Building Foot Print

renee jimenez

principal

mnk architects

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January 3, 2013

Im working on a Baseball Stadium and am tring to determine what I should use for my Building foot print square footage. The seating area is located partialy under a roof over hand and some completely on the out field do I only include the areas that are enclosed or can I include the entire seating portion in my building foot print?

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Kimberly Frith

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Thu, 01/03/2013 - 22:22

Renee, Your building footprint would be the outer limits of the entire building that touch the ground, not just the enclosed portion. Imagine a restaurant with a covered patio for seating - the patio isn't conditioned but it still counts as footprint b/c it's taking up space on the site.

renee jimenez

principal

mnk architects

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Fri, 01/11/2013 - 02:36

- Not sure I understand what you’re telling me. Are you saying that if I have an outdoor seating area with no cover I can’t count that but if I have covered seating I can count that? My gross square footage as defined by ASHRAE that touches the ground is 78686.19sf if I include the roof covered concourse and covered and non-covered seating my foot print would increase to 214,001.25. If I don’t include it would it be included as my hardscape. Would an outdoor covered passage way count in the foot print? Or out-door concrete bleachers attached to a building count?

Kimberly Frith

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Sat, 01/12/2013 - 15:31

I would defer to your local building code on what they consider gross square footage for your outdoor areas.