Structural design of (G+5) modern apartment Case of Gisozi Sector in Gasabo District

Abstract

"Architectural and structural design of five storey (G+5) residential apartment" is the name of the project. Case Study: Gisozi Sector in Gasabo District" plays a significant part in improving the city's environmental conditions while offering a well-considered and targeted solution to the residential problems that Kigali's residents are now facing. The most important infrastructure in Kigali is apartments, as they provide a solution to the problem of workers having to travel a considerable distance from their place of employment, which causes many services to close early. This research project produced building structural designs, architectural drawings, and the right selection of environmentally friendly building materials for the building envelope. The most prevalent building materials in urban Rwanda are reinforced concrete (RC) building frames, which are used to create the apartment. These building is carried out for static and dynamic analysis by using ETABS V18 (Extended Three Dimensional Analysis of Building System) software for frame and PROKON for slabs and footings and Load consideration is based on British Standard (BS 8110-1997). In this project, the results of static and dynamic analysis such as lateral story loads, displacement, story shear, story stiffness, story moment and story drift are obtained. The obtained results were analyzed in terms of safety of the building. For reinforced concrete design, selection of the critical members which are overloaded compared to others and also for column in order to meet the soil bearing capacity (300kN/m2) was considered and they were designed to provide the required steel reinforcement. Moreover, software like ArchiCAD 22 were used

were used for architectural design. According to all design done in details and the results obtained in whole project, the aims of the project were achieved.