A building is a kind of construction made from solid materials and that is used to house people and objects, that is, as housing, and also for carrying out various activities among which commerce, finance, art, the practice of religion stand out , among other.
Construction of solid material, and divided into independent departments in which people live or work
Since the beginning of humanity, the human being, has been concerned and concerned with advancing in the techniques and materials used for construction, even inclined to bring beauty to constructions through the decoration of some of its parts.
In this eagerness would arise the architecturewhich is nothing other than the art and technique that deals with projecting and designing buildings and any other type of structure that makes up the space that human beings inhabit.
components of a building
Getting into the technical issue of building construction we find ourselves with the following components: to the (that part that extends from one side and is in relation to another), portico (it is an open area formed by columns or arcades arranged in the front part of the building), peristyle (portico located around the building), atrium (it is an internal patio of the building and in the churches it is an external space), lobby (it is the first interior instance of the building, followed by the door and which allows access to the rest of the rooms or parts of the building), Gallery (it is an area arranged outdoors, the design normally has arcades) and crowning (it is the auction of the building, which has the function of coronation of the same), among the most outstanding.
On the other hand, the bodies of the building are in turn composed of main members and other so-called secondary members.
Among the main ones are the brackets or bras (columns and walls) and the sustained (entablature, vaults, arches and roofs).
Classes
Also, the buildings are distinguished from each other by their shape: cela (the plant is rectangular), rotunda (the plant is circular), polygon (the plant is polygonal), prostyle (it has a column portico in the front part); by use: residential, commercial, military, government, sports, educational, cultural; by its structure: wood, steel, concrete, among others.
Buildings: who lives, maintenance and administration
Among the most common and current that can be seen in cities are residential buildings, office buildings, although today it is common for buildings to be built in which the departments that comprise them can function as homes and also as commercial spaces for develop various types of activities, that the building accepts, of course, something that is stipulated in its mother standard, such as the co-ownership regulation.
The residential building is made up of several independent houses that are divided into floors, while they share common spaces such as: stairs, elevators and lobbies, that is, the owners or tenants will be able to move freely through the common spaces, not so in the homes that are not their own.
Generally, the homes in these buildings are intended for family housing or for carrying out some professional task, as long as the building admits that purpose, although, normally, today most of the buildings that are built are authorized to carry out professional activities. .
With regard to the maintenance and cleaning of the building, an employee is usually hired who is popularly known as a manager or porter and who usually also lives in the building.
And with regard to administration, the owners hire an administrator who will be in charge of managing the contracted personnel, such as the doorman, and will also take care of the management of the building in general: paying suppliers, repairs, etc. to intervene in case of conflicts between neighbors, to liquidate and collect building maintenance expenses, among other activities.
All the expenses that are generated in a building for services, salaries, social charges, among others, are contained in the liquidation of expenses made by the administrator, meanwhile, each department must pay the percentage that corresponds to it.
In the event that the expenses are not paid, serious economic damage is generated to the building in question, while one of the attributions of the administrator is to intimidate the occupants of the dwellings that do not pay for them.
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