Journal articles: 'High-rise apartment buildings Singapore'

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Lester, David. "Suicide by Jumping in Singapore as a Function of High-Rise Apartment Availability." Perceptual and Motor Skills 79, no. 1 (August 1994): 74. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pms.1994.79.1.74.

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In Singapore from 1960 to 1976, the suicide rare by leaping from high-rise apartment buildings increased as their availability increased and appeared to create new suicides in addition to leading some people to switch methods for suicide.

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Beisi, Jia. "A Quantitative Assessment of the Environmental Impact of Flexible Partitions." Open House International 30, no. 1 (March 1, 2005): 33–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ohi-01-2005-b0006.

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Each person in Hong Kong produces three times more waste than that of Singapore. This is because a large portion of the waste in Hong Kong is from the construction sector. Re-decoration work carried out by dwellers in Hong Kong is one of the major sources of the construction and demolition waste. Development of flexible reusable infill systems with high recycling potential is significant. A number of these systems are currently used, mainly in public and commercial buildings. They may have potential to be applied in residential buildings in the future. This paper starts with an introduction to the infill systems applied in open building history. It then points out the need to investigate the development of infill processes by integrating infill products available in the market. The paper further introduces current open building studies on reusability of infill systems and addresses the problem that there is a lack of quantitative information on embodied energy and other environmental impacts of infill systems. In the methodology section the paper describes five types of partition walls selected, ranging from low flexibility to high flexibility. Applying an evaluation model for environmental impact, the paper analyzes embodied energy intensity, and environmental impacts of each partition systems in two simulated situations. One is in a two room unit of a public housing prototype and the other is in private apartment. It concludes that partition walls with higher flexibility are highly intensive in their embodied energy. In other environmental impacts, especially recycling potential, flexible partition wall panels exceed that of conventional block-work partitions. The study will enable more complete information to be obtained concerning the environmental impact of infill components and will assist architects and other building professional wisely apply open building design concepts.

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Gong, Keumrok, and Jeehyun Nam. "Diachronic Changes and Factors Influencing the Exterior Design of High-Rise Apartment Buildings." Buildings 12, no. 7 (June 24, 2022): 892. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings12070892.

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High-rise apartment buildings, the preferred type of housing in South Korea, have very similar exteriors. Thus, apartment complexes tend to look similar with no unique identity of complex or city. This study aimed to identify the factors influencing the exterior design of high-rise apartment buildings in their 40-year history. I surveyed 50 apartment complexes from the 1970s to 2010, categorized important periods in Korean history, and analyzed corresponding changes in the exterior design of high-rise apartment buildings. I visited apartments in Seoul to take photos and conduct field surveys, and statistically analyzed the results by classifying the buildings’ external characteristics. I found correlations between the exterior design of the buildings and three major factors influencing their changes and development. The first is increasing institutional supply in the 1970s and developing landscapes in the 2000s. The second is an economic factor—economic growth. Third, as technology developed, apartment buildings transitioned from low-rise to high-rise, and their exterior design underwent many changes. This study reveals the relationship between changes in high-rise apartment buildings’ exteriors as they developed alongside South Korea’s growth and the influencing factors, and presents major factors that determine the direction of exterior design for high-rise apartment buildings in the future.

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Ngo, Le Minh, and Zhen Yu Li. "Transformation on the Design for Sustainable of High-Rise Residential Buildings – The Case Study of Shanghai Combined Apartment Building." Applied Mechanics and Materials 204-208 (October 2012): 3565–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.204-208.3565.

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In the recent years, the design for high-rise residential buildings in Shanghai has been changing in floor plan. It is the transformation in the shape of the house from residential tower-shaped buildings into combined apartment buildings; the transformation in constitution of floor plan, the number of apartment in each floor; the transformation in area and function of each apartment and even in living habits. Studies of the transformation in shape mentioned above were carried out by the morphology methodology. Combined apartment buildings in Shanghai combined together leads to high economic benefit, and the number of floors is up to 34 floors. Auxiliary area which is shared equally to each apartment, accounts for an approximately large portion of a typical floor plan. Each apartment in Shanghai must be added 12-18% of external auxiliary area. The cause and effect of the transformation in the design for high-rise apartment buildings are valuable experiences for other developing metropolitans in China, so as other countries in region.

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Nguyen, Linh, Pauline van den Berg, Astrid Kemperman, and Masi Mohammadi. "Where do People Interact in High-Rise Apartment Buildings? Exploring the Influence of Personal and Neighborhood Characteristics." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 13 (June 27, 2020): 4619. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17134619.

