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Safe evacuation of a building is favored by complying with regulatory guidelines, it is also closely related to accessibility that must be fully resolved in the architectural project, being directly associated with the space distribution and the horizontal and vertical circulation. The relation between accessibility and the spaces in a building can be explained by the Social Logic of Space Theory or Space Syntax Theory. The aim of this study is to identify and analyse possible divergences in the prescribed standards for fire evacuation adopted in the State of Rio Grande do Norte-Brazil, based on the evaluation of design solutions oriented by standards in conjunction with computer simulations. The assessments were carried out using the floor plans and two softwares: PATHFINDER, used to relate the escape time to the moving of people during the egress; and DEPTHMAP used to relate the design to the space configuration study, its relation to the user’s movement, and the placement of emergency exits in the building. It was concluded that the NBR 9077:2001 and the TI 11:2014, while efficient for the most part, present lacks, with respect to the dimensioning of stairs, number of maximum occupants, and maximum distance travelled to a safe location.
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Pinto, E.M., Montenegro, M.L.O. (2020). Emergency Exits: Analysis and Reflection Based on a Modelling and Standardization Study. In: Piloto, P., Rodrigues, J., Silva, V. (eds) Advances in Fire Safety Engineering. CILASCI 2019. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 1. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36240-9_8
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