SUN ORIENTATION
Housing in temperate regions can benefit from admitting the sun into the building interior. Openings should be primarily orientated southwards, consider the use of conservatories and buffer spaces.
Kitchens are better facing east, living rooms to the south and west. Bedrooms are often better to the north to avoid light disturbance.
Kitchens are better facing east, living rooms to the south and west. Bedrooms are often better to the north to avoid light disturbance.
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The main aims in daylighting a building are to get significant quantities of daylight as deep into the building as possible, To maintain a uniform distribution of daylight from one area to another, and to avoid visual discomfort and glare.
The two main ways architects control the effects of the sun on the building is rough the orientation of the building and the overall design structural layout.
For most residential buildings, openings such as doors and windows are preferably not placed along the east-west axis. In commercial buildings, certain areas are left empty on purpose so that sunlight is allowed into the building envelope with minimum obstructions.
The two main ways architects control the effects of the sun on the building is rough the orientation of the building and the overall design structural layout.
For most residential buildings, openings such as doors and windows are preferably not placed along the east-west axis. In commercial buildings, certain areas are left empty on purpose so that sunlight is allowed into the building envelope with minimum obstructions.
VENTILATION
Natural cooling techniques have been used for as long as humans have been building homes; after all, the modern air conditioner is a relatively recent invention. These homes were all built to take advantage of simple, natural cooling methods – no air conditioner required.
The following design guidelines are selected from the Whole Building Design Guide, a program of the National Institute of Building Sciences:
Maximize wind-induced ventilation by siting the ridge of a building perpendicular to the summer winds
Widths of naturally ventilated zone should be narrow (max 13.7 m [45 feet])
Each room should have two separate supply and exhaust openings. Locate exhaust high above inlet to maximize stack effect. Orient windows across the room and offset from each other to maximize mixing within the room while minimizing the obstructions to airflow within the room.
Window openings should be operable by the occupants
Consider the use of clerestories or vented skylights.
The following design guidelines are selected from the Whole Building Design Guide, a program of the National Institute of Building Sciences:
Maximize wind-induced ventilation by siting the ridge of a building perpendicular to the summer winds
Widths of naturally ventilated zone should be narrow (max 13.7 m [45 feet])
Each room should have two separate supply and exhaust openings. Locate exhaust high above inlet to maximize stack effect. Orient windows across the room and offset from each other to maximize mixing within the room while minimizing the obstructions to airflow within the room.
Window openings should be operable by the occupants
Consider the use of clerestories or vented skylights.
WINTER SUN PATH AND PREVAILING WIND
SUMMER SUN PATH AND PREVAILING WIND
ROUTES AND ACTIVITIES
In terms of major routes of the site, both vehicles as pedestrians and cyclists can be seen that the most traffic is north on Castle Boulevard.
Inside the site the traffic of vehicles is basically the local residents, and there may be from time to time some services (ex garbage collection), making the streets quiet and easily used by pedestrians.
There are not many people who go through these streets, they are practically used only by residents to access their homes and the channel.
At the entrances of streets in almost every corner, there is a commercial establishment, creating nodes of meeting people, leaving the safest space (no longer exists uncertainty about what might be on the other side of the corner to be more movement) and providing more comfort and convenience for local residents.
Inside the site the traffic of vehicles is basically the local residents, and there may be from time to time some services (ex garbage collection), making the streets quiet and easily used by pedestrians.
There are not many people who go through these streets, they are practically used only by residents to access their homes and the channel.
At the entrances of streets in almost every corner, there is a commercial establishment, creating nodes of meeting people, leaving the safest space (no longer exists uncertainty about what might be on the other side of the corner to be more movement) and providing more comfort and convenience for local residents.
MAIN ROUTES AND ACTIVITIES/USES
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