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Early studies conclude that high-rise apartment buildings present challenges for people’s quality of life, resulting in social isolation, social annoyance and anonymity for residents. Nevertheless, empirical research into factors supporting social interaction in high-rise apartment buildings is still scarce. This study aims to investigate how often and where people in high-rise neighborhoods interact, and how this is affected by personal and neighborhoods characteristics. A mixture of both quantitative and qualitative methods was used including social interaction diaries and questionnaires among 274 residents, in-depth interviews with 45 residents and objective measurement of the physical environments in four high-rise apartment buildings for low in-income people in Hanoi, Vietnam. Results demonstrate that social interaction is influenced by a number of personal and neighborhood characteristics. Furthermore, most social interactions—also gathering and accompanying playing children—take place in the circulation areas of the apartment buildings. However, the use of these spaces for different purposes of interaction is found to have negative impact on people’s privacy, the feeling of safety and cleanliness of the shared spaces. The findings of this study provide information for planners and designers on how to design and improve high-rise apartment buildings that support social interaction.

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Attieh, Ibrahim, and Brian Baetz. "Multi-chute systems for high-rise apartment recycling." Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering 17, no. 6 (December 1, 1990): 1044–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/l90-115.

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The concept of a multiple chute system for waste material recycling in high-rise apartment buildings is introduced and discussed. The proposed system is compared with the existing schemes for apartment recycling, and the economic feasibility of a multiple chute system is considered for a wide range of conditions. Key words: material recycling, waste management.

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Truong, Nguyen Hoang Long, Ngoc Huan Giang, and Trong Binh Duong. "Proposed strategies for designing sustainable high-rise apartment buildings in Ho Chi Minh City responding to critical urban issues." E3S Web of Conferences 33 (2018): 03001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20183303001.

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This paper aims at finding practical strategies for designing sustainable high-rise apartment buildings in Ho Chi Minh City responding to varied municipal issues. Two steps are made. Step-1 identifies the critical issues of Ho Chi Minh City which are associated with high-rise apartment building projects. Step-2 finds potential and applicable strategies which are solutions for the critical issues in Step-1 with reference of seven selected assessment methods. The study finds the set of 58 strategies applicable to designing sustainable high-rise apartment buildings in Ho Chi Minh City.

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Sacks, R., and M. Goldin. "Lean Management Model for Construction of High-Rise Apartment Buildings." Journal of Construction Engineering and Management 133, no. 5 (May 2007): 374–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(asce)0733-9364(2007)133:5(374).

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Sacks, R., A. Esquenazi, and M. Goldin. "LEAPCON: Simulation of Lean Construction of High-Rise Apartment Buildings." Journal of Construction Engineering and Management 133, no. 7 (July 2007): 529–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(asce)0733-9364(2007)133:7(529).

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Lee, Jaehoon, Tian-Feng Yuan, Jin-Seok Choi, and Youngsoo Yoon. "Evacuation Safety and Time in Apartment using Egress Simulation." Journal of the Korean Society of Hazard Mitigation 21, no. 1 (February 28, 2021): 13–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.9798/kosham.2021.21.1.13.

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The special act for the management of disasters in super high-rise buildings and complex buildings with underground connections included the installation of a certain area of evacuation safety layer within 30 floors for high-rise buildings. However, for high-rise buildings with 30 stories or less, there is no separate regulation for evacuation safety floors. For high-rise apartments with less than 30 stories that do not have regulations for evacuation safety floors, an underground parking lot can be designated as a refuge shelter-in-place (SIP). This study aims to provide an optimal evacuation plan for evacuation simulations in high-rise apartments. This plan will ensure that the occupants are safely evacuated to the refuge SIP within a minimum timeframe. Evacuation simulations are conducted to establish an optimum evacuation plan. This is because there could be delays in the evacuation time as well as human casualties when evacuating to a SIP using stairs for the elderly and the disabled. Therefore, the elderly and the disabled use elevators to evacuate. The scenarios in this study were simulated on the basis of the number of occupants, the speed of the elevator, the number of evacuation stairs as SIP escape routes, and whether the elevator was used.

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Lai, Yonghang, Ian A. Ridley, and Peter Brimblecombe. "Air Change in Low and High-Rise Apartments." Urban Science 4, no. 2 (May 13, 2020): 25. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/urbansci4020025.

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Air exchange in tall apartment buildings is critical in controlling indoor environments in urban settings. Airtightness is relevant to energy efficiency, thermal comfort and air quality experienced by urban dwellers who spend much of their time indoors. While many air change measurements have been made in residential homes, fewer are available for high-rise apartments. The blower-door and CO2 exchange methods were used to measure air change in some Hong Kong apartment buildings, for comparison with those from other parts of the world. Hong Kong apartments are often small and typical rented apartments show a median of seven air changes per hour under a 50 Pa pressure difference, similar to Mediterranean houses, though much greater than the airtight buildings of Northern Europe. Extrapolation of blower-door measurements made at 50 Pa to the natural pressure difference measured for individual Hong Kong apartments provides an approximation (within 8%) of the natural air change rate measured with a tracer. Air flow is a function of the pressure difference ∆Pnf and the exponent n was found close to the typical 0.6. There was a positive relationship between air permeability and construction age, but some of this also seems to reflect varying levels of maintenance by the building management companies. The median exchange in the apartments under naturally ventilated conditions was 0.26 h−1, not atypical of some houses on the US West Coast.

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Kozlova, Nataliia. "Contemporary facades of multistorey residential buildings in Kiev: Videoecological aspect." Spatium, no. 36 (2016): 24–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/spat1636024k.

