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Code Minimum Is Not the Target

A Practical Reference for Bedrooms, Hallways, Stairs, Attics and Roofs A room can comply with code and still be difficult to use. A 7-foot by 10-foot bedroom provides the required 70 square feet. But once the bed, closet, door swing and emergency escape window are placed, the room may have only one workable layout. That is the difference between a code minimum and a useful minimum . Both rooms use the same 70-square-foot footprint. The difference is not area; it is the coordination of furniture, storage, doors, windows and circulation. Building codes establish a starting point for safety. Good planning must also consider furniture, circulation, structure, equipment and local requirements. This reference uses the 2021 International Residential Code as its model-code baseline. Always confirm the edition and amendments adopted by the project’s local jurisdiction. Quick Reference   Requirement Model-code baseline Habitable room floor ...
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Science is the intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment. 

• Sustainability 

Vauban, Freiburg
Energy-plus-houses at Freiburg-Vauban in Germany
Photo by: Werner Dieterich

(passive solar building design, insulation and careful site selection and placement)

o Sustainable products are both environmentally friendly and more economical. There are several elements of building design and construction that can be more sustainable – including the materials used and machinery involved. 

• Natural disasters and new technology

Taipei 101
Tuned mass damper atop Taipei 101
Architect: Chu-Yuan Lee, C. P. Wang
Photo by: Peggy und Marco Lachmann-Anke


o Natural disasters in any nation can be devastating, but without well-designed buildings, the devastation can be significantly worse. Earthquakes are the biggest natural disaster that engineers and architects face, but technology and design is becoming increasingly successful in preventing damage to buildings. 

o The 2011 earthquake in Japan is one of the best example of earthquake engineering working its magic. While the 8.9 magnitude earthquake was devastating further north, in Tokyo there surprisingly little damage due to the strict standards that Japan has on new buildings.

o The most common way to earthquake-proof a building is to use a tuned mass dampener, which sits inside the interior of a building and absorbs the seismic shock.

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