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> Few(???) architects and zero builders seem to understand light/wind/circulation like people apparently intuitively did 200 years ago. You might be better off
by pbowyer 7y ago
> Few(???) architects and zero builders seem to understand light/wind/circulation like people apparently intuitively did 200 years ago. You might be better off with the average curious engineer designing a house after reading a couple books than the average architect.
Any book recommendations, especially around wind/circulation?
- simonsarris 7y agoNone of that specifically but read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windcatcher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windcatcher I realized that the cupola on my 1840's house growing up, this was it's function. Wind pulls air through, which pulls air up into the attic, which cools the first and second floors. Then read The Timeless Way of Building and perhaps A Pattern Language Then Get Your House Right, or a condensed (...in a way) version is Drawing for Architecture by Krier. Hmm there are probably others I cannot recall right now, but those are a great start.