Structural design of a commercial warehouse building, topped with two independent villas

Abstract

The safe structural design of a commercial warehouse building with offices, topped by two villas on most of its area with part remaining as a common space between the two villas. The two villas are identical, each consisting of two floors, a separate staircase and a common elevator. The design is challenging due to the extremely poor red soil, the existence of water in deep soil layers, the large height of the commercial floor, the area requirements for truck movement, the large distances in the project, and locations of planted columns. In this project, we use safe and economical solutions such as using piles for the design of foundations to a depth of 10 meters underground with strong type of concrete, using one-way solid slab for the commercial floor with 35 cm slab thickness and dropped beams. finally, using ribbed slab for the villas floors in addition to planting columns in suitable locations. Through the results, we expect to produce a distinctive structural design that meets the requirements of the structural design code ACI 318, the requests of the owner, safety requirements in the warehouse floor such as ventilation and firefighting system. Also, the requirements of the architectural beauty of the villas.