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Design Formulas

This document provides formulas and terms that are important for the architectural design portion of the board exam, which makes up 40% of the examiner's total rating. It lists key formulas to calculate metrics like allowable building footprint, percentage of site occupancy, total lot area, total open space within the lot, impervious surface area, unpaved surface area, maximum allowable construction area, gross floor area, floor-lot area ratio, and building height limit. Tables VIII.1, VIII.G.6, VIII.2, and VII.1 are referenced for additional rules and metrics.

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Design Formulas

This document provides formulas and terms that are important for the architectural design portion of the board exam, which makes up 40% of the examiner's total rating. It lists key formulas to calculate metrics like allowable building footprint, percentage of site occupancy, total lot area, total open space within the lot, impervious surface area, unpaved surface area, maximum allowable construction area, gross floor area, floor-lot area ratio, and building height limit. Tables VIII.1, VIII.G.6, VIII.2, and VII.1 are referenced for additional rules and metrics.

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Design

In Architectural Design, you need to familiarize and memorize different


formulas
to solve the problems given in the Board Examination.
This part of the exam is 40 % of the examiners' total board rating, that is
why you should take this seriously and with confidence.

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Formulas:

Do not forget these terms:


AMBF= Allowable Maximum Building Footprint (this is an AREA-check
your units)
PSO= Percentage of Site Occupancy (%)
TLA= Total Lot Area (with or without firewall)
TOSL= Total Open Space within Lot (%)
ISA= Impervious Surface Area (%)
USA=Unpaved Surface Area (%)
MACA= Maximum Allowable Construction Area
GFA= Gross Floor Area
FLAR=Floor-Lot Area Ratio
BHL=Building Height Limit

PSO + ISA = MACA


ISA +USA =TOSL
TOSL + PSO= 100%
FLAR x TLA = GFA
AMBF x BHL = TGFA
TLA x PSO = AMBF
AMBF x 100 = PSO
TLA
TGFA= AMBF x NO. OF FLOORS (include roof deck if there's any)

TGFA=Total Gross Floor Area


Building Bulk= Volume of the Building
AMVB= Allowable Maximum Volume of Building

USA (actual) = USA (min.) + [PSO of lot - PSO of actual]

OFB= Outermost Faces of Building


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Check your Rule 7 and 8 for reference and familiarize when to use
these table numbers:

@ Table VIII.1 Max. Allowable PSO, Max. Allowable ISA, MACA, the min.

Residential...

USA, TOSL by type of land use zoning per lot


Table VIII.G.6 Min. TOSL REq'ts. by lot/location
Table VIII.2 Min. Setbacks for Residential Bldgs./Structures
Table VII.1 Allowable Max. TGFA based on the Allowable PSO of TLA
Table VIII.3 Setbacks for Commercial, Industrial, Institutional &

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