I was wondering if someone could help me I'm a student studying architecture, my site is in the centre of a dense urban block, and my proposal consists of the erection of three separate buildings with the main focus being on a central public space.
I have heard of a process of cooling an external space naturally through a method of a COOLING PIT, however I am unable to find any information that relates to this is there anyone that could help me with my research?
not sure what a "cooling pit" is, but i would assume that it has to do with evaporative cooling, so try googling that... by the way, evaporative cooling really only works well in warm, dry climates...
Looked into "natural" geothermal cooling in the middle east at one point. Basically using the "constant temperature" of the soil to cool buildings using wind to suck air out from below: you'll need a lot of mass and extended heat exchange time to make it work well.
Environmnetal Stratedies for an Urban Block
Hi all,
I was wondering if someone could help me I'm a student studying architecture, my site is in the centre of a dense urban block, and my proposal consists of the erection of three separate buildings with the main focus being on a central public space.
I have heard of a process of cooling an external space naturally through a method of a COOLING PIT, however I am unable to find any information that relates to this is there anyone that could help me with my research?
Any help with this would be appreciated.
Thank you
Tim
not sure what a "cooling pit" is, but i would assume that it has to do with evaporative cooling, so try googling that... by the way, evaporative cooling really only works well in warm, dry climates...
it's basically an outdoor cool tower in a sunken area...only seen it done once..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windcatcher
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_chimney
http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/28/world/asia/ancient-air-conditioning-architecture/index.html
this is the one i was looking for
http://www.cais-soas.com/CAIS/Architecture/wind.htm
Looked into "natural" geothermal cooling in the middle east at one point. Basically using the "constant temperature" of the soil to cool buildings using wind to suck air out from below: you'll need a lot of mass and extended heat exchange time to make it work well.
Hello everyone,
Thank you for the comments they are fantastic and very helpful with some good examples, you have all really helped me out.
tim
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