VIDYA NAWAS

A TRADITIONAL COURTYARD HOUSE OF LAHORE

AN ANALYSIS WITH RESPECT TO SUSTAINABILITY.

GROUP MEMBERS

MUHAMMAD ABBAS 23
SALEHA AAMER 09
SADIA SAMI 73

PRESENTED TO:

MA’AM ARSALA
HISTORY
• IN THAT ERA WHEN MUSLIMS AND
HINDU USED TO LIVE TOGETHER
BEFORE PARTITION.

• THIS HOUSE WAS CONSTRUCTED

MORE THAN 100 YEARS AGO
EXPERT PLANNERS WERE
CONSTRUCTED THIS HOUSE BY
USING SOME STRATEGY.

• IT WAS A HINDU TEMPLE BEFORE

PARTITION.

• BUT THE NAME REMAIND SAME AS

VIDYA NAWAS.
LOCATION
(GAWALMANDI FOOD
STREET)

NISBAT ROAD FOOD

STREET CHAMBER
LANE ROAD
VIDYA NAWAS
(SITE)
THE HOUSE IS
SURROUNDED BY
STREETS ON THE EAST
AND SOUTH SIDE.

ON THE WEST SIDE

THERE IS A
RESTAUTANT AND
SOME SHOPS.

IN FRONT OF THE
HOUSE THE STREET IS
20 FEET WIDE AND
ALSO MAIN
ENTRANCE TOWARDS
HOUSE ON EAST SIDE
PLANS OF VIDYA NAWAS
WOODEN PANELING (IN ROOM) INTERIOR WALLS OF JALI DOOR (BEDROOM)
ROOM

GALLERY COURTYARD VIEW JALI DOOR (KITCHEN)

GATE GARAGE STREET END

COURTYARD EFFECT (COOLING
EFFECT)

In order to achieve the cooling

effect the courtyard was kept
sufficiently deep compared to the
height of surrounded walls to
ensure that base of the courtyard
remained in the shade for most if
not all of the day.

If the courtyard was either too

large or walls too low the cool
air sinks effect are not
achieved.
 NATURAL VENTILATION

Lahore has a hot semi

arid climate. Summers
are long and extremely
hot and winters are dry
and cool. The area also
experiences a monsoon
and dust storms.

TWO OPENINGS IN SAME

WALL
STACK EFFECT
Stack ventilation uses temperature
differences to move air. Hot air rises because
it is lower pressure. For this reason, it is
sometimes called buoyancy ventilation. 

STACK EFFECT
 They used brick masonry
MATERIALS with wood and by the time
changed wood is replaced
by steel

STEEL

LIME
PLASTER

BRICK
WALL

WOOD

Brick was used by Mughal emperor Akbar to build the city wall of Lahore
fort houses havelis and brick paved streets. Builders faced the brickwork
with colorful tiles by taking inspiration from Persian customs. By sixteenth
century colored tiles are not commonly used for houses and tombs. That
time brick was decorative manner to break plainness of the wall. A very
first Lakhauri brick was used with lime plaster.
 PASSIVE
TECHNIQUES

COURTYARD
• HIGH ROOF
THERMAL • COURTYARD
COMFORT
• SCREEN WORK
• THERMAL COMFORT

ROOM DOUBLE HEIGHT VENTILATORS AT HIGH LEVEL

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