Form follows climate
A naturally air-conditioned elderly community in Heerlen
X. Zheng (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
A. Snijders – Mentor (TU Delft - Architectural Engineering)
R.R.J. van de Pas – Mentor (TU Delft - Architectural Engineering)
E.J. van der Zaag – Mentor (TU Delft - Design of Constrution)
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Abstract
The project is an elderly housing in Heerlen, the Netherlands. Since the elderly are vulnerable to climate change, It's aimed to offer them more options of social interaction by providing suitable climate for different functions. The rich climate hierarchy corresponding to spatial hierarchy is the key. Instead of common interior and exterior difference, more hierarchies of climate are created in both indoor and outdoor space. The natural air-conditioning system Earth,Wind and Fire and its principle are applior social interactioned for interior, and wind shelter effect is utilized for exterior space. As a result, elderly can always find their own comfortable zone in this building.