Role of architectural space in blast-resistant buildings
Mahdi Bitarafan , Sayed Bagher Hosseini , Sayed Javad hashemi-fesharaki , Armin Esmailzadeh
Front. Archit. Res. ›› 2013, Vol. 2 ›› Issue (1) : 67 -73.
Role of architectural space in blast-resistant buildings
The design of all spatial scales in a manufactured environment is part of the architectural skills and knowledge. Therefore, an architectural design should be drafted to reduce the vulner- ability of humans and buildings against unexpected events, such as terrorist attacks and bombardments. Human casualties and equipment destruction inside the buildings could be prevented by designing a suitable architectural space. This study addresses the absence of a codified and detailed criterion to evaluate architectural spaces and their design. Hence, all proposed indices for architectural spaces have been extracted using the ideas of experts in the field of architecture and explosives.
Questionnaires were presented to 25 experts to weigh the effective indices using the analytic hierarchy process method. The human-oriented (ergonomic) characteristics of the building space is found to be the most important factor in facilitating crisis management, followed by the location of critical spaces.
Architectural space / Building / Explosion / Index
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