Classification of Buildings 2018

012 Blocks of flats

Residential buildings containing conventional space and equipment solutions with at least two stories and where spaces belonging to individual dwelling units are placed on top of each other.

The living space in blocks of flats is a dwelling unit.; Blocks of flats consist of dwelling units and other spaces used by the residents like apartment-specific storage, clubroom or sauna.; In blocks of flats the entrance is usually from a joint staircase that links the storey levels or from long corridors on the side of the building.; Blocks of flats also include blocks of flats for students or elderly persons if the units in the building do not differ from a conventional dwelling unit in terms of space and equipment solutions.; Blocks of flats include low-rise blocks of flats and residential blocks of flats. [0]


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