PROJECT 1 - BASIC BUILDING DESIGN STRATEGIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Record and analyse the existing condition in terms of thermal comfort of the interior directly affected by the basic building design.

​Research should contain the following:
a. Building Introduction (images, pictures, diagrams, drawings and description)
b. Site analysis; micro (wind, sun, topography, etc.)
c. Concept and analysis of buildings basic design strategies and proposed passive design strategy.
d. A proposal to achieve thermal comfort in the chosen space/building, elaborate design features with details, the effect on thermal comfort and importance of it.
e. Appropriate visuals and diagrams (tables, charts, etc.) with appropriate referencing and citation where applicable.

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In this project, we, in groups of six, were to select a building that exhibits shortcomings in regards to thermal comfort. We chose one of our teammate's house, as she has frequently complained about the enormous heat gain, electricity bill and poor air ventilation. With this, we were to study the cause of these issues, as well as propose a new a design featuring environmentally sustainable strategies and techniques in order to combat those difficiencies. We also did the calculations for both before and after the proposed changes, and thus show how big of an improvement the our design was.

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I modelled the existing building and proposed design along with all of its material data in Autodesk Revit, and using the Ecotect analysis tools built into the programme, produced many of the energy consumption data that proved, alongside calculations done manually by my teammates, that our proposed design solution was far superior in terms of energy efficiency, thermal comfort and ventilation compared to the original bungalow design.