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The article is devoted to one of the actual problems concerning the current state of the facades on apartment buildings in residential districts in Kiev - videoecology. The main purpose of the article is to determine the degree of visual aggressiveness of multistorey residential buildings in Kiev. It also investigates the problem of finding the optimal criteria for creating an ecologically healthy and friendly inhabited environment in the capital city of Ukraine. The modern visual environment in the capital is contaminated, not only because of the increasing numbers of promotional billboards, but also because of the contemporary architecture of high-rise buildings such as office buildings, apartment buildings. Their composition is usually based on a simple description of a rhythm. There are also repetitions of the end parts of buildings in ?lowercase? buildings, which are high-rise buildings that alternate with nine or identical apartment groups. It creates a sense of oppressive monotony and leads to psychological and visual fatigue, especially when these repetitions are the only pattern the eye perceives. In the article a theoretical block of ecological-aesthetic criteria is defined, which must be met by the modern architecture facades of multistorey residential houses in Kiev.

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Balendra, T., S. Suyanthi, K. H. Tan, and A. Ahmed. "Seismic capacity of typical high-rise buildings in Singapore." Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings 22, no. 18 (February 29, 2012): 1404–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/tal.1014.

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Alawode, Adisa, and Priyadarsini Rajagopalan. "Feasibility of net zero energy high rise apartment buildings in Australia." Solar Energy 231 (January 2022): 158–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2021.11.030.

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Hyun Kim, Sung, and Cheol Soo Park. "Predictability quantification of occupant presence in high-rise residential apartment buildings." Energy and Buildings 275 (November 2022): 112494. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2022.112494.

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Lapidus, Azariy, and Yana Shesterikova. "Mathematical model for assessing the high-rise apartment buildings complex quality." E3S Web of Conferences 91 (2019): 02025. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20199102025.

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With use of factor matrix, four groups of parameters were identified, and one group was determined as the most significant one, which affects the complex quality index in high-rise apartment buildings constriction. The dependence between the complex quality index and the values of influencing factors was determined. The mathematical model that allows making adjustments to achieve the required levels of quality at all stages of the construction project was considered.

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You, Jang Youl, Ki Pyo You, and Young Moon Kim. "A Study on the Air Flow Characteristic of Apartments According to Layout Form." Applied Mechanics and Materials 421 (September 2013): 756–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.421.756.

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In urban downtown, densely cluster building either as a large number of middle, low and high-rise, may experience various types of damage occurring around the buildings because of wind. Newly constructed apartment complexes fall to the risk of strong winds at the corners of apartment buildings or gusts on the pedestrian passages. Research is on pedestrians safety in connection to wind flow inside and outside apartment complexes constructed in downtown areas. This study selected 3 types of apartment complexes and compared the wind velocity ratio among different spots in the complexes through wind tunnel experiment and CFD analysis. Furthermore, we changed the deployment and outward form of apartment complexes through CFD analysis and examined the wind-velocity ratio reduction effect. According to the results of wind tunnel experiment, wind velocity between two buildings decreased usually, but wind velocity increased in the space between the sides of two buildings and the space between front and back apartment buildings. Again, when comparing the results of wind tunnel experiment with the results of CFD analysis, they showed similar tendencies except for wake areas. Etc.

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Jung, Hae Kwon, Ki Hyung Yu, and Young Sun Jeong. "Energy Performance Analysis on the Design Conditions of High-Rise Apartment Houses in South Korea." Advanced Materials Research 1025-1026 (September 2014): 1099–102. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.1025-1026.1099.

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Aapartment houses account for more than 60% of the total of residential buildings to be built in South Korea. In particular, a high-rise apartment house with 21 floors or more has steadily increased in densely populated areas. The heating and cooling energy demand of the apartment house is greatly affected by the shape and the thermal insulation of its building envelope. In addition to its functional efficiency, the shape of building envelope in a high-rise apartment house is considered to be an important factor for the urban landscape with diverse construction methods and materials. In this study, we analyzed the heating and cooling energy demand depending on the effective heat capacity of building structure and the installation position of thermal insulation materials as the design conditions of high-rise apartment houses. This study used the ECO2 energy analysis program for the building energy efficiency grading certification system in South Korea.

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Bay, Joo-Hwa. "Sustainable community and environment in tropical Singapore high-rise housing: the case of Bedok Court condominium." Architectural Research Quarterly 8, no. 3-4 (December 2004): 333–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s135913550400034x.

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Tuyen Nguyen Tai. "Automatically shedding loads for lighting systems in corridors and public areas in high-rise apartment buildings." Global Journal of Engineering and Technology Advances 8, no. 2 (August 30, 2021): 056–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.30574/gjeta.2021.8.2.0116.

