction, and of human activity and work in them.

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