Multi Dimensional Building Planning for Safer Tomorrow

Abstract eng:
An architectural drawing of plan in two dimensions is actually a final overlay of various layers. These layers may include soil characteristics, slope analysis, climatology, site study, functional requirements of the structure, acoustics and illuminations, services, vegetation and many more. The inferences from performance of buildings during past earthquakes add another layer to the architectural drawing plan as „Safety‟. Every building is unique in its nature and complex due to the incorporation of various aspects. This addition of another layer „safety‟ is not to restrict the wings of imagination in planning, but to unclip them to fly high in a safer environment. However, the most commonly faced challenge to achieve seismic safety along with desired architectural plan is to choose the architectural planning phases where experts from other disciplines needs to interact. This paper addresses innovative resultants where expertise from other engineering discipline (e.g., structural engineering) and architectural creativity need to be together to prepare/enhance a safe structural design with a sustainable approach. The fundamental deficiencies in planning are explored in this paper, such as; a) where architects have forgotten their basics, b) when an engineer and an architect can come together to find a better and safer solution that has not been thought before in isolation and c) how it helps in changing building‟s response during severe seismic shaking.

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