An Assessment of the Relation between Architectural and Structural Systems in the Design of Tall Buildings in Turkey

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

I appreciated the straightforwardness of your article, its structure and clear language. I also see the value of what you did, pushing the CTBUH metrics a bit further. However, eventually it remains just a quick overview. That is acceptable, but I would be clearer about the fact that this article is a stepping stone for more detailed and innovative ones to come. When I read the title I anticipated to learn about the tension and relationship between structural constraints and floorplan logic, but this did unfortunately not materialize.

I hence see the main problem in the conclusion. The truth is that this article is well done and somehow useful, but that it remains in the logic of a metric comparison, and somehow random. The value is an overview of today's reality that provides a starting point for future research. You could enumerate some of these future research opportunities.

I hope this sounds not too harsh. But you raised a couple of points that would be so interesting to better understand :-)! How do we move on from here? What can be improved? First we have to understand though.

Please see more comments in the attached document.

 

Comments for author File: Comments.pdf

Author Response

We would like to take this opportunity to thank you and the reviewers for your valuable suggestions, which have markedly improved the quality of our manuscript. We have made our best effort to appropriately address all your concerns.

Author Response File: Author Response.docx

Reviewer 2 Report

Dear authors,

Thank you very much for the research. The topic of the manuscript is in accordance with the Journal requirements.

The manuscript deals with tall buildings in Turkey. A comparison of different aspects of tall buildings is given. Graphical interpretation and charts are supporting the document in a concise way. Try to mention a holistic approach to the problem.

The article can be interesting to readers in the field of structural engineering, architecture, and seismic design. The article is meant to help structural engineers and urban planners.

Here are my remarks

• Language: ok
• Abstract: line 9 – please delete the word “system” and leave it just for the last term.
• Line 19 – the conclusions are maybe too obvious.
• Title: Ok

·       Keywords: ok

·       Line 32- 1000m? It is roughly 1000m, but such a building is hard to find anywhere

·       Lines 40-41 – Referencing this sentence is strange. It is obvious that mentioned cities are among the most important ones regarding the tall buildings. You have 8 references. Please delete some of them

·       Also, please include newer literature and try to compare it to the rest of the world. This comparison will improve the article a lot

·       Please explain why the prismatic form is used the most.

·       Please, try to mention earthquake engineering and seismic design on focus. All of the buildings in Turkey are ruled by seismic excitations. Also, try to mention recent earthquakes and their consequences of them.

·       Figure 4 – typo – Singel

In the end, the paper deals with an interesting topic and should be presented to a broader audience.  I would recommend changing it from “the article” to the “review paper”.

Author Response

We would like to take this opportunity to thank you and the reviewers for your valuable suggestions, which have markedly improved the quality of our manuscript. We have made our best effort to appropriately address all your concerns.

Author Response File: Author Response.docx

Reviewer 3 Report

The paper presents an interesting subject for the architects and structural designers’ community. The subject of the structural design of tall buildings is actual and the solutions in term soft materials and type of structure are in continuous developing.

 

The study is rich in terms of buildings analyzed both from structural and architectural point of view. The authors said “This study examined the factors affecting the architectural and structural design …” but I did not find any data about the structural behavior from the dynamic point of view. One of the main problems of tall buildings still is the lateral load. So, I suggest the authors include in their study a comparative analysis in terms of vibration from a dynamic analysis for the mentioned types of structure “Shear-Frame, Shear Wall, Frame Tube, Outrigger, Diagrid” in order to offer better clarification regarding the structural behavior.

Comments for author File: Comments.pdf

Author Response

We would like to take this opportunity to thank you and the reviewers for your valuable suggestions, which have markedly improved the quality of our manuscript. We have made our best effort to appropriately address all your concerns.

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Round 2

Reviewer 3 Report

In my opinion, the paper can be published in revised form.

Author Response

thanks