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Currently, the lighting system for corridors and public areas in high-rise apartment buildings uses LED systems to replace Sodium lamps, halogen lamps... Although LED lights have been put into use, there are economic benefits such as lower power consumption and longer durability (life expectancy) according to the manufacturer's explanation. But in practice, the LEDs are used with pulse sources with operating voltages from 170VAC to 240VAC and continuous operation time without rest, often resulting in power loss due to overload or the life of the capacitor is reduced. Therefore, in order to improve the life span and efficiently use the energy source, the researches have studied the switching process control such as [1], [2], [3], [5]. This paper presents a new research direction Automatically shedding loads for lighting systems in corridors and public areas in high-rise apartment buildings for greater efficiency.

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Shesterikova, Yana Valeryevna. "Practical application of a complex quality index of high rise apartment buildings." Строительное производство, no. 1 (2020): 17–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.54950/26585340_2020_1_17.

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Lim, Chae-Yeon, Sun-Kuk Kim, Deok-Seok Seo, and Ki-Young Son. "Automatic Arrangement Algorithm for Tower Cranes Used in High-rise Apartment Buildings." Journal of the Korea Institute of Building Construction 12, no. 3 (June 20, 2012): 358–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.5345/jkibc.2012.12.3.358.

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Hopkin, Danny. "A Review of Fire Resistance Expectations for High-Rise UK Apartment Buildings." Fire Technology 53, no. 1 (February 23, 2016): 87–106. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10694-016-0571-9.

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Hyun, SH, CS Park, and GLM Augenbroe. "Analysis of uncertainty in natural ventilation predictions of high-rise apartment buildings." Building Services Engineering Research and Technology 29, no. 4 (November 2008): 311–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0143624408092424.

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Lee, Ji-Hyun, and Wan-Kuen Jo. "Characteristics of indoor and outdoor bioaerosols at Korean high-rise apartment buildings." Environmental Research 101, no. 1 (May 2006): 11–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2005.08.009.

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You, Ki Pyo, Young Moon Kim, and Jang Youl You. "A Study on the Evaluation of Wind Power Amount Using Air Flow Analysis Results by High-Rise Apartment Building Disposition in the City Center." Advanced Materials Research 823 (October 2013): 522–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.823.522.

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High-rise buildings in the city center construction has been with diversify disposition. As there is high wind on top of high-rise buildings, wind turbines are often installs on top of high-rise buildings. However, we can expect efficient power generation only by installing when the turbine in the place of heavy wind. In this article, it tries to evaluate wind power generation by performing airflow analysis around the roof according to the disposition of high-rise buildings.

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Abidi, Sehar, and Priyadarsini Rajagopalan. "Investigating Daylight in the Apartment Buildings in Melbourne, Australia." Infrastructures 5, no. 10 (October 7, 2020): 81. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/infrastructures5100081.

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Daylighting improves users’ experience in visual comfort, aesthetics, behaviour and perception of space and plays an important part in enhancing the health and wellbeing of occupants inside a dwelling. However, daylighting design is challenging for high rise living since configuration of multiple apartments together often results in deep plans and wrongly oriented apartments with poor daylighting. Melbourne considered as the most liveable city in the world has witnessed a boom in high rise apartments in recent years, where bedrooms were designed without windows or with one small opening. Previous studies indicated that one out of two apartments in Melbourne’s central business district (CBD) failed to provide daylighting in the bedrooms. This has led to amendments in planning policy with the aim of providing access to daylight in all habitable rooms. This paper investigates the daylighting conditions in apartment buildings using field measurement and daylight simulations. Daylight levels in 12 apartment units in Melbourne CBD were measured. Additionally, daylight simulations were conducted to identify ways for optimizing light levels in standard layouts. The field measurements showed that daylighting levels were insufficient in one third the apartments due to the presence of deep floor plates and external obstructions. The results from the daylight simulations showed that window to floor area ratio (WFR) of approximately 30% is required for achieving acceptable daylighting levels in bedrooms that have south orientation.

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Mishra, Anjay Kumar. "Techno-Legal Provisions for Safer High-rise Apartment Construction in Nepal." Journal of Advanced Research in Geo Sciences & Remote Sensing 08, no. 01 (June 24, 2021): 16–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.24321/2349.7661.202102.

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The paper aims to review the techno-legal provisions for safer high rise appartment construction in Nepal. The review of existing acts, rules, directives, guidelines, byelaws, codes and other unpublished documents were done for the research using content analysis followed by expert consultation as it needs to be viewed in different technical aspects which need expertise of different fields.The major provisions of the building code for seismic safety of apartment buildings are defined in Nepal National Building Code (NBC) 105:1994 and international codes are also used fulfilling the minimum requirements of the Nepal National Building Code as per NBC 000:1994. The architectural design parameters, fire fighting provisions, provisions of fire safety requirements are conformed as per the relevant NBC. At least eight government authorities are directly involved in the process of approval and building permit process. There is the provision of third party monitoring system also. Similarly the use approval to the earthquake damaged apartment is provided after repair, restore and retrofitting work according to the damage category and severity of the damages in structural and nonstructural members. For the effective compliance of the NBC and byelaws in apartments seismic safety of high rise buildings should be increased in NBC 105:1994 updating the seismic design parameters, building byelaws provisions should be updated for higher value of green open spaces, setbacks and access road. Effective coordination between all stakeholders and independent third party supervision and monitoring process should be done. For minimizing the issues raised by the neighbours after Gorkha Earthquake 2015, proper zoning for apartment construction, seismic vulnerability assessment of the existing apartments and Insurance of Neighbours of the apartments should be done. It is a review research to signify the role of NBC and bylaws for development of Nepal.

