| authors |
Laing, L. |
| year |
1983 |
| title |
Simulation of the Emergency Evacuation of Buildings in the Event of Fire |
| doi |
https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.1983.x.t1l
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| source |
Proceedings of the International Conference eCAADe [European Computer Aided Architectural Design Education] Brussels (Belgium) 1983, pp. II.10-II.22 |
| summary |
The paper describes an application of CAAD techniques by Final Year architecture students using the computer program AIR-Q to dynamically simulate the emergency evacuation of people from a multi-storey department store. This is presented in the context of a fire emergency and reference made to the local Building Regulations which govern the size and location of fire exits. It is suggested that the technique not only provides students and designers with an easily assimilated understanding of the consequences of design decisions but also allows alternative design solutions to be quickly compared in a search for the optional design strategy. The exercise also demonstrates, to the students, the logic behind the rules contained in the Fire Regulations while demonstrating possible weaknesses and inadequacies of the empirical approach that these regulations are constrained to adopt. |
| keywords |
CAAD Techniques, Fire Regulations |
| series |
eCAADe |
| full text |
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