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Project 1 : High-Rise Building at Taylor’s

The year is 2030. Following the most harrowing world-wide health crisis in a century, there is a surge in the number of students who enrolled into the various programmes at Taylor’s University. To cater for the incredibly high number of students, the management of the University have decided to build a high-rise building which consists of basement parking, classrooms and students’ accommodation, complete with the building’s own central air-conditioning system, active fire protection system, mechanical ventilation system and mechanical transportation system. However, due to other expansion plans of the University there is only limited land area to site the new building. Additionally, the management requires the new building to resemble the existing academic blocks, hence minimal architectural design activities are required. The high-rise building will be located next Building Services (BLD61904) 2 | Page to Block E, occupying a portion of the existing open car park, with the same plinth area as Block E. As an aspiring architect you have been appointed to work on this project. But since the design would resemble the existing blocks, the management is more interested to see your proposed solutions for the services systems stated above rather than the architectural design as the priority is on the staff’s and student’s safety and convenience. Therefore, you need to come up with a proposal of a creative and workable scheme of services systems to impress the management of the University.

Reflection

Through this assignment, I've really learnt how to identify and understand relevant information related to mechanical ventilation, air-conditioning system, mechanical transportation system as well as fire protection systems. Hence also to understand the functions and purposes of building services systems. Furthermore, the assignment allow me to understand the statutory requirements and regulations involved in building designs and its importance towards practicality and public safety.

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