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Trends in Civil Engineering and its Architecture

Research Article(ISSN: 2637-4668)

Improving Residential Buildings Performance against the Explosion Using Passive Defense RequirementsCase Study: Designing a Residential Building in Damascus

Volume 2 - Issue 3

Alhawasli H* and Daneshjoo KH

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    • Department of Architecture, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran

    *Corresponding author: Alhawasli H, Department of Architecture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

Received: May 23, 2018;   Published: June 11, 2018

DOI: 10.32474/TCEIA.2018.02.000138

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Abstract

Because of its special situation in the Middle East, which is described as a conflict zone, Syria has been subjected to war and has suffered heavy casualties and financial losses. Nowadays, using comprehensive crisis management programs can reduce the severity and extent of damages by using effective measures. One of the most important of these measures is the use of passive defense principles as a strategy to reduce risks against various hazards and increase post-risk efficiency, which should be considered at different levels of planning, urban planning and architecture. Therefore, this article is descriptive-analytical and theoreticalpractical type that can play a significant role in achieving the goals mentioned previously. Accordingly, with the completion of necessary studies on inoperative defense and architectural requirements to be respected, architectural measures in the design of residential buildings were developed for maximum use during wartime and normal conditions. The results of the information analysis indicated that the design process of a residential building could be protected” as possible as” against the explosion based on the requirements of passive defense in an organized process. At each design stage, the impact of a new design criterion will be threatened to reduce the impact. A simple example for this method can be as follows: Step One: Landscape Design, Step Two: General Design of the Architectural Concept, Step Three: Analysis and Design of Civil Engineering, and Step Four: Designing the Systems of Coating. Based on this, a ten-story residential building in Damascus-Syria was designed talking into account the above consideration to achieve safety and security.

Keywords: Passive defense, Explosion, Residential building, Secure space, Facades opening, Building location

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