LOCATION:MALAYSIA

CLIMATE: WARM HUMID EQUATORIAL

• LATITUDE-1° AND 7° NORTH

• LONGITUDE- 100° AND 140° EAST

• AVERAGE RAINFALL- 250 TO300CM

 • House built on stilts-to catch wind at
• SERAMBI – public
higher velocity
• RUMAH IBU – semi private
• Minimum partition in the interior-
• DAPUR- private
allows easy passage of air
• Full length openable windows- cross
ventilation
• Gable end of the roof – to trap air
• Large roof overhangs – to reduce glare
• Framed construction
 BUILDING MATERIALS
• Light weight construction of
wood- holds light heat and cools VEGETATION:
at night
• Modern house-bricks ,concrete • Use of coconut
,tiles-discomfort trees-provides
good shade
LAYOUT: ,also blocks the
• Randomly passage of
arranged winds

VENTILATION OF ROOF SPACES:

CROSS VENTILATION:
• Elongated open plan-
• Provision of ventilating joints
allow easy passage of
and panels in roof
air
• Houses –insulated by trapped
air instead being ventilated
WIND VELOCITY GRADIENT: ORIENTATION:

• Oriented to face
Mecca (east -west
direction)
• East west –minimal
areas exposed to
• Houses on stilts capture winds of solar radiation
higher velocity

VENTILATION AT BODY LEVEL:

• Full length openable
windows and doors at
boy level –allows
ventilation