Mixed use buildings combine multiple functions within a single building, making efficient use of limited urban space. They typically include offices, retail, restaurants, entertainment, residences, and hotels. Advantages include compact development that supports walkability and sustainability while offering amenities and exposure for businesses. International case studies demonstrate how to effectively distribute functions within the building through zoning and circulation elements like elevators, staircases, and corridors. Standards cover typical sizes for these elements as well as parking layouts, structural components, and more.

2. What is Mixed Use Buildings
• By definition: Mixed-use is a kind of urban development, in which single
building has significantly sized to a many purpose. While this may
including, dense, concentrated constructions, allowing many people to work,
live, and enjoy a wide range of amenities within a relatively small area. All in
all, it’s a practical way to make the most of limited space and has something
to offer everyone.

4. Component of Mixed use builing
• 1: offices
• 2: Shopping center
• 3: Restaurants
• 4: entertainment
• 5: Residents
• 6: Hotel

5. Advantages for Mixed use Building
1: its ability to make the most of relatively small, limited spaces of land.
Because, over 55 percent of the world’s population lives within urban spaces.
2: MXD’s make urban living more sustainable to the Environment.
3: have much to offer business owners in terms of the bottom line.
Means access and walkability exposure to more customers.
4: Furthermore, this rise in value presents an excellent opportunity for
investors, particularly those interested in managing multi-family homes.

6. Mixed use Building standers

7. Mixed use Building standers
Capacity:
1: commercial ( 14-26 persons)
2: Hotel ( 16-23)
3: Apartment (13-20)
4: Parking (13-16)
Lobby: 5m
Staircase:
1:Min. Width. 1.5m
2: Railing Min Height: 0.9m
3: Clear min Height: 2.1m
Escape Stair: made of inflammable
material.
Width: 1.25m

8. Mixed use Building standers
Car Rams:
Slope ( min) 1:7
Slope ( max) 1:12
Width. ( For one way Ram) 3.66m
Normal Rams:
Slope: 1:8
Min. length: 4.25m
Min Height: 2.5m
Elevators:
A: passenger Elevator
B: services Elevator
C: Fire Elevator
Toilets: 1.5x1.5m

9. International Case Study

10. General Info: Kohinoor Square Tower
• Location: Mumbai- India
• Architect: SSA Architect
• Type: Mixed Use Tower
• Height: 202m Main Building
• Floors: Main building 57 and 32 for Residential.
• Opened: 2013

12. Good Lighting

14. Space Distribution for Building
•
1: The Fisrt five floor for Main Building is Shopping Mall
•
2: the remaining 47 floors of main building are Commercial Offices
•
3: The main building is crowned by Five star Hotel on top Five Floors
•
4: the First 13 floor on Residential building is used Parking Garage
•
5 The remaining 19 floor are uses for residents

15. Structure System
•
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1: Concrate slabs and Spandrel beam is used
•
2: the average distance between the Colunms is 9.5m
•
3: Each Column is 1.8x1.8m

16. Corridors

18. The Residential Tower
1: the First 13 floor on Residential building is used Parking Garage
2: The remaining 19 floor are uses for residents
Central core
1: 3 lifts and 1 Service lift
2: 2 Stairs are placed at core

20. Office Tower:
General Analysis
There are many commercial offices for
this part together with their toilets in each
office as well as common ones.
Central core in office building:
1: 3 lobbies of 6 lifts serving level to 25th
and 39th
2: two service lifts travel throughout the
building.
3: two staircase are also place in core
4: one lobby ( 6 lifts ) serves the floors
from 1th to 24th .

22. Environmental aspect
1:Rain Water collection
2: Sky Garden
3:High Performance Façade
4: High Efficiencies Ventilation system
5:Daylight Harvesting
6: Environmental preferable material
7: onsite waste water treatment
Façade Treatment:
A: Façade consist of Aluminium
curtain wall.
B: the edges of building have
Aluminium flashing LED Lighting .
C: all glass on the building are resist to
wind pressure.

