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Tianqi Yu, Xiaoqi Zhan, Zichu Tian and Daoru Wang
The quality of residential buildings in old urban areas of Beijing is known to be inconsistent, prompting numerous urban renewal projects in the city. This research investigates how building space impacts energy usage and daylighting in courtyard areas o...
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Zhiqing Zhao, Siyi Zhang and Yizhan Peng
In ancient Chinese architecture, Feng Shui was a prevalent practice used to enhance the built environment. This study utilized computer simulation techniques to assess the effectiveness of Long?Hu Sand layout Feng Shui in the Bailudong Academy complex in...
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Victoria Patricia López-Cabeza, Eduardo Diz-Mellado, Carlos Alberto Rivera-Gómez and Carmen Galán-Marín
Outdoor comfort is gaining attention in the design of our cities to face the current context of rising temperatures. Although simulation is required to inform the early design stage of projects considering outdoor space and strategies to improve their th...
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Mohammad Taleghani
Air pollution causes millions of mortalities and morbidities in large cities. Different mitigation strategies are being investigated to alleviate the negative impacts of different pollutants on people. Designing proper urban forms is one of the least stu...
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Diego Simal Aceves
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The purpose of this work is to analyze, following sustainability parameters, a Corrala-type building of vernacular architecture located on Calle del Escorial 26 (Madrid) in order to then be able to compare it with a contemporary building that bases its d...
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Xingbo Yao, Shuo Han and Bart Julien Dewancker
China?s rural houses are mostly courtyard-style independent houses. Such houses have certain characteristics, e.g., small mutual influences between houses, strong transformation flexibility, and an easier approach to using the natural environment to deve...
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Mina Zolfagharkhani and Michael J. Ostwald
An important ?architectural type? in Iranian history is the Yazd courtyard house. This historic building type features a walled boundary that contains a complex pattern of open (to the sky), semi-enclosed and enclosed spaces. The planning of the courtyar...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of building microclimate on the indoor thermal environment of traditional Japanese houses, focusing especially on the shading effect of trees as well as the cooling effect of spraying water. Basica...
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Abdulbasit Almhafdy,Norhati Ibrahim,Sabarinah Sh Ahmad
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The courtyard is an architectural design element often regarded as microclimate modifiers. It has the potential of improving comfort conditions within the outdoor courtyard space and the enclosing indoor spaces. Harnessing the optimum benefits of c...
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Lobna Hassan Ali Hassan Elgheriani,Parid Wardi,AbdulBasit Ali Ali Ahmed
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Natural ventilation is an effectual passive design approach to create a better indoor thermal condition as well as energy efficiency. The primary goal of building design is providing a healthy and comfortable indoor environment titled as sustainable arch...
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