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📇 Guidelines at a Glance (PDF, 193 KB)
Introduction
GFA Related Matters
Automated Teller Machine and Vending Machine Kiosks
Balconies
Basement Diaphragm Walls
Bay Windows
Bicycle Parking Spaces and End-of-Trip Facilities
Cable Chambers
Car Parks, Motorcycle Parks and Related Facilities
Catwalks
Communal Roof Terrace
Covered Communal Ground Gardens
Covered Enclosed Space
Covered Greenhouses / Farms
Covered Walkway and Linkages
Covered Water Features
Curtain Wall and Wall Cladding Systems
Entrance Canopy
Floors
Guardhouse and Sentry Posts
Household Shelters
Indoor Recreation Spaces
Ledges
Letter Boxes
Lift Motor Room
Lift Shaft
Loading and Unloading Bays
Loading and Unloading Platforms
Mechanical and Electrical (M&E) Spaces
Metal Ceiling Grids within Indoor Performance Venue
Meter Compartments
Open Courtyards and Air Wells
Outdoor Refreshment Areas
Outdoor Refreshment Kiosks
Pavilions
Planter Boxes
Private Enclosed Spaces (PES)
Private Roof Terraces (PRT)
Privately-Owned Public Spaces (POPS)
Racking Systems for Storage Purposes
Recessed Windows
Refuse Chambers and Refuse Chutes
Reinforced Concrete (RC) Slabs within Voids
Roof Eaves and Building Projections
Service Ducts
Sky Terraces
Solar Panels
Staircases
Structural Protrusion
Swimming Pool
Unenclosed Façade Articulation
Void Decks
Walls and Columns
Water Tanks
Advisory Notes
📇 Guidelines at a Glance (PDF, 193 KB)
Introduction
GFA Related Matters
Automated Teller Machine and Vending Machine Kiosks
Balconies
Basement Diaphragm Walls
Bay Windows
Bicycle Parking Spaces and End-of-Trip Facilities
Cable Chambers
Car Parks, Motorcycle Parks and Related Facilities
Catwalks
Communal Roof Terrace
Covered Communal Ground Gardens
Covered Enclosed Space
Covered Greenhouses / Farms
Covered Walkway and Linkages
Covered Water Features
Curtain Wall and Wall Cladding Systems
Entrance Canopy
Floors
Guardhouse and Sentry Posts
Household Shelters
Indoor Recreation Spaces
Ledges
Letter Boxes
Lift Motor Room
Lift Shaft
Loading and Unloading Bays
Loading and Unloading Platforms
Mechanical and Electrical (M&E) Spaces
Metal Ceiling Grids within Indoor Performance Venue
Meter Compartments
Open Courtyards and Air Wells
Outdoor Refreshment Areas
Outdoor Refreshment Kiosks
Pavilions
Planter Boxes
Private Enclosed Spaces (PES)
Private Roof Terraces (PRT)
Privately-Owned Public Spaces (POPS)
Racking Systems for Storage Purposes
Recessed Windows
Refuse Chambers and Refuse Chutes
Reinforced Concrete (RC) Slabs within Voids
Roof Eaves and Building Projections
Service Ducts
Sky Terraces
Solar Panels
Staircases
Structural Protrusion
Swimming Pool
Unenclosed Façade Articulation
Void Decks
Walls and Columns
Water Tanks
Advisory Notes
The principles and illustrations used in this Gross Floor Area (GFA) handbook is not exhaustive in covering all building designs. URA reserves the right to interpret GFA matters based on the specific design of a development proposal, depending on the merits of the proposal.
The contents of this handbook was last updated on 11 Nov 2022.
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