Riyadh - School of Architecture

Design Concept &Environmental StrategiesLam Sui San 1155015734Playground with palm treesPalm trees are adapted to the arid environment.The planting of a line of palm trees next to the playground provides shading forstudents and also facilitates evaporative cooling.Central courtyard with water body and vegetationThe arrangement of the central courtyard is possible for facilitatingventilation for the school.Air gains moisture and cools while passing through the vegetation andwater body.The temperature of the courtyard can be lower by certain degree Celsiusand also benefit to the adjacent rooms when the air flows in.Also, the palm trees in the courtyard provide shading.Covered passwayThe covered passwayconnected two majormasses and along theinward-facing facades givesshading to students andstaff.People can walk along theschool without being heatby the intense sunlight .Refernce:Green Buildings - The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy - Explore (2010). Retrieved March 23,2013 from http://ncict.net/Explore/HotDry.aspxThermal mass - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2013). Retrieved March 23, 2013 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_massClimate Responsive Building - Appropriate Building Construction in Tropical and Subtropical Regions3. Design rules 3.2 Design for hot-arid zones, Retrieved March 25, 2013 from http://collections.infocollections.org/ukedu/en/d/Jsk02ce/3.3.htmlNatural ventilation cross ventilation (2011). Retrieved March 25, 2013 from http://www.architecture.com/SustainabilityHub/Designstrategies/Air/1-2-1-3-naturalventilation-crossventilation.aspxPassive Cooling Systems for Hot-Arid Climate in Islamic Iranian Architecture Seyed Morteza Moossavi- Academia.edu (2013). Retrieved March 25, 2013 from http://www.academia.edu/1710606/Passive_Cooling_Systems_for_Hot-Arid_Climate_in_Islamic_Iranian_Architecture