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Wee, Y. C. "The occurrence of Ficus spp. on high-rise buildings in Singapore." International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation 29, no. 1 (January 1992): 53–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0964-8305(92)90006-a.

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Talantbekova, Zh T. "CONSTRUCTION, VOLUME-PLANNING SOLUTIONS OF MODERN MULTI-STOREY RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS IN BISHKEK IN SEISMIC CONDITIONS." Herald of KSUCTA n a N Isanov, no. 2-2021 (June 24, 2021): 228–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.35803/1694-5298.2021.2.228-235.

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This article discusses the prospects for the development of modern earthquake-resistant multi-storey residential buildings in Bishkek and their space-planning solution, taking into account national characteristics. The analysis of high-rise buildings under construction in Singapore "City of the Future", the capital of the Republic of Singapore, has been proposed for use some of the building codes of Singapore, used in the construction practice of developed countries, to address pressing issues related to the construction of multi-storey residential buildings in Bishkek.

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BALENDRA, T., Z. J. LI, K. H. TAN, and C. G. KOH. "VULNERABILITY OF BUILDINGS TO LONG DISTANCE EARTHQUAKES FROM SUMATRA." Journal of Earthquake and Tsunami 01, no. 01 (March 2007): 71–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s1793431107000055.

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This study focuses on seismic vulnerability of shear wall – frame buildings in Singapore when they are subjected to far field effects of earthquakes in Sumatra. For this purpose, the demand curve was obtained based on the accelerograms of bedrock motions due to the worst earthquake scenario in Sumatra, and soil profiles of the selected sites. The recent two strong earthquakes in Sumatra were considered when the design earthquake was identified. On the other hand, the capacity curve was determined by a reliable and elegant analytical model validated by experimental results. By comparing the demand curve and capacity curve, seismic vulnerability of buildings is evaluated through a case study of a 25 story shear wall-frame building, representing the typical high rise building in Singapore. The case study reveals that high rise buildings in Singapore may suffer damages due to the worst earthquake scenario.

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Freliha, B., K. Kondratjevs, N. Kunicina, and A. Zabasta. "Temperature Sensor Feasibility Study of Wireless Sensor Network Applications for Heating Efficiency Maintenance in High-Rise Apartment Buildings." Latvian Journal of Physics and Technical Sciences 52, no. 3 (June 1, 2015): 34–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/lpts-2015-0016.

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Abstract Cities are responsible for 60%-80% of the world’s energy use and for approximately the same percentage of greenhouse gas emissions. The existing multi-apartment buildings of multifamily housing sector are often energy inefficient, and the heating system does not ensure optimization of heat distribution of individual apartments. Heat distribution, heating system balancing, heat loss detection and calculation, individual heat energy accounting are difficult tasks to accomplish. This article deals with the temperature monitoring system designed to retrieve temperature differences necessary for overall building heat monitoring and individual apartment monitoring. The sensor testing case study process and its measurements are analysed.

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Cha, Hee-Sung, Jun Kim, Do-Hee Kim, Jia Shin, and Kun-Hee Lee. "Mobile application tool for individual maintenance users on high-rise residential buildings in South Korea." MATEC Web of Conferences 167 (2018): 01002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201816701002.

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Since 1980’s, the rapid economic growth resulted in so many aged apartment buildings in South Korea. Nevertheless, there is insufficient maintenance practice of buildings. In this study, to facilitate the building maintenance the authors classified the building defects into three levels according to their level of performance and developed a mobile application tool based on each level’s appropriate feedback. The feedback structure consisted of ‘Maintenance manual phase’, ‘Online feedback phase’, ‘Repair work phase of the specialty contractors’. In order to implement each phase the authors devised the necessary database for each phase and created a prototype system that can develop on its own. The authors expect that the building users can easily maintain their buildings by using this application.

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Gamayunova, Olga, Mikhail Petrichenko, Tatyana Musorina, and Eliza Gumerova. "Feasibility study of the insulation of the enclosing walls of high-rise buildings." MATEC Web of Conferences 245 (2018): 06006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201824506006.

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On the example of a typical residential multi-apartment building, a feasibility study was carried out on the choice of energy-saving measures for the thermal insulation of facades. The decision to increase the energy efficiency of the building was made on the basis of calculating the loss of thermal energy through the external walls. Based on the parameters of the heating period, capital costs for additional thermal insulation of facades and calculated values of operating costs for heating, the optimum thickness of the additional layer of insulation is determined, in which the payback period assumes a minimum value.

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Li, Lin, Jiang He, and You Xiang Chen. "A Case Study of the Integrated Design of Solar Water Heating System in High-Rise Residential Buildings." Applied Mechanics and Materials 361-363 (August 2013): 347–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.361-363.347.

