MAS 02 UDS - Biophilic Urbanism

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Design Proposal

Axonometric Diagram

View from Jalan Raja Alang

View from Kelab Sultan Sulaiman

Green terrace vol. 1

Green terrace vol. 2

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PART 2 – BUILDING SERVICES

Fire Safety Requirement Fire Appliance Access
UBBL (1984) Page 83, UBBL (1984) Page 83, By-law Clause 140. Fire appliance
Purpose Group access:
According to the Uniform Building By-Laws 1984’s Fifth Schedule, “Designation
of Purpose Groups”, proposed Nursing Vocational College’s spaces falls under All building in excess of 7000 cubic metres shall abut upon a street or road or
the purpose group of “Institutional”, “Office”, “Shop” and “Place of Assembly”. open space of not less than 12 metres width and accessible to fire brigade
appliances. The proportion of the building abutting the street, road or open space
shall be in accordance with the following scale:

Designated purpose group of Kampong Bharu, according to the UBBL Fifth Schedule The total volume for propose
vocational college is 53,182m³.
According to UBBL Clause 140, the
college falls under one-fourh of the
total perimeter of the building.
Meaning, to provide firefighting
access into the site that only allocate
the one-fourth building perimeter
length. The provided firefighting
access at site is more than required.

Hydrant Location
The considerations regarding the placement of fire hydrants is based on the
following by-law, under the Uniform Building By-Law (1984), Eighth Schedule, “Fire
Alarms, Fire Detection, Fire Extinguishment and Fire Fighting Access”:

UBBL (1984) Page 98, By-law Clause 225. Detecting and extinguishing fire
(1) Every building shall be provided with means of detecting and extinguishing fire

and with fire alarms together with illuminated exit signs in accordance with the
requirements as specified in the Tenth Schedule to these By-laws.

(2) Every building shall be served by at least one fire hydrant located not more than
91.5 metres from the nearest point of fire brigade access.

(3) Depending on the size and location of the building and the provision of access
for fire appliances, additional fire hydrant shall be provided as may be required by
Fire Authority.

Fire Appliance Access

Hydrant Location

Escape Provision Computation
The escape provision in relation to occupancy load is based on the following By-
laws:
By-law Clause 175, 176, 177, 180.

Exit Width Calculations Table Staircase & Lift

The proposed 3 fire staircases are similar throughout the whole floor level with
the width of 1400mm, assuming one of the staircases of the floor (1,400mm) is
inaccessible, the remaining exit width (4,200mm – 1,400mm) is 2,800mm which
is still sufficient as a mean for escape throughout each floor and therefore the
provision satisfies the By-laws.

Travel Distance
According to the Uniform Building By-Laws (1984), Seventh Schedule, “Maximum Travel Distances” (By-law 165(4), 166 (2), 167(1), 170(b)), the proposed Nursing Vocational College
falls under “Institutional”, “Office”, “Shops” and “Place of Assembly” purpose groups, with a sprinkler system, and as such, shall comply to the respective dead-end limits and travel
distance.

The travel distance is base on By-law Clause 165, 166, 167, 170, 183, 188.







Sanitary and Sewerage System Water Supply System
Sewerage System Gravitational Distribution System
Rainwater Harvesting System

Reference

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6. Laws of Malaysia. (1984). Uniform Building By-Laws 1984. Kuala Lumpur: International
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A Nursing Vocational College in Kampong Bharu

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