Designing Low Cost Retrofitting Ventilation Solutions for Informal Settlements
Subject
Climatology
,Housing
,Materials & Methods in Building Construction
,Academic Year
3'rd Year
,Complexity Level
Intermediate
,Content tags
Informal Settlements
,Mechanical Ventilation
,Passive Design Strategies
,Activity Type
Field Visit
,Activity duration
< 1 hour
,Objective:
To design retrofit solutions of passive cooling by using low cost materials in houses of an informal settlement
Outcome:
Students will be equipped with retrofitting solutions to an existing space. Students will be sensitized to the thermal comfort issues in Informal settlements.
Requirements:
Laptop, selected Informal settlement
Prerequisites:
Identify an Informal settlement, prior visit to the settlement.
This activity/minor project can be integrated along with the housing design studio while visiting and studying Informal settlements.
Procedure:
Step 1 : Students visit an Informal settlement and study and observe 5-6 different houses (of different types, scale, floors, etc.) which have ventilation and thermal stress issues.
Step 2: They design low-cost retrofit passive solutions to improve ventilation within the space
Step 3: By making some digital models (or physical models) they can test it on an online or on ground
Step 4 : Share the learnings and design with the community in Informal settlements.
References:
None