TY - GEN
T1 - Traditional values and their adaptation in social housing design
T2 - ICSAUD 2015 - 17th International Conference on Sustainable Architecture and Urban Design
AU - Sahabuddin, Mohd Firrdhaus Mohd
AU - Gonzalez-Longo, Cristina
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Large migration from rural areas to urban areas like Kuala Lumpur has led to some implications for economic, social and cultural development. This high population has placed enormous demand on the existing housing stocks, especially for low-income groups. However, some issues arise, one of which is overheated indoor air temperature. This problem contributes to the high-energy usage that forces huge sums of money to be spent on cooling thehouse by using mechanical equipment. Therefore, this study focuses on thermal comfort in social housing, and incorporates traditional values into its design to achieve a certain measurement of natural ventilation in a house. From the study, the carbon emission and energy consumption for an air-conditioned house is 67%, 66% higher than a naturally ventilated house. Therefore, this research has come up with a new typology design, which has a large exposed wall area and full-length openings on the opposite walls to increase crossventilation. At the end of this research, the measurement of thermal comfort for a naturally ventilated building called ‘AirHouse’ has been identified.
AB - Large migration from rural areas to urban areas like Kuala Lumpur has led to some implications for economic, social and cultural development. This high population has placed enormous demand on the existing housing stocks, especially for low-income groups. However, some issues arise, one of which is overheated indoor air temperature. This problem contributes to the high-energy usage that forces huge sums of money to be spent on cooling thehouse by using mechanical equipment. Therefore, this study focuses on thermal comfort in social housing, and incorporates traditional values into its design to achieve a certain measurement of natural ventilation in a house. From the study, the carbon emission and energy consumption for an air-conditioned house is 67%, 66% higher than a naturally ventilated house. Therefore, this research has come up with a new typology design, which has a large exposed wall area and full-length openings on the opposite walls to increase crossventilation. At the end of this research, the measurement of thermal comfort for a naturally ventilated building called ‘AirHouse’ has been identified.
KW - tropical architecture
KW - natural ventilation
KW - passive design
KW - airhouse
KW - social housing design
UR - https://www.waset.org/conference/2015/08/barcelona/ICSAUD
M3 - Conference contribution book
BT - International Conference on Sustainable Architecture & Urban Design (ICSAUD)
Y2 - 17 August 2015 through 18 August 2015
ER -