| Title |
A Study on Egress Routes Design Depending on Human Evacuation Behavior in Multi-Plex Theater |
| Keywords |
Multi-Plex Theater ; Human Evacuation Behavior ; Fire ; Simulex ; Egress Routes |
| Abstract |
The purpose of this study is to provide design guideline of egress route and investigate specific crowding areas resulted from diverse physical factors of multi-plex theaters in a fire evacuation, and more accurately predict the egress route of people. To achieve these purpose, the architectural characteristics of three multi-plex theaters in Jinju have been chosen, and the evacuation experiments through the computer simulation called Simulex were carried, and egress regulation and characteristics of spatial configuration were compared for each on the these theaters. The conclusions from this study are as follows: ⑴ Crowding usually happens cross areas between theater inside and corridors, and Crowding rate depending on the number of exit and cross areas. ⑵ It is necessary to design the egress routes being employed ordinary times. And the egress routes planning should be integrated into space programming at the early stage of building design. |