Placing Egress Components and Smoke Shafts in the Core Structure of Residential High-rise Buildings for Emergency Evacuation

Subject Areas : Space Ontology International Journal

Alireza Soltanzadeh ¹ , Hamed Mazaherian ² , Shahin Heidari ³ , Ali Andaji ⁴

1 - Department of Architectural Technology, Faculty of Architecture, Collage of Fine Arts, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
2 - School of Architecture, University College of Fine Arts, University of Tehran
3 - Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, Fine Arts Campus, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
4 - Department of Architectural Technology, Faculty of Architecture, Collage of Fine Arts, University of Tehran,Tehran, Iran.

Received: 2021-02-14 Accepted : 2021-05-12 Published : 2021-03-01

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