Plot Ratio: Maximum Floor Area, Floors Needed & the Height Check
This lesson is part of the course
In this lesson
You turn the fictional plot ratio into a maximum gross floor area, round the floors needed up with ROUNDUP, find the floors the height limit allows with ROUNDDOWN and take the achievable floor area with MIN.
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Lessons in this course
- Site Area & Setbacks: Buildable Footprint and the Site Coverage Limit Locked
- Plot Ratio: Maximum Floor Area, Floors Needed & the Height Check Locked
- Gross to Net: Circulation, Walls & Plant – Efficiency and Net Sellable Area Locked
- Unit Mix Fit: Unit Types, Target Shares, Whole Units & Leftover Area Locked
- Parking & Bike Ratios: Spaces Required, Surface vs Underground Locked
- Open Space, Density & Parking: Which Constraint Binds? Locked
- Build-Cost Check: Cost per m² by Element, Contingency, Cost per Unit & per Net m² Locked
- Comparing Massing Options: Value, Profit on Cost, Rank & Chart Locked