What's the difference between a banlou and a tower?

Banlou and tower are two completely different architectural forms, both of which have their own characteristics. The old lady selling melons, of course, boasting. People who buy a house, without detailed understanding, will naturally make up their minds. So what's the difference between a banlou and a tower? What are their advantages and disadvantages? Which is more suitable for living?

First, let's look at the definitions of banlou and tower. From the definition, we can also see the main differences between them:

1. Banlou is a name for structures with the same building structure. On the floor plan of the banlou, the length is obviously longer than the width, showing a long strip shape. There are generally two kinds of banlou: one is that households are connected by a long corridor, which is often used for hotel-style business office; The other is that several units are spliced together to form a slab building, and residential buildings are generally modular spliced slab buildings. The number of floors of a board building is usually around 12, and rarely exceeds 12.

2. Tower is the name of buildings with different building structures. From the plan of the tower, there are several households on the first floor, and many households enclose or enclose a group of vertical traffic, usually the location of elevators or stairs, forming a building plane with the same length and width. Towers are generally high-rise buildings, ranging from 12 to 35 floors, and above 35 floors are super high-rise buildings. Tower units generally range from four households to 12 households.

Generally speaking, the tower is relatively high, and the banlou is relatively short and long. Then let's analyze the advantages and disadvantages of banlou and tower, and analyze which one is more suitable for living.

Advantages of banlou: 1, banlou apartment is relatively average. At present, the small banlou with one staircase and two households is more popular with the public, mainly because it is evenly distributed, and there is not much difference between the advantages and disadvantages of the whole banlou, especially in the north-south direction. There are usually only two households on the first floor of modular board houses, with few households, good privacy and quiet home life. 2, the north and south are transparent, and the lighting and ventilation conditions are good. Banlou houses are basically north-south, with transparent north and south, good lighting and ventilation conditions, square apartment type and reasonable layout. The spatial layout and dynamic line arrangement of each function are reasonable. The width of the board building is abundant, and the design of the apartment is easier to produce fine products. 3. The household usage rate is high. The utilization rate of banlou apartments is as high as 90%, while that of tower apartments is usually only 75%. This is mainly because the shared area of the tower is more than that of the tower. For example, the actual use area of banlou apartment is more than that of tower 100 square meter. 4. The management cost is not high. Because the multi-storey residence with low population density cannot be equipped with elevators or secondary water supply systems, the painting area of the external wall is smaller than that of the tower.

Advantages of the tower: 1, it can accommodate more people, save land and lower house prices. A house in the tower community can accommodate many people, and the building density in the community can be high, which can save a lot of land resources. With more people, the house price will naturally be cheaper. 2. The tower is flexible in structure and easy to be reconstructed. The tower units are all large frame structures with only a few load-bearing walls, and the indoor partition walls can basically be demolished and rebuilt. Some towers can also open the whole floor and divide units according to their own needs, which is very reconfigurable. 3. Good anti-seismic effect. The tower adopts frame structure, and the floor is poured on site, so the structural strength is higher than that of plate building. Coupled with the surrounding structure, a triangular stable structure will be formed between households, making the tower safer against earthquakes. 4. Broad vision. As mentioned above, towers are generally relatively high, and residents living in high-rise towers have a wide field of vision and can see distant scenery. The residents of the ground floor slab building have limited vision and can't see more beautiful scenery.

Disadvantages of the tower: 1, crowded population. There are basically about 6 households on the first floor of the tower, even as high as 12 households. There are so many households on one floor, and there are hundreds of households in the whole building. The population density is high and the degree of congestion can be imagined. The living environment is not as superior as the banlou. Because it is a surrounding building, it is inevitable that some residents' lighting, ventilation and landscape conditions are not as good as others and cannot be changed. 2. The utilization rate is not high. Some houses on the sunny side can hardly see the sun for a few days a year. Even if this apartment is cheap, few people will buy it. Therefore, the utilization rate of the tower is lower than that of the board building, and there may be darkroom kitchen and bathroom in the apartment, which can not directly light and ventilate. Many people can't accept this "gray space".

From the analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of slab building and tower building, it is found that Taiwan Province Province, Fujian and other cities in earthquake-prone provinces all live in tower building, which is more earthquake-resistant and safer. People who like quiet and few people can choose to live in a banlou, which is more private. As for which one is more suitable for living, it all depends on your own preferences. Some people like more people to be lively, while others like less people to be quiet. What suits you is right!