Adding to this confusion is the practice among some developers to use gross leasable area gla and gfa interchangeably or to use.
Floor area a.
It is often used as one of the regulations in city planning along with the building to land ratio.
Definitions of gfa including which areas are to be counted towards it and which areas aren t vary around the world.
Since each side of a square is the same it can simply be the length of one side squared.
Calculating the floor area of a room.
Use this calculator to work out the floor area of a room if you re room is rectangular then simply enter the width and depth of the room and the unit of measure and the resulting floor area of the room will be calculated in several different units of measure both metric and imperial useful if you are meauring the room in one unit but for example the.
Included as floor area.
Floor area ratio far is the ratio of a building s total floor area gross floor area to the size of the piece of land upon which it is built.
When applying either sec.
Areas under projections intended for use and occupancy shall be included as floor area in accordance with the guidelines below.
The terms can also refer to limits imposed on such a ratio through zoning.
As a formula far gross floor area area of the plot.
Area is measured in square units.
12 03 or 12 21 1 a 5 architectural projections not intended for regular use or occupancy shall not be counted as floor area.
Gross floor area gfa in real estate is the total floor area inside the building envelope including the external walls and excluding the roof.