Performative In Local Architecture, Marshes As A Model

  • Munaf Adnan Talib Department of Architecture,University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq
  • Zaynab Radi Abaas Department of Architecture,University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq
Keywords: performance, simulation, computer modeling, thermal comfort, marshes

Abstract

Building performance represents the most important factors for the successfulness and evaluation of
buildings efficiency in meeting the requirements, expectations, and acceptance of the inhabitants. As a result, it
indicates the success or failure of the architectural design experiment in the building. The research deals with the
most important aspects of the performance and factors affecting the efficiency of the building, highlighting the
indicators of thermal comfort assessment and types of standards and the most important software used in. Thus the
research focuses on the possibilities of performance simulation programs in raising the standard of living and try to
reduce the gap between the technological developed world and the local experience, through the development of a
computer model which simulate the local environment. The aim is introducing the possibilities of simulation
computer models to help in providing a better environment according to thermal comfort standards of the building’s
occupancy. The experimental method came in three levels, the analytical level (to analyze the case study), the
standard level (to return the results from the previous level to a benchmark manual for comparison), and the design
level (to propose design alternatives to solve the problems derived from the previous two levels). The use of programs such as Rhino, Grasshopper, RayMan, leads to perform a specific function in the simulation process
according to each level of application. The most important outputs of the research are the great effeteness of the
architectural form on temperature change and thus access thermal comfort by comparing the basic form in addition to
five other design alternatives. Additionally, the total radiation temperature varied each time, thus varying the degree
of thermal comfort. The optimal shape was selected from the range of models as the closest one to the human thermal
comfort zone.

Published
2020-06-30
How to Cite
Talib, M., & Abaas, Z. (2020). Performative In Local Architecture, Marshes As A Model. Association of Arab Universities Journal of Engineering Sciences, 27(2), 94-121. https://doi.org/10.33261/jaaru.2020.27.2.010
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