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
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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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