Climate Change and Conservation of Coastal Built Heritage by Maya Hassan & Hui Xie

Climate Change and Conservation of Coastal Built Heritage by Maya Hassan & Hui Xie

Author:Maya Hassan & Hui Xie
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9789811386725
Publisher: Springer Singapore


Hassan research studied the differentiation of bioclimatic regions in Syria and its effect on architectural designs using the Olgyay’s chart (Olgyay 1953) to determine the human interaction with his climatic environment. For the Syrian coast environment, she used Latakia climate data (longitude: 35–36 E, latitude: 35–36 N, altitude: 2–200 m) in her study to present the whole Syrian coast climate, due to the available Latakia station climatic data of the last decades which are documented in the climate atlas of Syria, and due to the small distance between the Syrian coast cities. According to this study, the months on the Syrian coast are classified into three categories: hot, cold, and transitional months. The hot period of the year in Syrian coast, our case study period, is within the months (6, 7, 8, 9), and the entire period remains over the area of comfort even in September.

According to the human comfort chart of the Syrian coast, Fig. 3.4, the outdoor considerations regarding the building location in terms of dimensions and their relationship with each other, and the treatment of internal atmosphere in summer summarized by the protection from the sun through the roof insulation and secure shadows for buildings. Secure internal ventilation to get into the comfort area, the arrangement of interior and exterior design of buildings and apartments, and choosing the proper size and direction of windows, as well as the appropriate fixed and mobile shading elements create differences in atmospheric pressure. As well as, the critical need for treatment in cold months is to get benefit from the solar radiation, provide protection from winter rains, and provide protection from cold winds. Additionally, to secure the ventilation in hot months, thermal inertia and insulating, and secure the shadows. The general prevailing wind is east to northeast in winter and south to southwest in summer. Due to the coastal mountain range that extended north–south direction and forms a dam in the face of the eastern and western wind, leading to relatively deflected to the current mainstream. In the cold period, especially during the night because of the impact factor (pre-sea), where the rising warm maritime air masses to be replaced by cold air coming from the eastern Interior regions, as shown in Fig. 3.5.

Fig. 3.4Syrian coast months categories according to the human comfort chart of Lattakia.

Source Hassan (2006)



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