Fire Safety of Tall Buildings: Approach in Design and Prevention

Design of tall buildings is a multidisciplinary process and requires a wide range of measures to take to withstand in various emergencies. Fire is one of them and can cause of chaotic situations considering hundreds of users in multistorey. The measures are divided into two categories, active and p...

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Main Author: Didem Güneş Yılmaz
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Language:English
Published: Alanya Üniversitesi 2022-05-01
Series:Proceedings of the International Conference of Contemporary Affairs in Architecture and Urbanism-ICCAUA
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Online Access:https://journal.iccaua.com/jiccaua/article/view/26
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description Design of tall buildings is a multidisciplinary process and requires a wide range of measures to take to withstand in various emergencies. Fire is one of them and can cause of chaotic situations considering hundreds of users in multistorey. The measures are divided into two categories, active and passive fire protection. Architectural design and details are part of the passive systems. Along with the fundamental solutions in fire protection, tall buildings require more specific and often design-specific solutions. Detection and extinguishing systems are part of the active fire protection systems. The failure of the World Trade Centre pointed the vulnerability of steel structures; the fire at the Grenfell Tower pointed the significance of the enveloping materials for facades, and the fire at the One Meridian Tower pointed the significance of the active systems for every floor. The paper focuses on the fire case studies of tall buildings and follows with an assessment of the approaches in architectural design and detailing applicable from the structural design to the finishing interior detailing.
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spelling doaj-art-ac234dffa5d740379afd18c15ce92eec2025-08-20T02:42:55ZengAlanya ÜniversitesiProceedings of the International Conference of Contemporary Affairs in Architecture and Urbanism-ICCAUA3023-70092022-05-015110.38027/ICCAUA2022EN0215Fire Safety of Tall Buildings: Approach in Design and PreventionDidem Güneş Yılmaz0Bursa Technical University, Faculty of Architecture and Design, Bursa, Turkey Design of tall buildings is a multidisciplinary process and requires a wide range of measures to take to withstand in various emergencies. Fire is one of them and can cause of chaotic situations considering hundreds of users in multistorey. The measures are divided into two categories, active and passive fire protection. Architectural design and details are part of the passive systems. Along with the fundamental solutions in fire protection, tall buildings require more specific and often design-specific solutions. Detection and extinguishing systems are part of the active fire protection systems. The failure of the World Trade Centre pointed the vulnerability of steel structures; the fire at the Grenfell Tower pointed the significance of the enveloping materials for facades, and the fire at the One Meridian Tower pointed the significance of the active systems for every floor. The paper focuses on the fire case studies of tall buildings and follows with an assessment of the approaches in architectural design and detailing applicable from the structural design to the finishing interior detailing. https://journal.iccaua.com/jiccaua/article/view/26Tall BuildingsFire SafetyFire ProtectionSteel StructuresFire-proof Design
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Fire Safety of Tall Buildings: Approach in Design and Prevention
Proceedings of the International Conference of Contemporary Affairs in Architecture and Urbanism-ICCAUA
Tall Buildings
Fire Safety
Fire Protection
Steel Structures
Fire-proof Design
title Fire Safety of Tall Buildings: Approach in Design and Prevention
title_full Fire Safety of Tall Buildings: Approach in Design and Prevention
title_fullStr Fire Safety of Tall Buildings: Approach in Design and Prevention
title_full_unstemmed Fire Safety of Tall Buildings: Approach in Design and Prevention
title_short Fire Safety of Tall Buildings: Approach in Design and Prevention
title_sort fire safety of tall buildings approach in design and prevention
topic Tall Buildings
Fire Safety
Fire Protection
Steel Structures
Fire-proof Design
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