The Ventilation and Thermal Performance of the Patio Space in Shanghai Shikumen House

Abstract:

Shanghai Shikumen house is a typical one of Chinese traditional residential architecture, which has a "two patios & one corridor" pattern adapting to the climate of Shanghai. In existing researches, most study of the thermal performance dwelling with courtyard is still qualitative. This research constructed the quantitative simulation of the " two patios & one corridor" pattern in Shanghai Shikumen house based on the mathematical model by the technical simulation software, and compared the above mode with the general courtyard house to test the advances of it. First of all, the research conduct a three-dimensional simulation analysis on the "two patios & one corridor" pattern and the general "Two patios" pattern. Then we compared the results of the wind environment of the two modes and found the "two patios & one corridor" mode has advances on ventilation. Secondly, we did thermal environment simulations of the rooms in the above two modes, and compared the analysis results of two modes. We found that the "two patios & one corridor" pattern did better in the room thermal. Finally, we hope this research can provide certain reference for the design of the sustainable residential architecture.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 742)
• Pages: 8-12
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.742.8
• Online since: August 2013
• Authors: Xiao Yu Luo, Jian Ge, Yi Cai
• Keywords: "Two Patios and One Corridor" Pattern, Numerical Simulation, Thermal Environment, Ventilation

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