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If we have any architecture buffs here, I’d love a starting point for learning more about climate specific architectural design (that doesn’t center around acti

• jazzyjackson 5y ago
  Check out the wind catchers or wind-towers (burj al hawwa) of Iran [0], as well as Qatar [1] <- some helpful diagrams Jaali is the latticework that at first glance is merely decorative but is in fact functional, see this paper [2]: "Different names- Takhrima in Yemen, Shanashil or Roshan in Iraq and Saudi Arabia, with differences in design, materials, etc., calls them but the function remained the same as a climate control tool in the harsh deserts." [0] https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20180926-an-ancient-engineering-feat-that-harnessed-the-wind https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20180926-an-ancient-engin... [1] https://www.iloveqatar.net/guide/places/traditional-air-conditioning-cooling-in-doha-qatar https://www.iloveqatar.net/guide/places/traditional-air-cond... [2] https://ijseas.com/volume2/v2i2/ijseas20160211.pdf https://ijseas.com/volume2/v2i2/ijseas20160211.pdf