18 January, 2009

Wind Tower - Traditional Arab Sustainable Architecture

Central courtyard (traditional “Nallukettu” ) is used in kerala archticture to provide natural ventilation whilst Arab architecture used “ traditional wind towers’ to provide natural cooling and ventilation .

Often we forget our tradition conveniently, but the sustainable construction can adopt many things from our traditional.

Read more on wind tower in http://www.coa.gatech.edu/.../dubai.php

 

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