Case Studies (selection)
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SUTD-MIT INTERNATIONAL DESIGN CENTRE (IDC)
Grand Challenge: Sustainable Built Environment
Research Team
Principal Investigators:
Oliver Heckmann
J. Alstan Jakubiec
Collaborator: Max Doelling, Buro Happold Engineering
Research Assistants: Vedashree Jathar
Ramkumar Thambiraj
Case Studies (selection)
Case studies have been conducted on vernacular, modernist and contemporary precedents applying climate-responsive passive design concepts. The spatial constellations were adapted to floor plan layouts in high-rise housing types to be applicable to high-density tropical urban contexts. Three-dimensional models were used for the evaluation of their climatic responsiveness, using the developed simulation tool.

Flats for Air France Design: P. Bernard Berruet Year: 1952 Location: Brazzaville, Congo Climate Region: Tropical

Altolar Apartment Building Design: Jimmy Alcock Year: 1965 Location: Caracas, Venezuela Climate Region: Tropical Savannah

Baghdad Courtyard House Design: Vernacular Year: n/a Location: Baghdad, Iraq Climatic Region: Hot and dry

German Colonial House Designer: Unknown Year: Unknown Location: Coastal city Douala, Cameroon Climate Region: Tropical Monsoon

Limestone Mining and Cement Works Housing Design: Muzharul Islam Year: 1978 Location: Joypurhat, Bangladesh Climate Region: Tropical

Traditional Minka House Design: Vernacular Year: n/a Location: South Japan Climatic Region: Subtropical

Olympic Village Apartments (Grey Building) Design: Vann Molyvann Year: 1963 Location: Phnom Penh, Cambodia Climate Region: Tropical

Prosser House Design: Richard Hyde, Upendra Rapashka Year: 1999 Location: Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia Climatic Region: Subtropical

Recife Housing Arch: Andrade Morettin Arquitetos Year: 2008 (Competition) Location: Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil Climatic Region: Tropical

Social Housing in Costa Rica Design: Michael Smith-Masis Year: 2009 (Concept) Location: Costa Rica Climatic Region: Tropical

Villas en Bande Arch: J.F. Zevaco Year: 1969 Location: Agadir, Morocco Climate Region: Hot and arid