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This paper presents a studyon the integrated design of solar hot-water systems in high-rise residential buildings for the hot-summer and warm-winterclimate. The design process was described in detail through a case study in which the study target is a high-rise apartment being built in a southern city (Guilin) of China. This paper also describes how to select an appropriate solar hot-water system andauxiliary heating system based on the analysis of the local climate. Suggestions for the integrated design in high-rise residentialbuildings were discussed from analysis results.

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Zhang, Xin Gui, and Xiang Gang Kong. "Application of Short-Static Driven Piles for High-Rise Building in Nanning." Advanced Materials Research 433-440 (January 2012): 1815–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.433-440.1815.

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In Nanning basin, because of the peculiar relief and stratum model, the bearing support soil layers for pile foundation of high-rise buildings generally is gravel layer or mudstone layers or sandstone layers. On first or second terrace in basin, gravel layer is most chose as the bearing stratum for pile foundation of high-rise buildings. Static driven piles are commonly used in Nanning, because they have advantages of fast construction, high bearing capacity and noiseless despite costly. In this paper, the actual test data of a 32-stories apartment building of a college in Nanning has been consider- ed in detail. According to the present situation of project operations, the test results show that the piles which length is less than 6m can fully meet the design requirements. This project is a successful example.

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Sass, Hans-Martin. "Urban health and happiness in hutongs and highrises." JAHR 11, no. 1 (2020): 233–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.21860/j.11.1.12.

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Urban bodies are complex integrated adjustable systems (CIAS), in flexible interaction with their natural, cultural, economic and political biotopes. Small entangled communities such as hutongs, existing in China for over 1000 years, and modern high-rise apartment buildings to a different extent represent more or less healthy and stable communities, based on interpersonal and interfamilial interaction, trust and solidarity, shared interest and involvement in sports, arts, gardening, social and other activities. Urban and other communities are interconnected by common history, narratives and visions, religions and internet cyberspaces. Religions and new internet communities extend beyond the local communities of hutongs, apartment buildings, cities and businesses; they may support or threaten local urban community and coherence.

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Jeon, Seong-Ha, Dong-Hyun Shin, and Ji-Hun Park. "Seismic Fragility Assessment for Korean High-Rise Non-Seismic RC Shear Wall Apartment Buildings." Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea 24, no. 6 (November 30, 2020): 293–303. http://dx.doi.org/10.5000/eesk.2020.24.6.293.

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Lapidus, A., and Y. Shesterikova. "Development of Mathematical Model of High Rise Apartment Buildings Construction Complex Quality Index Assessment." IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 753 (March 7, 2020): 032033. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1757-899x/753/3/032033.

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Proulx, Guylène, Chantal Laroche, and John C. Latour. "Audibility Problems with Fire Alarms in Apartment Buildings." Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 39, no. 15 (October 1995): 989–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/154193129503901505.

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A previous study of apartment building evacuation drills showed that as many as 25% of the occupants mentioned not hearing the fire alarm from inside their apartments. A new experiment was developed to observe evacuation drills and to measure the sound level of the fire alarms in three high-rise apartment buildings. These buildings, built during the 1980's, met the local building regulations regarding the provision of fire alarms at the time of construction. Each building contained approximately 200 apartments, with 1 to 4 persons per apartment. For each building, the printed fire safety procedures stated that all occupants should leave the building or move to an area of refuge, upon hearing the building fire alarm. During each evacuation drill, video cameras, were located in corridors and staircases, to record the movement time and behaviour of occupants. Using a digital audio tape recorder, precise sound samples of the fire alarm and background noise were taken from different locations in the buildings. Analyses of the alarm sound spectrum and levels were performed. Results confirm the subjective assessment of occupants who mentioned not hearing the fire alarm in specific locations of the building. It was also found that, in some other areas, the alarm was overpowering. The impact of alarm audibility on fire safety is discussed.

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Pan, T.-C., K. R. Karim, X. T. You, C. L. Lim, and C. L. Leong. "Far-Field Motions in Singapore during the December 2004 and March 2005 Great Sumatra Earthquake and the March 2005 Nias-Simeulue Earthquake." Earthquake Spectra 22, no. 3_suppl (June 2006): 403–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1193/1.2205170.

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The frequency content of accelerograms, recorded at the basement of the Singapore Republic Plaza (RP) high-rise commercial building during the 26 December 2004 earthquake, was concentrated within a frequency band of 0.04–0.1 Hz. This observation explains why the ground motions did not cause much response in the buildings or by the citizens in Singapore. Occupants of only a few high-rise buildings in Singapore felt the vibrations. A finite element model (FEM) of the RP building computed displacement time histories at the roof level that were similar to the displacement traces obtained by integrating the accelerograms recorded at that level. However, the computed velocity and acceleration responses were not similar to the recorded motions. Ground motions recorded during the 28 March 2005 event were generally larger than the motions recorded during all other previous events, including the 26 December event.

