Architectural Design 1-8 – Topic 8: Different Typology Requirements

Parking Building
1. Classification: Group E occupancy, Business & Mercantile
2. Occupancy: Division E-1
3. Zoning: C-1 (Commercial One or Light Commercial) or UTS (Utilities,
Transportation, and Systems)
4. Parking Slots
a. Car (Perpendicular & Diagonal) – 2.50 x 5.00 meters
b. Car (Parallel) - 2.15 x 6.00 meters
c. PWD Parking – 3.70 x 5.00 meters
5. Parking Area
a. Minimum 100-150 mm stripe for parking slots
b. Minimum 150 mm wheel stop from the rear parking slot
c. Minimum 2100 mm vertical clearance for multi-level car park buildings
6. Ramps
a. Should not exceed 20% or 1:5 slope
b. A transition of 2.40 meters is required at each end of ramp for slopes
greater than 10% or 1:10 slope.
c. Angle of approach is 14 degrees.
d. Angle of departure is 9 degrees.

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Educational Facilities
1. Three Major Components of Educational Facilities
a. School Sites
b. School Buildings
c. School Furniture and Equipment
2. Campus is derived from the word campo, which means open space.
3. Different Types of Open Spaces
a. Oval or Campus Park for campus-wide discourse.
 b. Quadrangle for collegiate or inter-unit services.
c. Building open court or atrium for class or organizational interactions.
d. Building lobbies/corridors/nooks for more personal exchanges.
4. Different Types of Automobile Traffic in Educational Setting
a. Faculty
b. Student
c. Visitor or Parent
5. School Building Types

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6. Occupancy
a. National Building Code of the Philippines
i. Division C-1, C-2, A-1, A-2, B-1, D-3, E-1, E-2, and E-3
b. Fire Code of the Philippines
i. Division 9 – Educational Facilities
7. Zoning Classifications
a. GI (General Institutional)
b. C-2 (Commercial 2 or Medium Commercial)
c. C-3 (Commercial 3 or Metropolitan Commercial)
8. General Design Requirements
a. Ceiling Heights
i. Natural Ventilation
1. Not less than 2.70 meters
ii. Artificial Ventilation
1. 1st storey: not less than 2.70 meters
2. 2nd storey: not less than 2.40 meters
3. Succeeding storeys: 2.10 meters (these are clearances for some soffits
and suspended elements. Ceiling Finish Level will should still be not less
than 2.40 meters)
4. Mezzanine floors: 1.80 meters
b. Minimum Air Space
i. School Rooms: 3.00 cubic meters of air space with at least 1 sq.m. of area per
floor person
ii. Workshops, Factories, Offices: 12.00 cubic meters of air space per person
iii. Habitable Rooms: 14.00 cubic meters of air space per person
c. Stair Settings

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d. General Provisions
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