Table 1: The data of the standard and proposed design areas required |
Land Area |
Standard design |
1 tenant |
150 sqm |
Proposed design |
1 tenant |
66.66 sqm |
Secondly, it is the building shape, which is considered as a critical point, because of building land critical nature, proposed building will not be built in a practical dry area, but instead, it will be built in an area that is probably expecting a natural disaster anytime during the year. Thus, special design outline must be proposed to conduct an accurate, successful, and workable design outcome. At the very beginning, the aim was to make use of every side of the interior space, and to reduce the maximum cost, thus shape A was proposed, as a basic square shape as can be seen in Figure 8. However, in case of flood, water would strike directly on the buildings’ sharp edges allowing hard collision, performing a direct high pressure on its exterior structure, which will cause it to shake and increase the probability of being damaged. On the other hand, circular design plan as shown as shape B, will give more easy and flexible flow of water waves around the building. Yet, considering its interior curved walls, design is not much appreciated and considered as a waste of space. As a result, combination of both shapes have been considered in order to produce more convenient square curved edges’ building shape, to also fulfil both aspects and to produce more rich design, repeating the shape 3 times, increasing the number of residences, and implementing a more flexible outline, and to generate the acceleration of water smoothly on the building, allowing water flow from all sides. Shapes A, B, C, and D are illustrated in Figure 8 below.
Figure 8: Building design outline development, illustration
Thirdly, understanding the obtained design shape, while building an operating system must be understood too. As mentioned earlier, concepts behind boats and floating design systems will be proposed to design a sustainable initial proposal that is qualified to operate the building based on its current situations and problems of concern. In the case of Manila city, which faces a high number of floods per year, sustainable design must reduce the destructions caused by these disasters, and make use of this non-stopping natural resource, considering country’ s future. Proposed design will be flexible in a way that it can be elevated from the ground level, based on flood water level, and can be returned back safely in the absence of flood. At the center of the building, tubular column will be structured in the ground, up to the highest level of the building, to hold and support the building in presence of floods, and as a main structure for the building when rising vertically, allowing building usability in different occasions and water levels.
As shown below( Fig. 9), building is divided into three different sectors, and connected in a center by a single big structural tubular column, which holds the building structure together, and because of buildings’ shape, all building sides will smoothly prevent any direct harsh contact of water flows, and in this way, any damages and issues will be reduced.
144 ZEMCH 2015 | International Conference | Bari- Lecce, Italy