Glenn KatzApproach & Challenges:
My drafting process began by doing preliminary checks such as the beam heights and mechanical space locations. I left the locations of the inlets of the HVAC at 9 feet where I had enough clearnace. In addition, my mechanical floor was at the top floor. Through a common space behind the elevator shaft, my ducts were all connected to that location on every floor. The handlers are also on the top floor where most rooms had unique air demand. This meant that my ducts, to be simplified, assumed the duct size of the largest demand. The inlets were placed in the boundaries of the edge of rooms. This was important for the south face of the building where we have the largest heat demand. I tried having the HVAC avoid core locations like the atrium, elevator shaft and stairs. To avoid clashes with these cores, I worked around these locations.
