What is the best orientation of buildings in hot and humid countries?

Hi,guys!I am dealing with my final year project and need to design the best orientation of buildings using grasshopper..anyone can help me??Thanks for ur help guys!

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Permalink Reply by Vicente Soler on March 14, 2012 at 2:13pm

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Permalink Reply by Vicente Soler on March 14, 2012 at 2:34pm

No, this is more fun.

Unless you are singing Abba you should've never used that word.

Permalink Reply by Michelle on March 14, 2012 at 7:09pm

Haha..sorry for misunderstanding. By the way Nick,do u have any grasshopper's scripting about buildings which can be shared with me? For example the scripting to build an simple apartment? I seriously need some references for my final year project and am newbie in Grasshopper =( Any help is very much appreciated!

Permalink Reply by michael sprinzl on March 14, 2012 at 11:25am

South or North Pole depends where you are. So if you are in the nothern hemnisphere.

Beadroom in the NorthEast for good morning sun.

Livingroom in the South-West for good evening sun after a long working day.....

Permalink Reply by Mateusz Zwierzycki on March 14, 2012 at 2:12pm

It would be better if Earth was flat rather then geoid.

Permalink Reply by Nick on March 14, 2012 at 2:19pm

Excuse my ignorance, but meaning?

Permalink Reply by Mateusz Zwierzycki on March 14, 2012 at 8:58pm

I cant transpose my mind to south-hemisphere-orientation.

Permalink Reply by Michelle on March 14, 2012 at 7:00pm

Thanks michael!! How if the buildings are located at equator? For example,Malaysia?

Permalink Reply by Nick on March 14, 2012 at 7:21pm

Michelle,

With a bit more information, I could see what I can do. Do you have an explanation of what exactly you are doing or want to achieve for your final project?

Permalink Reply by Michelle on March 14, 2012 at 8:36pm

My fyp topic is the influence of spatial arrangement of buildings on their thermal performance in hot and humid climate. so i am going to simulate the building using Grasshopper and analysis it using Ecotect. The main concern is to arrange the buildings in a way to optimize the shading and minimize the solar radiation. In my case i will try to arrange 4 high-rise buildings(example:apartment,condominium) in a given area and study which arrangement give the best thermal performance. A big problem now is i don't know how to simulate the building using Grasshopper =( Any building-related scripting might help me a lot..

Permalink Reply by Dirk Rilling on March 14, 2012 at 8:40pm

Oh that's interesting. My FYP student work on almost similar topic. Maybe you want to contact him to exchange insight and experiences? His name is Ong Han Cin and his email address is: hancin622@hotmail.com.

He is doing his FYP under my supervision here at Multimedia University in Melaka/Malaysia.

Cheers!

Dirk

Permalink Reply by Dirk Rilling on March 14, 2012 at 8:37pm

Dear Michelle,

After doing building simulation about houses here in Malaysia since quite some time now, I can share the following with you:

If you have a elongated house (i.e. l > w), then the best orientation is alone the East-West axis. You might find this article helpful.
If your house is of square shape (i.e. l = w), orientation only plays a minor role

I hope that helps. If you need further information, just let me know.

Regards from MY,

Dirk