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The exact number of storeys above ground is clear from survey or drawings. The exact number of the floors above ground includes the ground floor and floors above. It also includes storage and mechanical plant levels only if these cover over 50% of the plan area, but does not include basements below ground. If the building is stepped in height, then record the highest part.
HEX:n
where n= maximum number of storeys above ground level
Example: HEX:2 (exactly two-storey high building)
This is an eight storey building in Morocco (C. Scawthorn)
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Panels are supported on beams or bearing walls (possibly stressed-skin).
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Apartments, condominiums, townhouses of 3-4 units. Residential units are structurally connected.
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The building is used for commercial or retail at the ground floor, with residential or office accommodation above. Choose this attribute if the proportion of the commercial and residential occupancies are approximately equal. Otherwise for mixed occupancy choose the dominant occupancy. For example, choose ‘mixed occupancy’ for a two story building with a single-family dwelling above a shop, but choose multi-family dwelling for a ten-story apartment building with shops at ground floor.
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The building is mixed use, a mixture of commercial and industrial. The majority of the floor area is for commercial use.