CoreDesign 1
CoreDesign 1
Definition Of Core
Characteristic
Shape of core
Number of cores
Location of cores
Arrangement of cores
Geometry of building as generator of core
form
Function
Tying the building together to act as a unit
To maximize flexibility in layout
As shear wall systems to provide the
necessary lateral stability for the building
Resist lateral forces from any direction
Carries gravity loads
Elements
PLACEMENT
Off Center
Advantages
All window or building perimeter space to be used for
offices
More flexibility in maximum depth and arrangement of
spaces
Affords the opportunity of developing small secluded space
in the relatively narrow portion of the floor plan where the
core is closes to the exterior walls.
Disadvantages
Present some problems of access
Less flexibility of tenant distribution
Remote and thus less convenient to the far sides and
corners of the building
CENTRAL CORE
Central
Advantages
Allows all window all window space to be utilized as rental of the
building plan will permit offices of verging depths to receive natural
light
Extremely convenient of access and in some cases may be
equidistant for all side
Simplifies area division & provides good flexibility of tenant
distribution in the some way
Horizontal utility runs may also relatively equidistant from the core
Combine with a square building plan, bearing exterior & core walls,
this location permits a floor plan tree of columns and thus totally
flexible for office layout
Disadvantages
The central interior location limits the depth of offices in the midzone of each floor
It requires an access corridor around its perimeter
MATERIAL
Reinforced concrete
large net tension forces exist can negate the inherent efficiency
of concrete in compression resistance
Walls become thick
Concrete
Fire-resistance, in particular of lift and piping shafts, is good
Execution is efficient
Lateral forces can be transmitted employing the surrounding skeleton
sufficient stiffness
Steel
Large and costly
achieve its lateral stability.
necessary core stiffness
relatively rapid assemblage of the prefabricated members.
Enclose space, no extra consideration need to be given to fire proofing.
Lack of ductility
Respect to earth quake loading
Structure
Cantilever floor
Hanging floor
Core-in-r.c frame
Bunched hanging floors
Bunched cantilever floors
Composite
Core-in-steel frame
System
Core-in-frame
Cantilever-core
Composite
Core-cable
CONTINUE CORE 2