Building Type Catalog

The catalog of building types illustrates the typical portfolio of school buildings in developing countries and makes information available on the expected performance against hazard events. The catalog is organized into building types and index buildings, where building types are identified by the first 3 taxonomy parameters and index buildings by the full taxonomy string. Each building type can have one or more index buildings which are its most typical variants. An index building is a characteristic model of a building type, whose seismic behavior is representative of a group of buildings with uniquely defined geometry, materials, loads and dynamic behavior.