scholarly journals Evaluating the Thermal Performance of Traditional and Modern Toda Huts in Nilgiris Hills

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 2752-2757
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Performance ◽  
Vernacular Architecture ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Political Climate ◽  
Traditional Architecture ◽  
Built Form ◽  
Hilly Region ◽  
Planning And Construction ◽  
Physical Manifestation

Architecture is a physical manifestation of the needs and aspirations of the society and is determined by the environmental, socio cultural and political climate of a place or a region. Good architecture may be defined as any built form which is sensitive to the climate and context of a place. However in spite of its effectiveness and sustainability, traditional Architecture and its methods and strategies are often undervalued and are not preferred in new constructions. The Vernacular architecture of Toda huts in Nilgiris has developed sustainable strategies in planning and construction from their long standing experience. The traditional Houses in the Hilly region and Modern Houses are examined qualitatively and quantitatively to understand the Thermal Performance of the house. The results thus obtained were compared with Olygay Bioclimatic chart and found that the Toda houses were thermally comfortable irrespective of their outdoor Climatic conditions than Modern Houses.

scholarly journals ASSESSMENT OF TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE OF LUCKNOW WITH REFERENCE TO CLIMATIC RESPONSIVENESS

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-31
Author(s):  
Mohammad Arif Kamal ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Comfort ◽  
Thermal Performance ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Dwelling Unit ◽  
Traditional Architecture ◽  
Climatic Extremes ◽  
The Past ◽  
Built Form ◽  
Site Monitoring ◽  
Passive Techniques

Introduction: Traditional architecture, all over the world, has many characteristics that ensure thermal comfort. In the past, people built their houses in harmony with the environment, while also optimally utilizing the building materials available locally. The traditional built form was climate-responsive; it evolved over centuries of experience and observations of climate and nature. The traditional local architecture of Lucknow (a North Indian historical city) has employed some ingenious natural and passive techniques to maintain thermal comfort within the building, particularly during the hottest hours of the day. In this paper, we discuss the traditional built form of Lucknow through the lens of its climatic appropriateness, especially during the hottest hours of the day. Methods: The research methodology involves the study of the thermal performance of two traditional houses and one modern dwelling unit in Lucknow during the climatic extremes, i.e. summer and winter, by means of on-site monitoring of temperature and relative humidity. Results and discussion: We have summarized the comparative analysis of the thermal performance of traditional houses and modern houses and drawn conclusions from the factors that are responsible for providing thermal comfort. The analysis shows that the use of natural and passive techniques in the traditional buildings of Lucknow is very effective in terms of providing a thermally comfortable space, warm in the winter and cool in the summer.

scholarly journals The Thermal Performance of Vernacular Houses as An Identity of Kurdish Traditional Architecture

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 236-257
Author(s):  
Binaee Yaseen Raof ◽  
Sara Dhiaadin Bahaadin ◽  
Hoshyar Qadir Rasul
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Performance ◽  
Spatial Organization ◽  
Vernacular Architecture ◽  
Decisive Role ◽  
Traditional Architecture ◽  
Analytical Methodology ◽  
Floor Plans ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
The City ◽  
Over Time

Nature in general and especially climate, play a decisive role in defining the architecture of a place or people over time. Therefore, it is more convenient to look at architecture as a mirror reflects people's adaptation and behavior to the environment over time. Because of mainstream design with low-tech conditions, the climate is the predominant power that characterizes the building types. In this manner, as long as the climate differs from one place to another, the vernacular architecture is going to be differs as well, due to the environmental conditions. Traditional houses were adopted to meet the basic psychological and physiological needs of man through the most rational elements, such as building floor plans (spatial organization), materials, shapes, details and floor effects in various ranges. As a result, these architectural features marked the identity features of local architecture in the city. For this reason, the paper focuses on testing the thermal performance of some types of vernacular houses commonly used in the city of Sulaimani, especially in the traditional zone of the city. To achieve the research objectives, the study followed experimental analytical methodology, using outputs of the most appropriate software (Design Builder) to test the performance of three common types of local traditional houses (single and double floors). It appears that the type L with single floor is the most efficient, but the U shape with single floor recorded the highest number of days throughout the year when energy was needed.  