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Liao, Chu Tsen, Heui Yung Chang, and Yu Jou Juan. "A Study on the Deterioration Condition and Renovation Work for High-Rise Reinforced Concrete Apartment in Japan - The Practice Project Kajima Corporation Minaminagasaki Dormitory." Applied Mechanics and Materials 479-480 (December 2013): 1124–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.479-480.1124.

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High-rise housing buildings were first built approximately 45 years ago in Japan and these buildings currently are old and deteriorated facing the need of repair. In this study, I present a practical case - Kajima Corporation Minaminagasaki Dormitory, one of the oldest high-rise reinforced concrete buildings in Japan. The purpose of this study was to identify the main content and cycle of the repair work, as well as examine and generalize the causes of deterioration in this building. In conclusion, there are 4 factors affecting the renovation of high-rise buildings, including air, light, water pressure and operation. There are several types of renovation works at skeleton and infill part arranged. In the public area, exterior wall repair and roof waterproofing could be seen in 15-years cycle. Balcony rail repair and furniture of revolving windows were repaired in 5~10-year cycle. In the private area, prefabricated bath, bath heater, bathtub at bathroom and sink at kitchens were replaced in 15-year cycle. In order to sustain good quality resident environment within existent high-rise housing buildings, it's necessary for construction industry to develop new technology and upgrade the function today. Government should also devote to the revision of the laws for housing environment improvement.

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Kim, Daeung Danny, and Hye Soo Suh. "Heating and cooling energy consumption prediction model for high-rise apartment buildings considering design parameters." Energy for Sustainable Development 61 (April 2021): 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.esd.2021.01.001.

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Lee, Minhee, Changhwan Yoo, Taejin Kim, and Jong-Ho Kim. "Performance-Based Seismic Design of High-rise Apartment Buildings in Korea Considering Collapse Prevention Level." Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea 20, no. 3 (May 31, 2016): 181–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.5000/eesk.2016.20.3.181.

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Larcombe, Etten, Logan, Prescott, and Horwitz. "High-Rise Apartments and Urban Mental Health—Historical and Contemporary Views." Challenges 10, no. 2 (July 31, 2019): 34. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/challe10020034.

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High-rise apartment buildings have long been associated with the poor mental health of their residents. The aims of this paper are to examine whether this connection is necessarily so, by reviewing the evidence relating to the relationships between high-rise living and social wellbeing, occupant’s stress levels, and the influence they have on mental health. From selected literature, psychological stress and poor mental health outcomes of the populations that live in high-rise apartments are indeed apparent, and this is particularly so for apartments in poor neighbourhoods. Yet many apartments in developed cities are in affluent areas (particularly those with views of green/blue space), where residences on higher floors are more expensive. Either way, high-rise living and mental health outcomes are a social justice issue. Our review allows us to propose two models relating to high-rise living relevant today, based on these differences.

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Pengly, K., and C. Tirapas. "A Survey of Phnom Penh Apartment Shophouses’ Conditions for Future Housing Adaptability Revitalization in Phnom Penh." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 1101, no. 4 (November 1, 2022): 042024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1101/4/042024.

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Abstract Phnom Penh, Cambodia, has planned to be one of the liveable and sustainable cities by improving the living quality of citizens. However, the new living developments (high-rise apartments, townhouses, office buildings) have ignored the neighbourhood living conditions (mixed use and dense) and caused urban gentrifications. Moreover, the study also shows that new generations prefer a good quality home design responding to needs and lifestyles. These address opportunities for pursuing living design solutions according to the policies, people’s preferences, and pain points of existing housing designs. A typical urban residential type in Phnom Penh is Apartment Shophouses. In the past, they were a row of two-story buildings located in city areas. The ground units were for business purposes, while the upper floors were for multi-family living accessing from a courtyard in the middle. Presently, the Apartment Shophouses have changed into a row of 5-6 story, diversified-use, and lively buildings. Nevertheless, they lack maintenance, poor daylight, and ventilation. According to the policies and residents’ preferences, these challenges for the Apartment Shophouses revitalization into an adaptable, lively neighbourhood and good lifestyle building for the new generations. The study investigates the living and adaptive conditions of the Apartment Shophouses from the 40 residents via online questionnaires and 10 residents via interviews. The results show weak conditions and opportunities for building with quality improvement based on the Open Building approach.

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V., Didyk. "DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF LOW-STOREY HOUSING IN THE LATE 1950s IN LVIV." Vìsnik Nacìonalʹnogo unìversitetu "Lʹvìvsʹka polìtehnìka". Serìâ Arhìtektura 2, no. 2 (November 2020): 76–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.23939/sa2020.02.076.

