Building Science

Building Science Project 1

“Case Study: Proposing Building Design Strategies”

 

 

In a group of 5-6, under the guidance of an assigned tutor. During the course of 10 weeks, we are tasked with selecting, studying, analysing, calculating and then presenting two A3 sized presentation boards of our findings.

 

This total project holds an accumulative score of 40% of our final marks.

 

 

The objectives of this project include the ability to:

• To identify and define the principles of heat transfer in relation to building and people

• To understand what is thermal comfort and discuss factors relating to thermal comfort

• To analyse the effect of thermal comfort factors in a person and in a space

• To be able to criticize design of the space in terms of thermal comfort by referring to MS1525 , UBBL, GBI standards.

 

 

The task is to:

• Choose a building that would showcase the basic building design for thermal comfort. Record and analyse the existing condition in terms of thermal comfort of the interior directly affected by the basic building design.

 

• Have a thorough research on the basic design strategies and existing thermal comfort level and environmental factors affecting it. Document all environmental factors (4) for a day and average for a year.

 

• Propose a passive design and elaborate the principles, strategies and details needed to perform best in tropical climate in order to achieve thermal comfort in this building/space

 

• Prove with appropriate methods such as the fact that heat gain is reduced through calculations of before and after

 

• Conclude your findings with photograph/sketches of the interior ambiances and outline the thermal comfort of before and after

 

• Explicitly detail visuals and narrate strategies that accompany this design feature

 

• 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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We decide to study a 3 story house located in Tamn Putri Jaya, Cheras.​

Here are the research and strategies that we have studied and came out with:

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