Room Aggregation Multi-Connected Bars When three or more single and/or double loaded
MULTI-CONNECTED BAR
bars are connected by a corridor, they form a MultiConnected
Bar.
The
quality
of
these
number of rooms
room GSF to total GSF
core GSF to total GSF
corridor NSF to total GSF
up to 89
65-76%
8-11%
12-18%
up to 56
65%
11%
18%
up to 68
75%
8%
14%
up to 89
76%
8%
12%
up to 82
73%
10%
16%
BL
are
Bw
aggregations similar to the single and double loaded bars. Each individual bar can be separated
BL
and its analysis would be the same as its respective single or double loaded configuration. There are many variations of Multi-Connected Bars. The most common are the U-Shaped and
Bw
Connected Bars. The U-Shaped consists of three
Connected
BL
bars that wrap around an open space, which tend
Bw
to be a usable courtyard. The Connected Bar includes three or more bars that fully connect,
BL
allowing the corridors to be linked. The interior linkages form an atrium. The Connected Bar lacks
Bw
guest room and corridor efficiency rates. the
Pinwheel
and
the
Multiple.
U-Shaped
Bw
Irregular variations of Multi-Connected Bars are
Bw
Pinwheel BL
BL
outward while a central core and corridor link the bars together. The Multiple aggregation consists of
Bw
separate bars that are linked by a corridor.
design
aggregation consists of multiple bars that stem
Bw BL BL
MULTI-CONNECTED BAR DIMENSIONS B - length of bar L varies, see Single & Double Loaded pages for dimension range B - width of bar w varies, see Single & Double Loaded pages for dimension range
Bw Bw
Bw
Bw
Pinwheel
BL BL
Multiple
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