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floor area ratio; floor-space index
The ratio of a building's total floor area (summed over all stories) to the area of the plot, expressed as a percentage. A zoning limit that effectively controls how tall or dense a building may be.
この地域は容積率が高い。
This area has a high floor area ratio.
容積率が大きいほど、高い建物が建てられる。
The larger the floor area ratio, the taller a building you can put up.
駅前は容積率が緩和され、高層マンションが次々と建った。
The floor area ratio was relaxed in front of the station, and high-rise condominiums went up one after another.
A real-estate and zoning term. Together with 建ぺい率 (building coverage ratio), it governs how much can be built on a lot: coverage ratio limits the footprint, floor area ratio limits total floor space.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 容積率が高い: to have a high floor area ratio
- 容積率の緩和: relaxation of the floor area ratio
- 容積率二百パーセント: a floor area ratio of 200%
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 建ぺい率: building coverage ratio — the footprint limit, not total floor area