The aim of this study was to investigate the quantifiable planimetric design
efficiency of residential buildings designed to be built with & / #147 / Autoclaved
Æ / rated Concrete& / #148 / (AAC) panels.
Focus was on the effects of plan shape, plan size and layout organization
and the modularity of vertical AAC wall panels on the planimetric design
efficiency of residential buildings. To this end, relevant analyses were
conducted on 30 residential building projects obtained from the design office
of an AAC panel manufacturing firm in Tü / rkiye, AKG Gazbeton. The lengths,
widths and areas of building elements (quantitative data) were then
calculated from the production drawings of these building. A total of fifteen
ratios, which were considered relevant to the study as indicators of design
efficiency, were computed by using this quantitative data. This was followed
by the construction of frequency distribution tables and histograms showing
the variations of the computed ratios. At the final phase, Analyses of
Variance (ANOVA) were conducted to determine the source of variation and
Chi-Square tests conducted to determine whether or not the distributions
could be considered & / #145 / normal& / #146 / .
According to the results of the study, it was found that plan shape and plan
size of building projects together with their layout organizations, were the
main influential factors on the efficiency of their wall and floor areas. It was
also found that the modularity of vertical wall panels used in these buildings
was another important factor to be considered in planimetric design
efficiency.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/12605160/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 June 2004 |
| Creators | Akkan, Aytac |
| Contributors | Duzgunes, Arda |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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