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Air spaces

SPACE-AIR

Model non-occupiable air spaces storey by storey - as deduction quantities when determining floor area and as a reference space for building services.

Description

  • Air spaces such as atriums, stair voids, multi-storey rooms, or other non-occupiable volumes within the storey volume.
  • Deducted from storey volume to obtain countable floor area or usable volume.
  • Provide a reference space for building services engineers.

Modelling guidelines

  • Fill every larger cavity in the building with an air space - e.g. atrium, stair void, multi-storey rooms, air space above the uppermost stair flight.
  • Model as a volume with the space tool, storey by storey.
  • Bottom = top of the space volume below; top = underside of the raw slab or boundary of the storey volume.
  • Assign to the matching storey; no overlaps with usable spaces or duplicates.

Attributes

Name Description Unit
PredefinedType

Marks the space as a user-defined type; ObjectType specifies the kind.

Allowed values

  • USERDEFINED - user-defined type; ObjectType = Luftraum
ObjectType

Kind of user-defined space.

Allowed values

  • Luftraum - non-occupiable air space
Name

Optional designation or number of the air space according to the project.

GrossFloorArea

Qto_SpaceBaseQuantities

Footprint area of the modelled air space.

GrossVolume

Qto_SpaceBaseQuantities

Volume of the modelled air space.

Height

Qto_SpaceBaseQuantities

Height of the modelled air space.

m

Contact

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