Impact of Climate Responsive Architecture: Behavioural Approach of User Group (In Terms of Dealing with Tropical Climate)

International Journal of Civil Engineering

© 2024 by SSRG - IJCE Journal

Volume 11 Issue 6

Year of Publication : 2024

Authors : Yaazhini Ramachandran, C.V. Subramanian

10.14445/23488352/IJCE-V11I6P109

How to Cite?

Yaazhini Ramachandran, C.V. Subramanian, "Impact of Climate Responsive Architecture: Behavioural Approach of User Group (In Terms of Dealing with Tropical Climate)," SSRG International Journal of Civil Engineering, vol. 11,  no. 6, pp. 71-78, 2024. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23488352/IJCE-V11I6P109

Abstract:

To interpret the architectural approach for tropical modernism in terms of the behavioural approach to improve the lifestyle standards, maximise productivity in offices and amplify the time spent in restaurants and cottages; and to derive that the impact of climate responsive architecture is immense and should not be neglected, by showcasing the alterations that can be done in any layout to modify the space and how it has an impact on the behavioural characteristics of people and to list the benefits of these alterations. This research paper deals with the study of how regional architecture can create an impact on these beneficiaries in different spaces like offices and restaurants and ends with an amalgamation of all points in common to deliver a layout for a cottage that substantiates the approach mentioned above to design in architecture. Similar to S.A. Indrivati’s research, The aim is to study and analyse the impacts of tropical architecture on spaces like offices and restaurants, to derive an outcome of its extent and conclude by incorporating the interpretations and research outputs in a layout to find how it improves a built space and prove it through a psychometric chart comparing same building when designed conventionally and when designed using tropical modern design strategies.

Keywords:

Behavioural approach, Climate responsive architecture, Tropical architecture and workplaces, Tropical architecture and restaurants, Tropical modernism.

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