Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt
Title | Assessment of lot shape in business park design |
Publication Type | Communications in International Conferences |
Year of Publication | 2012 |
Authors | Silva J. F., Mendes J. F. G., and Ramos R. A. R. |
Abstract | Planning and developing a business park is a complex task, whichdemands integration across various fields of design and knowledge. The first choice to be made in the design process is relate to the zoning process and the definition of the lot layout and landscape. These first decisions will constrain all subsequent decisions concerning utilities, facilities and amenities. For this reason, the assessment of those issues is crucial for the perception of the overall quality of the business park design. The main goal of this work is to present a simple indicator which can assess the lot shape in order to optimize the building form and costs, the use of its open areas, the layout and the economic spacing of roads and the service routes. The indicator lot shape evaluatesthe performance of the lot design solutions according to the concept of compactness. |
Conference Name | EEESD'12 - 8th IASME/WSEAS International Conference on ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT, ECOSYSTEMS & SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT |
Date Published | 2012-05-02 |
Publisher | WSEAS Press |
ISSN | 2227-4359 |
ISBN | 978-1-61804-088-6 |
URL | http://www.wseas.us/e-library/conferences/2012/Algarve/EEESD/EEESD-40.pdf |
Keywords | Business Park Design Assessment., Lot Layout, Lot Shape, Lot Shape Assessment |
Rights | openAccess |
Peer reviewed | yes |
Status | published |
The Centre for Territory, Environment and Construction (CTAC) is a research unit of the School of Engineering of University of Minho (UMinho), recognised by the “FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia” (Foundation for Science and Technology), associated to the Department of Civil Engineering (DEC), with whom it shares resources and namely human resources.
Currently CTAC aggregates 25 researchers holding a PhD of which 20 are faculty professors of the Civil Engineering Department. Read more
Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt