Environment
Architecture
in the
Far East
Wood
Bamboo
Wicker
Simple
materials
adapted to
climate
locally available
low cost
Building for local Environment
Available •
locally
Sustainable •
Cheap •
Adapted to •
climate
design for local climate
Building new in traditional style
Developing building
skills & details
Use of local •
Vegetation in •
Shading and •
cooling
Environmental building: form and shape
Hot, humid,
heavy rainfall
climate required
efficient thermal
insulation
materials,
Sloping roofs
lifting the building
on columns to
avoid floods
Environmental adapted Building
form and shape
Similar features •
Of roofs, •
materials
Lifted on •
columns
Adapting building form and shape to local
materials, climate and user traditions
Cool
shaded
areas
under the
building
allows air
flow
Development of local environmental architecture
Keeping form
Main elements
New design
ideas
Material
Modern buildings in local environment
design
Analysis of elements affecting
environmental building design
Climate •
building materials •
Space planning •
Construction methods •
Local skills •
Outdoor space •
Local plants •
Architecture in cold climates
Harsh cold climate
Cold resistance materials
Wood •
Steep roof
Wood structure •
Bricks •
Small windows •
Building in cold climates
Brick and •
wood
structure
Chimneys
Narrow roads
Colorful
Row housing in Denmark
Reduce external •
walls and
exposure to cold
weather
Colorful houses Scandinavian architecture
Trondheim city in Norway
Distinguished traditional roofing style
modern architecture in cold environment
traditional architecture in cold regions
Small
steep
Roofs
Roof tiles
Steep roof allows •
space for attic which
provides thermal
insulation for ceilings
Roof openings •
Modern environmental architecture
steep Small
Roofs
Left up from
cold snow
A steep demonstration of roofs
England architecture
Bricks & stone •
Sloppy Roofs •
chimneys
How did the environmental architecture •
styles, forms and shapes in dry hot climates
.continue to exist and develop? Give examples
Environmental shelters in Africa
Shelter design hot dry environment in
Africa- Sudan
materials •
local skills •
environmentally •
Adapted •
Somba House, Benin, West Africa
Building with mud - Mali
Modern mud houses in Africa
museum -Marrakesh
Colorful decorated elevations
House in Nigeria
Modern house
environmental architecture in Africa
Local climate and construction methods
Building on slops
rocky environment
Materials •
Color •
Circulation •
Scale and form •
Leveling •
Terracing •
building with topography
colors and materials
Traditional colors in modern
environmental design
Traditional colors on exterior walls
Building with local skills
New mud houses in Ghana
Modern colorful mud construction
Environmentally adapted shelters
Vernacular
environmental
architecture
Traditional
building skills
Building with available materials
with local skills
Scale of shelters
hot climate
large volume •
interior
top ventilation •
Vegetation
Local Building skills
Traditional material •
Skills •
Mud brick making
Making mud bricks of clay and Straw
Training for natural building
Building with local materials and
local skills
Selection of suitable earth for building
traditional experience and knowledge
Building family house by the family
Modern mud brick building
Modern buildings with mud bricks
Clay bricks affordable building
Environmental and climate adapted
buildings
Building with local materials •
Using local skills and traditions •
Adapting to site topography in form and scale •
and circulation patterns
Adapting to climate- temperatures and rainfall •