T.K.M.

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, KOLLAM

Department of ARCHITECTURE
JUNE - OCTOBER 2014
Name of Professor: Prof. Nizar. S.A
13AR1304 BUILDING CLIMATOLOGY 2-0-0
Course Objective
1. To provide a broad awareness about the relation between climate and architecture.
2. To enable students to do a systematic study of the site climate in architectural projects.
3. To guide the students towards the design for thermal comfort in various climates.

Class Topic Methods Reason

Climate and Architecture:
1 Introduction to Climate and
weather, need of study (comfort,
sustainability)
Vernacular examples of
2 architecture evolved from climate
Global Climatic Factors: Formation
3 of different climates and seasons
4 globally,
Tilt of the earth’s axis
Earth’s thermal balance, Global
5 BB
wind pattern.
Elements of Climate:
Quantification of elements, units,
6 measurement, data, graphical
7 representation. Sun path diagrams.
Classification of Climates: Different
8
climates around the globe, tropical
9
climates
Climate of Kerala,
10
Monsoon. Macro and micro
11
climate, site climate, urban climate.
12 Class Assignment
13
SERIES TEST 1
14
Used
Explain the importance of climate in design
of built environment and its need of study.
BB
Importance of Comfort and need of
Sustainability
To discuss some major examples of
BB Vernacular architecture evolved by climate
and its characteristic features.
Explain the formation of different climatic
seasons globally and to discuss the features.
BB
Understanding the tilt of earth axis and its
importance.
To discuss the thermal balance of the earth
considering the heat gain and loss
distribution
To understand the global wind pattern and its
importance in climatic design
To understand the different elements of
climate like temperature, humidity, air
BB movement, solar radiation etc, and its
quantification through graphical
representation
Explain the different climates around the
PPT globe with specific emphasis on tropical
clime and its features.
Understanding the features of Kerala climate
and its design features.
Comparative study of monsoon, macro,
micro, site and urban climate.
TUTORIAL Topics covered from class 1-11
 15 Thermal Comfort: Thermal balance Understanding thermal balance of human
16 of the human body, regulatory BB body and its various mechanisms and
17 mechanisms, subjective variables. variables
Explain the various thermal comfort indices
and its study.
18 Thermal comfort indices, effective
Understanding Effective temperature and
19 temperature, corrected effective BB
Corrected effective temperature and its
20 temperature.
applications.

21 Climatic Design: Designing for Study on the characteristic features of

BB
22 different climates, different climates and their built forms
23
Understanding on various Active and passive
24 Active and passive systems. PPT
systems of climatic design and its relevance.
25

26 Explain the various features of built

Shelters for tropical climates. PPT
27 structures in various tropical climate regions,
28
29 Detailed understanding on the various design
Shelter for the climate of Kerala. PPT
30 features shelters in Kerala climate.
31
SERIES TEST 2
32
Course Outcome
The course shall provide a broad awareness on the importance of climatology in architecture shall lay
the foundation for subjects dealing with detailed and more specific aspects related with climate,
comfort, sustainability and passive design which are incorporated in the following semesters.
Contents covered outside the syllabus: Critical appraisal of Climatic responsive design of Traditional
and contemporary buildings

Assignment 1- Group work- 5 marks

A literature study on the various examples of built structures from selected 6 different climatic zones.
Critical appraisal of the climatic design features of these building with selected parameters.
Assignment 2- Class assignment- Individual – 5 marks
The topic will be based on the general awareness related with portions from class 1-11
Assignment 3- Group work- 5 marks
Comparative analysis of a Traditional and Modern buildings from Kerala climate and a critical study
based on selected parameters.