THE IMPACT OF MICRO-CLIMATE ON ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN | ||
| The International Conference on Civil and Architecture Engineering | ||
| Article 3, Volume 7, 7th International Conference on Civil and Architecture Engineering, May 2008, Pages 519-530 PDF (813.34 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/iccae.2008.45410 | ||
| Author | ||
| Zeinab El Razaz | ||
| Dr., Associate Professor, Dpt of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Mataria, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Natural systems like weather are now seen as a problem to be conquered and controlled with artificial technologies. Humans create built environment and modify this environment in the search for comfort and control over their own destiny. Built environment epitomizes human made total control of the environment, to the point where it even incorporates new technologies to create an appropriate internal climate independent of that outside. Traditional principles of integrating environmental influences into buildings are no longer used in contemporary architecture. Furthermore, appropriate features of environmental comfort do not exist to be reinforced by the intended building design. Thus, features can sometimes be created by using latent features. These may include the creation of elements of the building itself to integrate with the site; wing walls, verandahs and so on. This paper suggests that the long known principles of microclimate and their application to building design can be incorporated with new technologies in building design in order to achieve more occupant comfort with minimum energy expenditure. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| microclimate; Occupant Comfort; Deconstruction Style; technology | ||
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