The podium generally refers to an accessory building at the bottom of the main body of a multi-storey, high-rise, or ultra-high-rise building with a footprint larger than the area of the standard floor of the main body of the building. It is characterized as follows: it is generally a low-rise accessory building constructed in the lower part of the main body of a multi-storey building with a cross-cutting area larger than the cross-cutting area of the main body of the building itself.

Simply put, a podium building is like a convex shape, and the larger part underneath is the podium. Podiums are generally 3-5 story structures, rarely more than 5 stories, but there is basically no 1-story structure. Most of the podium is used to open commercial facilities, such as shopping malls, supermarkets, restaurants or other commercial institutions, etc., but also the podium is used to open hotels, office buildings.

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Description of the Shape

1, the entire building is a "convex" building. The building is a "convex" shape, the following area is larger than the standard layer of the part of the building is like a skirt, so called podium. There are also called "skirt".

2, from the structural point of view, there is a podium of the building has a basement, the podium is a frame shear wall or frame structure, the main body of the building is more shear wall or mixed structure.

3, from the use of the general podium and the main building of the evacuation stairs are used separately. Entrance and exit settings are generally the front door into the podium, the back door into the main building foyer. Fire evacuation of the main building is generally not through the podium part of the direct outdoor. If the podium as a commercial complex or other large public **** place, the general building podium elevators, evacuation stairs and the main building part of the building is completely separate settings.

4, the building is denser at high places, as if the skirt protrudes.

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