BUILDING SCIENCE 1
The Building Science module focuses a lot on passive building design strategies and ways to prove architecture. Our only project for this module, Case Study: Proposing Passive Building Design Strategies, is a project that would help us understand thermal comfort and discuss factors regarding thermal comfort.
Group work with maximum 6 students is required to:
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Choose a building that would showcase the basic building design for thermal comfort. Eg. Existing roof .Record and analyze the existing condition in terms of thermal comfort of the interior directly affected by the basic building design.
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Have a thorough research on the basic design strategies and existing thermal comfort level and environmental factors affecting it. Document all environmental factors (4) for a day and average for a year.
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Propose a passive design and elaborate the principles, strategies and details needed to perform best in tropical climate in order to achieve thermal comfort in this building/space. Eg. Roof garden, roof pond.
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Prove with appropriate methods; eg. That heat gain is reduced through calculations of before and after.
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Conclude your findings with photograph/sketches of the interior ambiances and outline the thermal comfort of before and after.
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Explicitly detail visuals and narrate strategies that accompany this design feature.
Objectives of Project
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To identify and define the principles of heat transfer in relation to building and people.
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To understand what is thermal comfort and discuss factors relating to thermal comfort.
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To analyze the effect of thermal comfort factors in a person and in a space
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To be able to criticize design of the space in terms of thermal comfort by referring to MS1525 , UBBL, GBI standards.
Case Study: Proposing Passive Building Design Strategies
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