Editing Shear wall (section)

== Arrangement in buildings with different functions ==
The location of a shear wall significantly affects the building function, such as natural ventilation and daylighting performance. The performance requirements vary for buildings of different functions.

=== Hotel and dormitory buildings ===

[[File:Figure 2 Chris.jpg|thumb|'''Figure 2''' Coupled shear wall acting as a partitioning system]]
Hotel or dormitory buildings require many partitions, allowing insertions of shear walls. In these structures, traditional cellular construction (Figure&nbsp;2) is preferred and a regular wall arrangement with transverse cross walls between rooms and longitudinal spine walls flanking a central corridor is used.

=== Commercial buildings ===

[[File:Figure 3 Chris.png|thumb|'''Figure&nbsp;3''' Shear core structure]]
A structure of shear walls in the center of a large building—often encasing an [[elevator shaft]] or stairwell—form a ''shear core''. In multi-storey commercial buildings, shear walls form at least one core (Figure&nbsp;3). From a building services perspective, the shear core houses communal services including stairs, lifts, toilets and service risers. Building serviceability requirements necessitates a proper arrangement of a shear core. From the structural point of view, a shear core could strengthen the building's resistance to lateral loads, i.e., wind load and seismic load, and significantly increase the building safety.