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The Space Module: Space Module Characteristics
232.8
PLANNING AROUND COLUMNS
Figure 230-4 indicates that columns always occur on the between-room
wall of one- and four-bed rooms. In two-bed rooms, columns will occur in
one of three positions. In modules using cantilever beams the column will
fall in the sanitary zone. Figure 230-5, 6 and 7 indicate a range of plans
for the respective sanitary zones, with particular emphasis on the most
difficult conditions, that is, where a column falls within the sanitary zone.
232.9
MINIMUM COLUMN-FREE AREA
In addition to providing a range of gross area options, and in the interest of
economy, the space modules have been designed to insure a column-free
area of sufficient size to permit intensive care units or other functions
requiring large unobstructed space. The minimum dimensions of this
column-free area are approximately 40 feet by 66 feet. (See Section
712.2.)
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