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	FAT buildings are based on the sustainable concept of programmatic density. Accordingly these buildings are scheduled to operate 24 hours, 7 days a week. This constant use of space increases the building’s economic and energy efficiency.

	FAT buildings create interfaces between public and private zones, between neighborhood communities and their urban context in order to facilitate the stability and safety of the public space and its social, economical and cultural life.

	FAT buildings are multi-programmed. They consist of spaces that have the potential to adopt any program that maintains the use of the building, regardless if it is institutional, administrative, residential, industrial, transportation, public or private.
	FAT buildings are structural hybrids. They are set together by multiple structural systems (i.e. long span and short span structures, skeleton and solid structures etc.).
	FAT buildings are made of materials that assist the building in adapting to its environment and support the quality of its interior life and use.
	FAT buildings are informal. Their form is not a matter of style or beauty but, a matter of their spatial potency for beautiful experiences and stylish performances.
	FAT buildings embrace change.
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