Natural ventilation around open round floors with pilotis in high-rise residential buildings in tropical areas: harmonization of modern and traditional housing in tropical areas

• Main Authors: Sapian, Abdul Razak, Abdul Majid, Noor Hanita, Hokoi, Shuichi
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: Mukogawa Women's University Press 2012
• Subjects: NA1 General
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/31352/1/iaSU2012_Proceedings_406.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/31352/2/SC011_full%5B1%5D.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/31352/3/iaSU_proceedings_front.jpg; http://irep.iium.edu.my/31352/

In this paper, we propose using pilotis in tropical urban areas to harmonize the benefits of modern and traditional housing. The thermal and airflow conditions of a building that has pilotis are compared with those of a building that does not have pilotis, and we examine how the thermal and airflow...