Professional Documents
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Greg Keeffe
Head of Design
Manchester School of Architecture, Manchester UK
g.keeffe@mmu.ac.uk
Living (bioclimatic) architecture
Resource/Material loop
Passive Design
Form - Layering
Passive Design
Orientation
Glenn Murcutt
Passive Design
Heavy or light??
Façade design
Nouvel
Corderch
Passive Design
Fabric design
Ventilation Control
Passive Design
2. AVOID OVERHEATING.
Shigeru Ban
THE NEED FOR COOLING
1. SOLAR CONTROL
3. INTERNAL GAINS
4. VENTILATION
5. NATURAL COOLING
SOLAR CONTROL
• External essential.
Orientation
• Light colours
• Accurate control.
• Choosing efficient appliances.
• Expelling the heat generated.
COOLING STRATEGIES
VENTILATION
Summer operation –
Ventilation and air circulation
La Salut, Barcelona, Spain
C. Parant
Cooling mode:
Room temperatures
dependant on outside
temperature (Summer day)
Iran Hydrabad
COOLING STRATEGIES
NATURAL COOLING
• EVAPORATION.
• GROUND COOLING.
GROUND COOLING
3 methods
Ground coupling
Air systems
Water systems
Hope House, Bill Dunster
COOLING STRATEGIES
Brown, G.Z. and Dekay, M. Sun, Wind and Light: Architectural Design
Strategies (John Wiley & Sons Inc. 2000).
Goulding, J.R., Lewis, J.O., and Steemers, T.C. Energy in Architecture: The
European Passive Solar Handbook (Batsford Ltd. 1993).
Goulding, J.R., Lewis, J.O., and Steemers, T.C. (eds.) Energy Conscious
Design: A Primer for Architects.