It is often used as one of the regulations in city planning along with the building to land ratio.
Wall to floor ratio efficiency.
Assuming that both buildings have an identical floor to ceiling height of 3 00m then the.
Gross floor area of all floors of the building area of the building lot far a higher ratio indicates a higher density environment.
Floor area ratio far is the ratio of a building s total floor area gross floor area to the size of the piece of land upon which it is built.
Perimeter floor area ratio for.
A two story building on the same lot where each floor was 500 square feet.
As a formula far gross floor area area of the plot.
Building b area of enclosing walls total floor area 40m x 3m 100m 1 20.
0 35 however in very few cases is this the most economical plan shape of a building as the cost of constructing a circular as.
0 52 it is worth noting that a circular plan is the most efficient shape in terms of wall to floor ratio as indicated below.
Building a area of enclosing walls total floor area 50m x 3m 100m 1 50.
The terms can also refer to limits imposed on such a ratio through zoning.