Abstract:
In this study firstly residential building typologies of some small-scale cities in earthquake
prone areas of Turkey are investigated and 4-storey masonry residential buildings is
proposed instead of multi-story reinforced concrete apartment blocks for these cities. Here,
it is aimed to enliven the use of masonry again in these regions. To achieve this aim it is
necessary to verify the fact that it is possible to construct a four-story residential building
with masonry bearing walls instead of reinforced concrete beam and column skeleton
system keeping the existing plan scheme in other words without changing its architectural
characteristics. In order to do this, 3D models are created to compare the behaviours of
the masonry building and reinforced concrete building. The behavioural investigation of the
two models is performed in the finite element platform with the help of SAP 2000. Finally
it is certified that this proposal is successfully efficient.