23. Local Case Study

24. Hargeisa Theatre
Building Component:
1:Commercail parts.
2: Medical parts
3: Entertainment
4: Offices
5: Hotel which is on last two floors
6: Parking
7: two staircase
8: two lifts

26. Main Staircase

27. Corridors

28. Elevators

29. Weakness and Strength of Building
Strength of building:
1:Good orientation
2: have good Corroders
3: Good lighting
4: Good Ventilation
Weakness of building:
1:Lock opening ( No view )
2: lock of Consideration
3: only have Common Toilets
4: lifts and staircase are far apart

30. Building Core
In architecture core is a vertical space used for circulation and services core. may
include
staircase,
 elevators,
 electrical cables,
water pipes
escalators.
Toilets and storage

31. Standard size of Staircase
Stairs: a sequence of steps that connects different floors in building structure.
• Height: 3.6m
• Width: ?
• 1 person: 0.91m
• 2 people : 1.12m-1.52m
• 3 people: 1.85m- 2m
• Run: 0.3m
• Riser: 0.15m
• Landing: 0.92m

32. Standard Size of Elevators:
Types Elevators:
A: passenger Elevator
B: services Elevator
C: Fire Elevator
• Floor to floor height
must 2.5m or more
No of
passengers
Capacity
( kg)
Size of shaft
( in m)
Size of
Cabin (in m)
Size door in
(m)
4 320 1.3m x 1.45m 0.9m x 1m .7
6 480 1.5m x 1.8m 0.9m x 1.3m .8
8 540 1.8m x 2m

33. Standard Size of Escalators:
• Escalators:
• Height: 2.5m
• Angle: 30
• Max Movable Height: 18m
• Toilets: 1.5m x 1.5

34. Standard of cars
1. Bike
 Length: 2m
 Width: 0.8m
2: Car
 Length: 4.5m
 Width: 1.8m
3: Bus:
 Length: 12m
 Width: 2.6m

35. Parking layout and Standard

36. Access( Horizontal and Vertical)
• Corridors:
One way: 0.85m-0.95m
Two way: 1.75m-1.85m
Three way: 2.75m-2.85m
Lobby: is a room in building which
is used for entry from outside.
Size lobby: ( 5m)

37. Building Structure
Building structure consists of the fallowing:
 Foundation
 Wall
 Columns
 Beams
 Slabs
 Plinth
 Lintels
 Floors
 Roof
 Parapet wall

38. Building Structure
• Walls: are vertical elements which
supports the roof.
• Inner wall: 0.3m
• Out wall: 0.4m
• Slabs: are a horizontal members in
a building structure.
Building Type Slab size
In m
Ground 1.5m
G+1 1.5m
G+2 1.5m
G+3 1.25m
G+4 1.25m
G+5 1m

39. Building Structure
• Foundation: is a structure unit that
uniformly distributes the load from
the superstructure unit to the
underlying soil. Its depends soil
bearing capacity.
• Plinth: is layer between the
substructure and Superstructure.

40. Building Structure
• Columns: is a vertical members
constructed above the ground level.
• Beams : are a horizontal members in a
building structure.
• Maximum distance between the
Columns are 7m.
Building Type Column & beam
size
In m
Ground 0.23m x 0.23m
G+1 0.23m x 0.3m
G+2 0.3 x 0.3m
G+3 0.3m x 0.38m
G+4 0.3m x 0.45m
G+5 .38m x 0.45m
G+6 0.45m x 0.45m
G+7 0.53m x .53m

41. Building Structure
• Lintels: are constructed above the
wall opening like doors, windows,
etc.
• Rcc lintel replaced all other material
because they are fire-proof, durable
and reliable.
• Parapet wall : are short wall
extended above the roof slabs.
Height: 1m
Thickness: 0.2m