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The document outlines the specifications for a building's plumbing, electrical, and mechanical systems across multiple floors, detailing the core area, floor plate surface, and elevator requirements. It calculates the total number of elevators needed based on the square footage and efficiency percentages for both office and residential floor plates. The office section requires a total of 24 elevators while the residential section requires 6, with efficiency percentages of approximately 78% and 79%, respectively.

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Homework 1

The document outlines the specifications for a building's plumbing, electrical, and mechanical systems across multiple floors, detailing the core area, floor plate surface, and elevator requirements. It calculates the total number of elevators needed based on the square footage and efficiency percentages for both office and residential floor plates. The office section requires a total of 24 elevators while the residential section requires 6, with efficiency percentages of approximately 78% and 79%, respectively.

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163'-4"

83'-4"

PLUMBING LOW LOW MID MID


CLOSET ELEV. ELEV. ELEV. ELEV.

ELECTRICAL LOW LOW MID MID


CLOSET ELEV. ELEV. ELEV. ELEV.

LOW LOW MID MID SERVICE


ELEV. ELEV. ELEV. ELEV. ELEV.

60' 140'
Core area = 83’4” × 60’ = 5,000 sqft HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH MID
ELEV.
40’ lease span ELEV. ELEV. ELEV. ELEV.

Floor plate surface = 22,866.67 sqft


SERVICE SERVICE
Elevators ELEV. ELEV.

40 floors => 13 LOW, 13 MID and 14 HIGH


MECHANICAL HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH MECHANICAL
CLOSET ELEV. ELEV. ELEV. ELEV. CLOSET

22,866.67 sqft × 13 floors = 297,266.671sqft


LOW → 29,7266.671/ 50,000 = 5.94 ≈ 6 elevators
MID → 29,7266.671/ 45,000 = 6.6 ≈ 7 elevators

22,866.67 sqft × 14 floors = 320,133.3 sqft


HIGH → 320,133.3/ 40,000 = 8 elevators

40'
SERVICE → 22,866.67 sqft × 40 floors / 350,000 = 2.6 ≈ 3 elevators

Total elevators = 24

Efficiency % = (22,866.67 - 5,000) / 22,866.67 sqft = 0.7813 ≈ 78%

OFFICE FLOORPLATE BRUNO BESCÓS ARCH 535


114'-2"

54'-2"

PLUMBING ELECTRICAL
CLOSET CLOSET

SERVICE ELEVATOR ELEVATOR


ELEV.

44'-2" 104'-2"
ELEVATOR ELEVATOR SERVICE
ELEV.

Core area = 54’2” × 44’2” = 2,392.36 sqft


30’ lease span
Floor plate surface = 11,892.36 sqft

Elevators

60 stories; 400 serviced apartments total in tower

1 elevator for every 100 serviced apartments = 4 elevators


30'
SERVICE → 2 elevators

Total elevators = 6

Efficiency % = (11,892 - 2,392.36) / 11,892.36 sqft = 0.7988 ≈ 79%

RESIDENTIAL FLOORPLATE BRUNO BESCÓS ARCH 535

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