Paper title: |
Designing Eco Adaptable Residence in a Hot & Humid Climate, in Kolkata, India |
Authors: |
Dutt, Florina; Das, Subhajit |
Summary: |
The research paper outlines the novel design methodology undertaken to redesign an existing apartment building in Kolkata India. The aim of the research is to significantly improve the design of the individual apartments as well as their spatial arrangement to enhance the indoor comfort level experienced by the inhabitants. The initial in-depth study of the existing design of the apartment building encompasses a short survey of the comfort level experienced by its inhabitants in terms of day lighting, natural ventilation and thermal comfort. The survey revealed the way in which these issues affected the behavioral pattern of the inhabitants in rearranging their spatial needs for the given design conditions. Consequently, the endeavor proposed promised to significantly improve the aforesaid areas of problem & discomfort for the building occupants. At the same time, exploiting contemporary computational simulation tools and digital three-dimensional modeling techniques the project leverages the same to prove the improvements proposed by research data in the form of scientific & mathematical tables and values. |
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Year of publication: |
2012 |
Keywords: |
Sustainable Design; Solar Architecture; Wind Tunnel Test; Eco Adaptable Housing |
Series: |
CUMINCADes:SIGRADI |
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Citation: |
Dutt, Florina; Das, Subhajit (2012).
Designing Eco Adaptable Residence in a Hot & Humid Climate, in Kolkata, India. SIGraDi 2012 [Proceedings of the 16th Iberoamerican Congress of Digital Graphics] Brasil - Fortaleza 13-16 November 2012, pp. 509-512,
http://itc.scix.net/paper/sigradi2012_130
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