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2013 , Vol. 2 >Issue 1: 67 - 73

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foar.2012.11.003

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Role of architectural space in blast-resistant buildings

  • Mahdi Bitarafan , 1 ,
  • Sayed Bagher Hosseini 2 ,
  • Sayed Javad hashemi-fesharaki 3 ,
  • Armin Esmailzadeh 4
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  • 1. Department of Civil Engineering, Engineering Research Institution of Natural Disaster Shakhes Pajouh, Isfahan, Iran
  • 2. School of Architecture and Environmental Design, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran
  • 3. Department of Passive Defense, University of Imam-Hossein, Tehran, Iran
  • 4. MSc student at Structural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Central Tehran Branch, Azad University (IAUCTB), Tehran, Iran

Received date: 24 Sep 2012

Accepted date: 08 Nov 2012

Published date: 05 Mar 2013

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2014 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Abstract

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.

Key words： Architectural space; Building; Explosion; Index

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Mahdi Bitarafan , Sayed Bagher Hosseini , Sayed Javad hashemi-fesharaki , Armin Esmailzadeh . Role of architectural space in blast-resistant buildings[J]. Frontiers of Architectural Research, 2013 , 2(1) : 67 -73 . DOI: 10.1016/j.foar.2012.11.003

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