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The Prototype Design: Planning Modules
The service bay encloses mechanical and electrical rooms, service shafts,
emergency stairs, etc. The arrangement of service modules on
successive floors is such that their service bays are stacked. The
resulting "towers" provide for main vertical service distribution, as well as
for lateral bracing of the structure.
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SPACE MODULES AND FIRE SECTIONS
Space modules are subunits of service modules occurring in bed-care
areas. They have been designed to take into account the special
requirements of these areas, such as exterior exposure at the building
perimeter (aspect).
Fire sections are building subdivisions providing internal horizontal exits.
Service module boundaries will coincide with the boundaries of fire
sections, which are arranged according to applicable codes and
regulations.
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