Safe and Sustainable Tall Buildings - State of the Art
Abstract: Tall buildings are
becoming very popular around the world. Asia will have most of the tall
buildings in this century. Both safety and sustainability aspects are important
in planning and designing these buildings. The design and construction of tall
buildings present many challenges for the design team, from engineers,
architect through to the builder. Although structural systems could be
developed and construction solutions could be found to design and construct
very tall buildings in excess of 1 km (even 1 mile), other aspects such as fire
and egress, long-term movements, environmental wind and perception of motion
(including damping for dynamic effects), transportation (lifts) issues,
sustainability, durability and maintenance will govern and may even restrict
the heights. Current practices and important issues related to design of safe
and sustainable design of tall buildings are discussed in this paper.
Author: Mendis, P
Kode Jurnal: jptsipilgg120030
