Metric Handbook: Planning and Design Data

891 Pages·2018·153.263 MB·English

by  Buxton, Pamela

METRIC HANDBOOK
• Significantly updated in reference to the latest construction and succinct guidance on how to use the information and what reg-
standards and new building types ulations the designer needs to be aware of.
• Sustainable design integrated into chapters throughout As well as buildings, the Metric Handbook deals with broader
• Over half of the entire book has now been updated since 2015 aspects of design such as materials, acoustics and lighting, and
• Over 100,000 copies sold to successive generations of architects general design data on human dimensions and space requirements.
and designers The Metric Handbook is the unique reference for solving everyday
• This book belongs in every design office. planning problems.
The Metric Handbook is the major handbook of planning and design Pamela Buxton is a freelance architecture and design journalist.
data for architects and architecture students. Covering basic design She has contributed to many national newspapers, consumer mag-
data for all the major building types it is the ideal starting point for azines and trade publications, including the architecture publica-
any architectural project. For each building type, the book gives the tions RIBA Journal and Building Design. She was the editor of 50
basic design requirements and all the principal dimensional data, Architects 50 Buildings, published by Batsford in 2016.

METRIC HANDBOOK
Planning and Design Data
Sixth edition
Edited by Pamela Buxton
Sixth edition published 2018
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Names: Buxton, Pamela, editor.
Title: Metric handbook: planning and design data / edited by Pamela
Buxton.
Description: Sixth edition. | New York: Routledge, 2018. | Includes
bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017028351| ISBN 9780415304405 (hb: alk. paper) |
ISBN 9781138714687 (pb: alk. paper) | ISBN 9781315230726 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Building—Details—Drawings. | Metric system.
Classification: LCC TH2031. M48 2018 | DDC 720—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017028351
ISBN: 978-0-415-30440-5 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-1-138-71468-7 (pbk)
ISBN: 978-1-315-23072-6 (ebk)
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Contents
Preface 19 Hospitals
Acknowledgements Christiane Anders, Claudia Bloom, Vicky Braouzou, Duncan
Finch, Mary Reid, Mariangela Zanini of Avanti Architects.
Christopher Shaw of Medical Architecture contributed the
DESIGN BASICS
section on mental health
1 Design information and dimensional coordination
20 Hotels
Terry Nichols with David King
Fred Lawson
2 People and space
21 Houses and flats
Revised by Professor Norman Wienand
John Chapman and Kathy Watkins
3 People and movement
22 Housing for older people
Revised by Professor Norman Wienand
Justin Bannister and Judith Brown
4 Access and inclusion
23 Housing for students and young people
Neil Smith and David Dropkin
Liz Pride and Michael Ritchie
5 Capital and whole life costs of buildings
24 Industrial facilities
David Holmes and Chris Bicknell
25 Industrial storage buildings
Revised with advice from Stephen George & Partners
ESSENTIALS
26 Laboratories
6 Structure
Revised by Neville Surti. Original text by Neville Surti and
Revised by Andrew Peters and Arthur Lyons (materials).
Catherine Nikolaou
Original text: David Adler and Norman Seward
27 Libraries
7 Materials
Brian Edwards with Ayub Khan
Arthur Lyons with AHR Architects
28 Masterplanning and landscaping
8 Thermal environment
David Simister with Guy Walters and contributions by Sarah
Phil Jones
Burgess, Hugh Barton and Marcus Grant
9 Light
29 Museums, art galleries and temporary exhibition spaces
Joe Lynes
Geoffrey Matthews with additional information (case study)
10 Sound by Pamela Buxton
Chris Steel
30 Offices
11 Fire safety Frank Duffy with Jack Pringle, Angela Mullarkey and
Beryl Menzies Richard Finnemore of Perkins+Will
12 Flood-aware design 31 Payment and counselling offices
Robert Barker and Richard Coutts Richard Napier
13 Crime prevention design 32 Places of worship
Nick Hughes Leslie Fairweather, Ian Brewerton, Atba Al-Samarraie,
David Adler and Derek Kemp. Part revised by Maurice
Walton
BUILDING TYPES
33 Primary health care
14 Agricultural buildings
Geoffrey Purves
John Weller, Rod Sheard, Frank Bradbeer and others
34 Restaurants and foodservice facilities
15 Auditoria
Fred Lawson
Original text and drawings by Ian Appleton.
Revised by Mark Foley and Stefanie Fischer (cinemas). 35 Retail shops and stores
Fred Lawson
16 Civic buildings
Revised by David Selby (town halls) and Martin Sutcliffe and 36 Schools
Neil Sansum of BDP (law courts) Anthony Langan
17 Community centres 37 Security and counter-terrorism
Jim Tanner Mark Whyte and Chris Johnson
18 Emergency services 38 Sports facilities: indoor and outdoor
Including fire stations by Michael Bowman Philip Johnson and Tom Jones
vi Contents
39 Streets and spaces for people and vehicles 42 Tropical design
Revised by Ben Hamilton-Baillie (introduction, shared space Patricia Tutt
and place-making), James Horne (vehicles, roads and road
43 Universities
design) and Sustrans (cycling routes and parking)
Revised by Rupert Goddard and Tony Poole
40 Studios for sound and vision
David Binns
Appendix A – SI system
41 Transport terminals and interchanges Appendix B – Conversion factors and tables
Airports revised by Andrew Perez with additional Index
contributions by Richard Chapman. Railways by Declan
McCafferty
Preface
Welcome to the sixth edition of Metric Handbook. It’s 50 years introduced in 2015 and the new International Property Measurement
since the first edition was published, and in that half century the Standards (IPMS). Other updated chapters include those on fire,
construction industry has transformed. Computer-aided design and offices, schools, universities, housing, materials, auditoria, labora-
building information modelling (BIM) have streamlined both the tories, thermal environment and tropical building design.
design and delivery of buildings, but designers and planners face And while much has changed in design and construction over the
fresh challenges in creating buildings that are truly sustainable, as last half century, the principles underpinning good design still hold
well as meeting the changing needs of society. true. This edition brings together best practice in design and plan-
One of the most pressing issues is the ageing population and the ning for all the major building types to provide a thorough grounding
considerable implications that this has on housing and healthcare in in everything from anthropometrics to cross-laminated timber. We
particular. In this edition we introduce completely new chapters on hope it will be an invaluable resource for both new entrants to the
designing for hospitals and on the burgeoning housing for older peo- profession and for those tackling new building types alike.
ple sector, as well as updating our chapter on access and inclusion.
This edition also takes in important new regulations, stand- Pamela Buxton
ards and guidance such as the technical standards for new housing January 2018

Acknowledgements
This sixth edition of Metric Handbook is greatly indebted to the The new edition would also not have been possible without
time and effort of its many contributors in revising and writ- commissioning editors Fran Ford and Jennifer Schmidt at publisher
ing anew the large number of updated chapters within this new Routledge, and their editorial and production colleagues who all
edition. Their generosity and expertise is much appreciated. played such important roles in delivering this substantially updated
Particular thanks are due to those at Avanti Architects and PRP volume.
Architects, who contributed valuable new chapters on design-
ing hospitals and housing for older people respectively.