ISBN: 0582445469
Godina izdanja: 1974
Oblast: Arhitektura
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

Otto H. Koenigsberger - Manual of Tropical Housing and Building: Climatic Design Part I
Longman, 1974
320 str.
meki povez
stanje: vrlo dobro, potpis na prvoj strani, beleške na par strana.

Shadow angle protractor in pocket.
illustrations, map, plans ; 26 cm

Designed as a textbook for students of architecture, housing, environmental design and climate control in tropical countries, this book deals with the theory of climatic design and shows how practical solutions are derived from theoretical understanding.

Table of Content
List of figures List of symbols Preface and acknowledgements Introduction 1. Climate: The given conditions 1.1. Global climate factors 1.2. Elements of climates 1.3. Classification of tropical climates 1.4. Site climate 2. Comfort: The desirable conditions 2.1. Thermal comfort factors 2.2. Thermal comfort indices 2.3. Effective temperature – its uses 3. Principles of thermal design 3.1. Thermal quantities 3.2. Heat exchange of buildings 3.3. Periodic heat flow 4. Means of thermal control 4.1. Mechanical controls 4.2. Structural controls 4.3. Ventilation and air environment 5. Light and lighting 5.1. Light: principles 5.2. Daylighting 5.3. Prediction techniques 6. Noise and noise control 6.1. Sound: principles 6.2. Noise control 6.3. Noise problem in the tropics 7. Application 7.1. Shelter for hot-dry climates 7.2. Shelter for warm-humid climates 7.3. Shelter for composite climates 7.4. Shelter for tropical upland climates 8. Design aids 8.1. Forward analysis stage 8.2. Plan development stage 8.3. Element design stage 8.4. Models and analogues 9. Bibliography 10. Appendices Index

The United Nations estimate the urban housing needs of the developing countries to be more than 20 million units a year. Almost all developing countries have tropical climates.
The villagers of tropical countries have known for centuries how to construct buildings that were suited to hot climates and satisfied their social needs.
Unfortunately, their traditional skills and materials are not adaptable to urban conditions - nor does it help to copy the town houses of Western cities. In fact, the copying of foreign house patterns has done untold harm to the people of the tropics.
New methods of tropical house design have been developed in the last twenty years. There is an urgent need for these methods to be assembled, assessed and presented for practical use.
The Manual of Tropical Housing is designed as a textbook for students of architecture, housing. environmental design and climate control in tropical countries. It will serve also as a reference work for practitioners and as a guide for developers and investors.
The Manual deals with the theory of climatic design and shows how practical solutions are derived from theoretical understanding. The analysis begins with the effect of climate on the human body and mind and on human working and living patterns. This is followed by the review of the technical means of protecting the human body from climatic extremes and advice on the choice and combination of such means for different types of tropical climates. The climatic analysis is related to different stages of the design process. Decision aids and design tools for the practitioner are given in appendices. Readers are assumed to have some elementary knowledge of building design and construction in their own countries.

The Authors
Professor O. H. Koenigsberger, Dr.Ing., R.I.B.A., is head of the Development Planning Unit, School of Environmental Studies, University College, London. He was Housing Adviser to the U.N. Economic Commission for Africa, Director of Housing. Government of India, and consultant to numerous developing countries.
T. G. Ingersoll was Deputy Head of the Department of Tropical Studies of the Architectural Association, London, and of the Housing Research Unit, University of Science and Technology, Ghana.
Alan Mayhew, A.R.I.B.A., is Director of Development, University of Cape Coast, Ghana, and was earlier Deputy Head of the Department of Tropical Studies at the Architectural Association, London.
S. V. Szokolay, Dip. Arch. (A.S.T.C.). M.Arch., A.R.I.B.A., F.R.A.I.A., is Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science, Department of Architecture, Polytechnic of Central London. He studied in Australia, taught at the University College, Nairobi, and Liverpool University, and is an authority on climatic design in tropical uplands.

Otto H. Königsberger (13 October 1908 – 3 January 1999) was a German architect who worked mainly in urban development planning in Africa, Asia and Latin America, with the United Nations.


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