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Originally Posted by pilsenarch
and lou, not that it matters, but in no way is there a variance in SF any where near your example...
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Actually there is a way that the SF varies that much. As RLW points out above, Gang showed an image suggesting that the top floor of this building is 81' x 81'. If the floors vary by even just 5' (and it certainly looks like it's a bit more than that) you have a 12% change in the area of the floors relative to a 6% change in the perimeter of the floors. If it's 10' change then the change in area is even more than my example above:
81 x 81 = 6561 SF
86 x 86 = 7396 SF
Difference: 835 SF or 12.7% more area with only 6.1% more perimeter.
91 x 91 = 8,281 SF
Difference: 1,720 SF or
26.2% more area with only 12.3% more perimeter.
You can deny it all you want, but numbers don't lie. This very same concept is what limits the maximum size of life on earth given atmospheric oxygen content. You are basically trying to claim that math doesn't exist. This is like middle school algebra. I'm not trying to defend the rest of the design, but Gang is unquestionably correct when she claims that larger floorplates see relatively lower heat gain and/or loss than smaller floorplates. This is an immutable law of nature, not something you can just stick your fingers in your ears and ignore.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface..._ratio#Biology
See this diagram for actual numbers, not just "well I think it's not going to be what you say it is":
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