5 Sections
25 Lessons
4 Hours
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1. Understanding the Type
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1.1
What an apartment building really has to do
1.2
How the design of an apartment building evolved
1.3
Who uses an apartment building, and what each user needs
1.4
The core-to-unit ratio: the central design problem
1.5
What separates a good one from a bad one
2. Brief, Programme and Areas
5
2.1
Writing the brief with the client
2.2
The area programme explained
2.3
Saleable area efficiency: the benchmarks that matter
2.4
Adjacency and the bubble diagram
2.5
What clients get wrong at brief stage
3. Planning and Circulation
5
3.1
Site selection, orientation and access
3.2
Zoning: public, private and back-of-house
3.3
Circulation and the movement diagram
3.4
Cores, grids and structural discipline
3.5
Planning The core-to-unit ratio in detail
4. Codes, Comfort and Systems
5
4.1
The regulations that shape an apartment building
4.2
Fire escape, refuse and parking standards in practice
4.3
Accessibility and inclusive design
4.4
Servicing: MEP, plant and risers
4.5
Daylight, acoustics and thermal comfort
5. Getting It Built and Judged
5
5.1
Structure and materials for an apartment building
5.2
Cost drivers and value-engineering traps
5.3
Operations: how an apartment building works on day 3,000
5.4
Case studies: Unité d’Habitation by Le Corbusier, 8 House by BIG and Kanchanjunga Apartments by Charles Correa
5.5
The design checklist for an apartment building
How to Design an Apartment Building
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