Investigating Sustainability of the Traditional Courtyard Houses Using Deep Beauty Framework

Sustainability

Munazzah Akhtar¹  Sarah Javed Shah¹  Rabia Ahmed Qureshi¹  Wasim Abbass²  Abdullah Mohamed³ 

[1] Department of Architecture, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore 39161, Pakistan;Department of Civil Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore 39161, Pakistan;Research Centre, Future University in Egypt, New Cairo 11835, Egypt;

关键词: energy crisis;    sustainable architecture;    traditional architecture;    courtyard;    sense of place;    biophilic design;   

DOI  :  10.3390/su14116894

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

In Pakistan, power outages have become frequent over the past two decades, due to a continuing energy crisis. Reliance on machines for thermal comfort of buildings has led to high energy demands of the increasing population. The negative impacts of artificial environments have, also, diminished the sense of place, biophilia and cultural values. Moreover, globalization has standardized the built environments, causing a lack of regional identity and an absence of climate sensitivity in design. Keeping all these issues in focus, this article re-examines the fundamental aspects of traditional architecture and aims to stimulate architects and designers to create sustainable and life-enriching designs, which are appropriate for contemporary times. In this research, the first two levels of Deep Beauty (functional and typological) are used, as a conceptual framework for sustainable design, to analyse a representative of a traditional courtyard house. In conjunction with the theoretical underpinnings of the Deep Beauty framework, the analysis utilizes photographs, drawings, and diagrams to support the arguments. The research shows that the traditional courtyard house possesses numerous attributes of sustainable design, which can be incorporated into contemporary house design.

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