It took me quite a few attempts to complete this layout. Eventually I tried the bubble diagram and it was extremely helpful.
Any comments would be appreciated, thank you.
kacalac wrote:Thank you. I'm also wondering if the corridor leading to the LM is longer than 20', that would be considered a dead end, correct?
tiredofthis wrote:1. The doors on the East stairway seem weird. If the landings are on the ends and the exit is to grade, the exterior door should be closer to the end of the stair. The door into the stair would be on the same landing, not the opposite side.
North door location is a problem. Beyond that, stair that's 8' min clear (based on practice code) with doors at any corner works.
2. Do we know that the elevator machine room has to be on the first floor? A hydraulic elevator would need that, but the electrics don't. I've been putting it on the first floor to be safe, so I guess it doesn't really matter.
It's good design logic but not critical. Being adjacent to elevator is more important.
tiredofthis wrote:I have no idea how they grade these things, but here's my two cents from the real world:
1. The doors on the East stairway seem weird. If the landings are on the ends and the exit is to grade, the exterior door should be closer to the end of the stair. The door into the stair would be on the same landing, not the opposite side.
It's definitely peculiar and I realized afterwards. Thats why I am happy to have people look over it, it'll remind me to double check my work.
2. Do we know that the elevator machine room has to be on the first floor? A hydraulic elevator would need that, but the electrics don't. I've been putting it on the first floor to be safe, so I guess it doesn't really matter.
If the program stated to keep those two together I would have (and understand in reality they should be together), but with this exam I just do what they require and the rest is a free for all. I find if I start to use reason I make it more difficult for myself. Like stacking the Toilet Rooms, makes sense in reality but in this exam it just made it more difficult for me to solve. I was using logic for my first few attempts and I was not completing the puzzle, once I just filled their requirement and stopped worrying about it making sense I was able to finish.
Hope I didn't just confuse you more,
Not at all, happy to brainstorm anything!
Good luck on the test
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