Building Systems
Building Systems
Building Systems
01 . Building Systems
These systems are rarely, if ever, independent entities; rather, they depend on each other to
operate. For example, most building systems rely on the building's base electrical service for power;
and computer systems often need supplemental cooling to operate properly.
All building systems are typically designed, installed, managed, maintained and supported by their
own team of domain of experts. They are often evaluated and controlled both as an independent
system and as a part of a larger system and the whole building.
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WHY ARCHITECTS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT BUILDING SYSTEMS?
Providing comfort
Health & Productivity
Security
Handling the unfavorable climate conditions
Have a full control on design
INTEGRATION OF BUILDING SYSTEMS TO ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
• Floor height
• Suspended ceiling height
• Raised floor height
• Shafts
• Mechanical equipment rooms
• Electrical equipment rooms
• Roof spaces
• Chimneys
• Building components which separate
these service rooms from other spaces
• …
PERFORMANCE & ESTHETICS
• Architectural Design
• Load Bearing System Design
• Mechanical System Design (Heating/Cooling/Ventilating)
• Electrical System Design (Electric/Data/TV/Internet/vb)
• Fire Safety System Design
• Sanitary System Design
• Lighting System Design
• Building Automation System Design
• Safety System Design
• …
• Inter-disciplinary work between architects, engineers, costing specialists, operations people and
other relevant actors right from the beginning of the design process;
• discussion of the relative importance of various performance issues and the establishment of a
consensus on this matter between client and designers;
• budget restrictions applied at the whole-building level, with no strict separation of budgets for
individual building systems, such as HVAC or the building structure. This reflects the experience that
extra expenditures for one system, e.g. for sun shading devices, may reduce costs in another
systems, e.g. capital and operating costs for a cooling system;
• the addition of a specialist in the field of energy engineering and energy simulation;
• testing of various design assumptions through the use of energy simulations throughout the
process, to provide relatively objective information on this key aspect of performance;
• the addition of subject specialists (e.g. for daylighting, thermal storage, comfort, materials
selection etc.) for short consultations with the design team;
• clear articulation of performance targets and strategies, to be updated throughout the process
by the design team
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INTEGRATED DESIGN
BIM (Building Integrated Modelling) Programs
INTEGRATED DESIGN
BIM (Building Integrated Modelling) Programs
INTEGRATED DESIGN
PROJECT MANAGER
Ventilation ducts
Heating&Cooling
Electricity
Lighting
Others
[Wi-Fi]
…
Acoustics
HVAC
Fire Safety
Lighting
APPLICATION STUDIES
Design a two-storey Cafeteria (or you can find a cafeteria design), which has approximately
120 m² seating area + reading/working area
60 m² kitchen
25 m² services (Storage, WCs)
45 m² technical area
Location: anywhere (real or fictional) in a determined city in Turkey, but consider surroundings
(buildings, roads, natural elements, etc.).