PROJECT 1: CASE STUDY RESEARCH PAPER
TITLE: “THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INCORPORATING GREEN DESIGN FEATURES AS A STRATEGY TO ACHIEVE THERMAL COMFORT IN PJ TRADE CENTRE BUILDING.” PREPARED BY: NUR AIMAN MOHAMAD SHAKIR (0311759)
AREA OF INTEREST: Sustainable Architecture
Passive Design Architectural Elements Tropical Architecture
ISSUES IDENTIFIED:
SOURCE: http://www.geographypods.com/35-environmental-risks-and-benefits.html
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INCORPORATING GREEN DESIGN FEATURES AS A STRATEGY TO ACHIEVE THERMAL COMFORT IN PJ TRADE CENTRE BUILDING
• GREEN DESIGN or GREEN ARCHITECTURE: An approach to build the building that minimizes harmful effects on human health and environment.
• GREEN DESIGN FEATURES: The features that have been incorporated in the Green Building Design to ensure that the building is more sustainable and consume less energy resources for its functioning.
Concept Mapping: DESIGN AIMS:
PASSIVE DESIGN PJ TRADE CENTRE
GREEN DESIGN FEATURES
THERMAL COMFORT FACTORS
COOLING PURPOSE
OPEN SPACE: CROSS VENTILATION
TYPE OF MATERIALS USED: RED MUD OVERBURNT BRICKS, CONCRETE VENT BLOCKS, FAIRFACED CONCRETE
VEGETATION: (LANDSCAPE) PLAZA, SKY TERRACE AND SKY GARDEN
TO ACHIEVE THERMAL COMFORT
RESEARCH QUESTIONS • Q1: What are the characteristics of Green Design Features? • Q2: What are the factors that affect thermal comforts in the building itself?
• Q3: What was the design intention of PJ Trade Centre? • Q4: Why and how the Green Design Features incorporated in the PJ Trade Centre building design? • Q5: How does Green Design Features act as a solution to improve the thermal comforts inside of the PJ Trade Centre building?
Q1: What are the characteristics of Green Design Features? Malaysia • Tropical Rainforest Climate • Categorized as equatorial with the hot and humid climate throughout the year. • The characteristics should help the building in Malaysia to achieve cooling inside of the building. The characteristics should be: 1) 2) 3) 4)
Ventilation systems designed for efficient heating and cooling. Minimal harm to natural habitat Local materials- obtained woods and stones. Efficient use of space
Q2: What are the factors that affect thermal comforts in the building itself?
SOURCE: http://www.ambiclimate.com/blog/2014/10/15/six-factors-that-impactyour-thermal-comfort
Q3: What was the design intentions of PJ Trade Centre? “ With PJTC, the idea was to offer a new paradigm for office development. It is based on the use of simple local materials and local construction methods to create an office development that is suited to the local culture, climate and context.� The building should be environmentally-friendly and energy-efficient, minimizing the use of air-conditioning. It should stress simplicity and design economy, as well as have a strong connection to nature. It should also be low maintenance and be able to weather gracefully.
SOURCE: http://www.tujuangemilang.com/pj-trade-centre.html
Q4: Why and how the Green Design Features incorporated in the PJ Trade Centre building design? Why? Due to the hot climate in Malaysia, the building needs the Green Design Features to ensure there is a natural cooling in the building in order to achieve thermal comfort for user needs.
VEGETATION
MATERIALS USED
OPEN SPACE
How?
Q5: How does Green Design Features act as a solution to improve the thermal comforts inside of the PJ Trade Centre building? 1) OPEN SPACE
Wire Mesh Floor
Passage (outdoor)
Doors at the entrance
Have a lot of open spaces to allow the cross ventilation to go to each spaces thus provides cooling in the building.
2) LOCAL BUILDING MATERIALS
Concrete Vent Blocks
Red Mud Over-Burnt Bricks
Fair-faced Concrete
Concrete and Red Mud Over-Burnt Brick (raw materials) good in resist the transfer heat (thermal insulation). Therefore, the cooling inside of the building can be preserved and sustained.
3) VEGETATION
Tree in between the space
Plants and Moss on the walls
Sky Garden
Trees at the Plaza area
Plants and trees produce oxygen. A lot of oxygen can gives cooling in the space.
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