Case study analysis

Sun exposure Private open space, elevated to

during later in day affford privacy and used for multiple
functions; sleeping, & socializing
Shaded for user comfort
Sunlight and cool air
Barsaati facing street facade enters thorugh the ceiling
acts as a viewing platform, Roof opening
a private social space and Terrace
protection from rain in monsoon South Facade has
weather openings for views
and diffused light
Barsaati along with darichas
for hot air

Reduced number of facade Roof.

facing windows North facade has less
to maintain privacy and openings except darichas
avoid direct solar to allow hot air escape
gain

3rd FL.
Exterior walls up to 3 feet
thick to slow down the rate
of heat transmission and
solar gain, and structural
support
2nd FL.

Staggered facade
surface for uneven heat
Fenestration
transmission through walls
sizing protects
from direct Surrounded
Uniform and higher
1st FL. solar gain by dalaans
bazaar facing facade to
provide privacy to roof and (semi-open
shading to the street rooms), cool air

REAR END
Dwelling Core: Peripheral
Cooler and more private. Spaces act as ventilates the
Basement Temperature becomes buffer layers interior spaces
cooler Open to sky,
BAZAAR SIDE
central courtyard acts
High ceiling rooms as a lightwell and
Rainwater drainage SEMI SEMI ventilating shaft
beneath the stoop to faciliate hot air rise
PUBLIC PUBLIC PRIVATE PUBLIC and escape

Public functions are placed closer to the street and on the ground
level. Private functions are focused in the core and higher levels.

Legend
ENVIRONMENTAL CULTURAL TECHNICAL

Source: Margaret Sevcenko and Rashid Makhdum, eds., The Walled City of Lahore (Lahore: Lahore Development Authority, 1993).
HOUSE D/3264
Courtesy of Walled City of Lahore Authority
Author: Zara Shafiq Bhatti 79
LAHORE, PAKISTAN
Case study analysis
Sun exposure Private open space, elevated to
during later in day affford privacy and used for multiple
functions; sleeping, & socializing
Shaded for user comfort
Sunlight and cool air
Daricha Barsaati facing street facade enters thorugh the ceiling
opening
Darichas
acts as aare
viewingsmall
platform,window placed Roof
a private social space and Terrace
high protection
in thefrom wall that
rain in help with the
monsoon South Facade has
weather
circulation of air by letting out openings for views
and diffused light
the hot air accumulating that the Barsaati along with darichas
for hot air
ceilings.
Reduced number of facade Roof.
facing windows North facade has less
to maintain privacy and openings except darichas
Dalaan
avoid direct solar to allow hot air escape
gain
Dalaans are rooms that are
directly connected to a courtyard. 3rd FL.
This allows these
Exterior walls up to 3rooms
feet to
thick to slow down the rate
directly
of heatbenefit
transmissionfor
and the cool air
solar gain, and structural
fromsupport
the courtyard. These rooms
are thus not fully fenced2nd off.FL.

Staggered facade
surface for uneven heat
Barsaati
transmission through walls
Fenestration
sizing protects
Barsaatis are an architecture element that is a sort
Uniform and higher
from direct Surrounded
solar gain
veranda
bazaar for
facing the
facaderooftop
to connected
1st FL. to the staircase. by dalaans
(semi-open
provide privacy to roof and
Theseshading
barsaatis
to the street are enclosed on 3 sides to provide Dwelling Core: rooms), cool air

REAR END
Peripheral
ventilates the
privacy but is still an outside Basement element.
Cooler and more private.
Temperature becomes
Spaces act as
buffer layers
interior spaces
cooler Open to sky,
BAZAAR SIDE
central courtyard acts
High ceiling rooms as a lightwell and
Rainwater drainage SEMI SEMI ventilating shaft
beneath the stoop to faciliate hot air rise
PUBLIC PUBLIC PRIVATE PUBLIC and escape

Public functions are placed closer to the street and on the ground
level. Private functions are focused in the core and higher levels.

Legend
ENVIRONMENTAL CULTURAL TECHNICAL

Source: Margaret Sevcenko and Rashid Makhdum, eds., The Walled City of Lahore (Lahore: Lahore Development Authority, 1993).
HOUSE D/3264
Courtesy of Walled City of Lahore Authority
Author: Zara Shafiq Bhatti 79
LAHORE, PAKISTAN