Terms and definitions architecture

The residential building is a building designed for permanent human habitation (residential building), as well as for human habitation during the period of work or study (hostel).

The apartment is part of a building intended for accommodation of families of different strength or a single person, terasa residential and utility rooms have separate exit to the stairwell, gallery, corridor, or outside.

Apartment in two levels is a flat, residential and storeroom which is located in two adjoining floors connected by inside staircase.

Equipment residential is a complex of technical devices, providing a favorable (comfortable) conditions buildings (apartments) household living, including systems hot and cold water supply, Sewerage, heating, ventilation, gas and electricity, as well as a means of waste disposal and firefighting, elevators, telephones, radio and other types of internal improvement.

The living room is the room in which according to existing norms possible permanent beds for resident (shared room, bedroom).

Room utility - room, to hygiene and household living (bathroom, restroom, kitchen, pantry), and also front, inside the hall and the corridor.

Reconstruction of residential houses is a complex of construction works and organizational and technical measures associated with changes in the basic technical and economic indicators of residential buildings (number and square apartments, building volume and the total area of the house) or its destination and carried out to improve living conditions and bring operational performance of a residential building to modern requirements.

Reconstruction of a residential building may include: changing the layout of the premises, erection of superstructures, built-ins, additions, and justifications - partial demolition of the building; raising the level of engineering equipment, including external networks (except trunk); the replacement of worn and obsolete constructions and engineering equipment with modern, more reliable and efficient, improving the performance of a residential building; improvement of architectural expressiveness of buildings and landscaping of the adjacent territory.

The renovation of the building is a complex of construction works and organizational and technical measures on elimination of physical and moral wear, but do not change the basic technical and economic indicators of the building.

Building repairs capital is the renovation of the building to restore its resource with replacement if necessary, structural elements and engineering systems, and improving operational performance.

The renovation of the building current is building repairs to restore the serviceability (performance) of its structures and systems engineering equipment, as well as maintaining performance.