1, MID-RISE OFFICE Building: I. Sample LEA Design Problem

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I.

Sample LEA Design Problem


PREPARED BY AR. CHESTER ALLAN P. KIAT-ONG, UAP
SUBJECT: ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AND SITE PLANNING
DATE/ TIME: 19 March 2010, 5:30 p.m. to 6:15 p.m.
WARNING: If there are conflicts between a stated word and the number/ amount/ figure described,
the stated / spelled word shall prevail. Should there be conflicts between two (2.0) stated
quantities, the higher figure shall prevail.

IMPORTANT NOTE: For this reformat of the examination in this subject, the Examinee shall be
allowed to make full use (open books) ONLY of Rule VII and Rule VIII of the 2004 Revised
Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Presidential Decree (P.D.) No. 1096, otherwise
known as the 1977 National Building Code of the Philippines (NBCP) i.e. ONLY as downloaded and
reproduced from the PRBoA website at www.architectureboard.ph. The use of other IRR versions
are specifically disallowed during this examination.

A. PROJECT NO. 1,MID-RISE OFFICE Building:


A Proposed Mid-Rise Office Building Project [development with Basement, Podium
(with covered parking) and Tower components] on a Project Site with a sixteen Percent (16.0%)
Slope

B. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM:


A Businessman has decided that its C2-zoned property (the “Project Site), with a Total Lot
Area (TLA) of 300 square meters (300.0 SqM) and located in Baguio City, shall host a Mid-rise
Office Building (the “Project”).

C. PROJECT SITE FEATURES:


The Project Site is an inside lot, with a 15 meter (15.0 m) wide frontage facing Southwest.
The Project Site uniformly slopes at 16.0% towards the eighteen (18.0) m wide street i.e. the
road right-of-way (RROW) that is also relatively flat (at a slope of 0.0%) and which has one (1.0)
m wide sidewalks at both sides. The surface of the sidewalk at the center of the Project Site
frontage is considered as elevation 0.0 m.
The proposed building is fully covered by a separate Green Building ordinance.

D. DESIGN OBJECTIVES:
a. To plan/ design a modern medium-rise office building;
b. To plan/ design the Project in a way that can maximize profits for the Project Proponent
but shall have an ideal light and ventilation for all office; and
c. To plan/ design the Project to serve as a landmark in the host area.

FIND THE FOLOWING:


1. AMBF
2. PSO
3. GFA
4. TGFA

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