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In 1957-1960, the mass construction of one-story attics and two-story buildings began to solve the problem of providing housing for workers of newly established enterprises. Lviv architects on a competitive basis designed a number of projects, on the basis of which the State Construction Committee of the UkrSSR proposed to the Lviv branch of Dipromist on their basis to develop a unified series of projects of typical one-and two-storey buildings. 136 hectares of land were allocated for housing construction, on which, according to the city master plan, low-rise buildings are planned. It was planned to build houses and separate groups on undeveloped sites in the old residential areas where there were already utilities. New housing construction with a high level of engineering equipment contributes to the improvement of working areas. In residential areas, the construction of schools, children's institutions, cinemas, clinics, shops, consumer services is planned. - Levandivka is transformed into a landscaped village. The quarters are planned according to the manor type. The area of the plot is 0.06 - 0.08 hectares per one-apartment house, ie - 0.03 - 0.04 ha per apartment. It should be noted that the architects of Lviv in their functional-spatial and architectural-planning solutions used the experience of low-rise construction of the period of functionalism of Lviv in the 1930s. Today, many enterprises, near which low-rise buildings were built, have ceased to exist, and multi-storey residential and public buildings are being built on their territory. Part of the low-rise buildings of that period have also been lost, and part is in the process of transformation. Didyk V. and Morklyanyk O. (2003-2018) studies the socio-political preconditions of housing design and construction, localization of construction in the spatial structure of Lviv, analysis of architectural-planning and stylistic solutions of housing and its architectural-spatial transformation. The article analyzes the individual and typical projects of low-rise buildings and notes that despite the simple facades, the houses are architecturally quite expressive. Part of the low-rise buildings of that period has been lost, part is in the stage of transformation and a small part is still preserved almost unchanged. Therefore, those fragments of low-rise buildings and individual houses that still retain architectural expressiveness and functional aesthetics should be preserved as monuments of urban art, architecture and culture.

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Федоренко, Ю. В., and В. П. Сопов. "ТЕХНОЛОГІЯ МОДУЛЬНОГО БУДІВЕЛЬНОГО РІШЕННЯ SPEEDSTAC ДЛЯ ВІДНОВЛЕННЯ ЗРУЙНОВАНОГО ЖИТЛА В УКРАЇНІ." SCIENTIFIC BULLETIN OF CIVIL ENGINEERING 108, no. 2 (2022): 44–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.29295/2311-7257-2022-108-2-44-49.

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Since the start of Russia's military invasion on February 24, 2022 and subsequent hostilities in Ukraine, about 125,000 residential buildings have been destroyed and damaged, including about 13,000 apartment buildings. After the end of the war, an urgent problem will be the quick provision of high-quality housing for about 1 million families who were left with their homes and apartments. Destroyed and damaged buildings require a systematic approach to their restoration or construction of new buildings. The article analyzes the typical destruction of high-rise prefabricated reinforced concrete residential buildings. The Speedstac modular construction solution technology from the Canadian architectural firm WZMH Architects and its research laboratory Sparkbird is proposed for the restoration of damaged and partially destroyed multi-story buildings. An example of the application of this technology for the restoration of one of the districts of Pivdenniy Saltivka in the city of Kharkiv is given.

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Susanto, Sita Ramandhani Arumsari, and Koespiadi Koespiadi. "STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF APARTMENT BUILDING WITH SPECIAL RESISTING FRAME SYSTEM." IJEEIT : International Journal of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology 2, no. 1 (October 1, 2020): 9–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.29138/ijeeit.v2i1.1147.

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Indonesia has a high earthquake risk, therefore several buildings in Indonesia are designed with seismic retention systems where the column structure is designed to be stronger than the beam. The calculation of apartment building structure in this final design is based on SNI 1726:2012 and SNI 2847:2013. The method used in this calculation is the Special Moment Resisting Frame System (SMRFS) because the building area is included in the category of E seismic design which is a type of soft soil. The Special Moment Resisting Frame System is designed so that the building has more strength to withstand earthquakes, especially the column structure. This building is classified as a high-level building, therefore the analysis of seismic load is carried out by Spectrum Response Dynamic, using the SRSS (Square Root of the Sum Squares) method because the building structure has far-flung natural vibration times. In high-rise buildings, it is necessary to control the displacement between floors to reduce the large sway on each floor. The displacement between floors resulting from elastic analysis is less than the maximum allowable intersection between floors. so that the building structure is still safe against swaying.

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Tambunan, Albert, and Wahyu Utami. "Medan Plaza Hotel and Mall As One of The Icons of Medan City (Monumental Architecture)." International Journal of Architecture and Urbanism 2, no. 3 (November 22, 2018): 182–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.32734/ijau.v2i3.569.

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Medan Plaza that built in 1982 is one of the pioneers of high-rise malls and buildings that can be considered modern and became the pride of the city of Medan. Over time, more than twenty years later, more and more malls have sprung up in Medan and also building mall coupled with the hotel or apartment. The liability to build high-rise buildings is also the answer to the increasing lack of land in the city center. Besides that, high-rise buildings which interconnected with each other are answers to the needs of the times, that constitute an integrated unit of an organism, the city, which has various activities connected to each other in a system. Hotel and mall have a crucial role in meeting the needs of society. The existence of a single entity with the hotel mall gives ease in meeting the needs of shopping and sightseeing the hotel guests. Facilities at the hotel also required of the general public that with the restaurant, pool, ballroom, gym, etc. Hotel and the mall is a response to the needs of a complex society.

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