Tents: a paradigm of lightness and sustainability in vernacular architecture and in Frei Otto's work

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan María Songel
Keyword(s):  
Essential Feature ◽  
Vernacular Architecture ◽  
Soap Film ◽  
Common Goal ◽  
Membrane Structures ◽  
Traditional Architecture ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Physical Form ◽  
Hanging Chain ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThe aim of this paper is to explore the relationship between vernacular architecture and Frei Otto's work, searching for shared principles and specific singularities, and testing whether lightness and sustainability can be identified as a common goal.Design/methodology/approachThe study is focused on tents and yurts, as archetypal examples of traditional architecture, and membrane structures and gridshells, as two types of light structures developed by Frei Otto. A comparative analysis of their behavior, form, elements, types, materials and strength has been carried out.FindingsThe survey carried out shows that Frei Otto's innovative tents and gridshells were not based on form imitation of vernacular architecture, but rather on a thorough understanding of physical form-generating processes, driving specific materials to optimal form, like his experiments with soap film models to generate tensioned minimal surfaces or his experiments with hanging chain net models to generate compressive antifunicular lattice shells.Originality/valueThis paper highlights how Frei Otto's endeavor to get the maximum with the minimum, to achieve a lot from a little, is also a key target of lightness and sustainability, and an essential feature of vernacular architecture.

scholarly journals Thermal Performance of a Concrete Cool Roof under Different Climatic Conditions of Mexico

2014 ◽  
Vol 57 ◽  
pp. 1753-1762 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Hernández-Pérez ◽  
G. Álvarez ◽  
H. Gilbert ◽  
J. Xamán ◽  
Y. Chávez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Performance ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Cool Roof

Effective R-value of enclosed reflective space for different building applications

2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 398-427 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamed H Saber ◽  
Wahid Maref ◽  
Ali E Hajiah
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flow ◽  
Thermal Performance ◽  
Accurate Determination ◽  
Energy Performance ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Building Envelopes ◽  
Inclination Angles ◽  
R Value ◽  
Enclosed Space

Many parts of the building envelopes contain enclosed airspaces. Also, the insulating glass units in fenestration systems, such as curtain walls, windows, and skylight devices, contain enclosed spaces that are normally filled with air or heavy gas such as argon, xenon, or krypton. The thermal resistance (R-value) of an enclosed space depends mainly on the type of the filling gas, emissivity of all surfaces that bound the space, the size and orientation of the space, the direction of heat flow through the space, and the respective temperatures of all surfaces that define the space. Assessing the energy performance of building envelopes and fenestration systems, subjected to different climatic conditions, requires accurate determination of the R-values of the enclosed spaces. In this study, a comprehensive review is conducted on the thermal performance of enclosed airspaces for different building applications. This review includes the computational and experimental methods for determining the effective R-value of enclosed reflective airspaces. Also, the different parameters that affect the thermal performance of enclosed airspaces are discussed. These parameters include the following: (a) dimensions, (b) inclination angles, (c) directions of heat flow, (d) emissivity of all surfaces that bound the space, and (e) operating conditions. Moreover, numerical simulations are conducted using a previously developed and validated model to investigate the effect of the inclination angle, direction of heat transfer, and the coating emissivity on the R-values of enclosed spaces when they are filled with different types of gases.

Thermal performance of an insulated roof with reflective insulation: Field tests under hot climatic conditions

2012 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 229-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco D’Orazio ◽  
Costanzo Di Perna ◽  
Elisa Di Giuseppe ◽  
Matteo Morodo
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Performance ◽  
Field Tests ◽  
Climatic Conditions

Ecological Wisdom and Renewal of Jiarong Tibetan Residence in Zhonglu West Sichuan Province

2012 ◽  
Vol 450-451 ◽  
pp. 1493-1497
Author(s):  
Jun Huan Li ◽  
Na Liu
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Vernacular Architecture ◽  
Sichuan Province ◽  
Local Resident ◽  
Traditional Architecture ◽  
The Common ◽  
Ecological Wisdom

The paper is under the background of residence architecture and Tibetan culture, taking the settlements and architecture of Zhonglu Danba as the object of research, taking architectural culture of other ethnic groups as reference. Inspect the vernacular architecture on the aspects of architecture and culturology, and to conclude the common ecological wisdom in residence construction. The paper also does case study of renewal, revise the traditional architecture aim at the flaws, giving the idea of” excessive growth”, in order to fulfill the demand of local resident.

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