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Título del libro: Proceedings Of 33rd Plea International Conference: Design To Thrive, Plea 2017
Título del capítulo: The proportion of "zaguán" in thermal performance of traditional courtyard houses of Colima City, México

Autores UNAM:
JORGE ARMANDO OJEDA SANCHEZ;
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Año de publicación:
2017
Palabras clave:

Computer software; Houses; Airflow patterns; Climatic regions; Different proportions; Hot humid climate; Thermal Performance; Traditional buildings; Traditional house; Transitional spaces; Architectural design


Resumen:

Achieve passive cooling in buildings is a challenge in tropical climatic regions. Therefore, a naturally ventilated courtyard could be a desirable strategy for a location with hot humid climate like Colima city in México. For this strategy to work properly, the building design composition should enhance appropriate airflow patterns to the courtyard. The zaguán, in traditional high mass courtyard houses, is a transitional space that serves as an entry for the house and since its regularly open it enables wind airflow between the street and the courtyard. It is worth mentioning that in this region, transitional spaces have been adapted to its environment so they can function both, as living and circulation spaces and as regulating device for other spaces in the house. For this reason, the zaguàn could be used as a living space that can induce and control the outdoor airflow into indoor spaces. The aim of this research is to study not only the thermal performance and ventilation conditions in the zaguán as a function of its proportions, but also the influence of this transition space in the immediate spaces of the house. This study first provides a characterization of the zaguàn in the traditional buildings of Colima including the results of a monitoring carried out in one of the case studies. Then zaguanes with different proportions found in the traditional houses of Colima are compared by computer simulation (CFD) with Design Builder® software in order to identify the ones that have better thermal performance and airflow rates. Finally, results are discussed among the different cases. © Copyright 2017 NCEUB.


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