TAAE -06 TROPICAL ARCHITECTURE – WEEK 8

COMFORT REQUIREMENTS IN TROPICAL BUILDING

TRI HARSO KARYONO

COMFORT REQUIREMENTS
IN TROPICAL BUILDING
TROPICAL ARCHITECTURE-TRI

● COMFORT: PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL ASPECTS

● PSYCHOLOGICAL COMFORT IS SUBJECTIVE AND
QUALITATIVE, IT IS NOT MEASURABLE
● THE PHYSICAL COMFORTS, IS UNIVERSAL AND
QUANTITATIVELY MEASURABLE , CONSISTS OF SPATIAL
COMFORT, VISUAL COMFORT, AUDITORIA COMFORT, AND
THERMAL COMFORT
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COMFORT REQUIREMENTS IN TROPICAL BUILDING
TRI HARSO KARYONO

● COMFORT CONSISTS OF
PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL
MATTERS THAT AFFECT HUMAN BEINGS.
TROPICAL ARCHITECTURE-TRI

● PSYCHOLOGICAL COMFORT CONCERNS

THE QUALITATIVE VALUE OF HUMAN
FEELING WHEN RECEIVING STIMULATION,
SUCH AS WATCHING FILMS, LISTENING
NEWS OR MUSIC FROM THE RADIO, ETC.
THERE WILL BE HAPPINESS, SADNESS,
THE SENSE OF SECURE, OF LOVE, ETC.
WHICH AFFECT THE DEGREE OF HUMAN
PSYCHOLOGICAL COMFORT. THIS TYPE
OF COMFORT IS NOT MEASURABLE
QUANTITATIVELY.
● ON THE OTHER HAND, THE PHYSICAL
COMFORTS, CONSISTS OF SPATIAL
COMFORT, VISUAL COMFORT, AUDITORIA
COMFORT, AND THERMAL COMFORT, IS
QUANTITATIVELY, OR QUASI-
QUANTITATIVELY MEASURABLE
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COMFORT REQUIREMENTS IN TROPICAL BUILDING
TRI HARSO KARYONO

PHYSIOLOGICAL COMFORT
TROPICAL ARCHITECTURE-TRI

PSYCHOLOGICAL
COMFORT
RELATED TO THE
NEED OF HUMAN
BEING TOWARDS
SAFETY,
COMFORTABLE,
HAPPINES, ETC.
THIS TYPE OF
COMFORT IS
QUALITATIF,
SUBJECTIVE AND
NOT MEASURABLE
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COMFORT REQUIREMENTS IN TROPICAL BUILDING
TRI HARSO KARYONO

PHYSICAL COMFORT
TROPICAL ARCHITECTURE-TRI

● SPATIAL COMFORT (M, M2, M3)

● THERMAL COMFORT (OC)
● VISUAL COMFORT (LUX, light
levels/illuminance: the amount of
light falling on a surface)
● AUDITORIA COMFORT (DB,
sound levels)
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COMFORT REQUIREMENTS IN TROPICAL BUILDING
TRI HARSO KARYONO

SPATIAL COMFORT
● SPATIAL COMFORT
TROPICAL ARCHITECTURE-TRI

RELATES TO THE
ENCLOSURE SPACE
DIMENSIONS
● IT EXPRESSES IN THE UNIT
OF METER (M), SQUARE
METER (M3) OR CUBIC
METER (M3)
● IT RELATES TO THE HUMAN
DIMENSION
(ANTHROPOMETRY) AND
THE HUMAN BODILY
MOVEMENT SPACES
(ERGONOMIC)
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COMFORT REQUIREMENTS IN TROPICAL BUILDING
TRI HARSO KARYONO

HUMAN DIMENSION
TROPICAL ARCHITECTURE-TRI
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COMFORT REQUIREMENTS IN TROPICAL BUILDING
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DINING SPACES
TROPICAL ARCHITECTURE-TRI
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COMFORT REQUIREMENTS IN TROPICAL BUILDING
TRI HARSO KARYONO

DISCUSSIONS
TROPICAL ARCHITECTURE-TRI

Each student is asked to describe the previous

materials given in the lecture
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COMFORT REQUIREMENTS IN TROPICAL BUILDING
TRI HARSO KARYONO

ASSIGNMENT WEEK-8
TROPICAL ARCHITECTURE-TRI

1. Write on a paper (s) what you have heard and

learned from today’s lecture
2. You can describe things you want to say from the
following items (next page) or you can make your
own opinion
3. After finishing your writing, you are given a chance
to explain (orally) about what you have written
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COMFORT REQUIREMENTS IN TROPICAL BUILDING
TRI HARSO KARYONO

COMFORT REQUIREMENTS
IN TROPICAL BUILDING
TROPICAL ARCHITECTURE-TRI

● COMFORT: PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL ASPECTS

● PSYCHOLOGICAL COMFORT IS SUBJECTIVE AND
QUALITATIVE
● THE PHYSICAL COMFORTS, IS UNIVERSAL AND
QUANTITATIVELY MEASURABLE , CONSISTS OF SPATIAL
COMFORT, VISUAL COMFORT, AUDITORIA COMFORT, AND
THERMAL COMFORT