DEGREE COLLEGE AND HILL

COUNCIL COMPLEX, LEH ,

HIMACHAL PRADESH

ASSIGNMENT : NATURAL VENTILATION

CASE STUDY
SUBJECT : BUILDING SERVICES

SANSKRUTI GHODKE
T.Y ‘A’ ROLL NO.:37
 INTRODUCTION
• Leh in Ladakh is a “mountain desert”.There is very little
precipitation and the temperature vary greatly between
the day and night and also from summer to winter.
• The traditional Ladhaki settlement is usually built on
steeps slopes facing southward. This allows good
insulation during the day.
• Heavy walls (mud) and a well insulated roof (timber &
mud) dampen the variations of indoor temperatures.
• The use of glass and nowadays, trombe-wall is very
successful as heat can be stored in the building mass
during the day, to stay warm indoors at night.
 CLIMATE
• The solar radiation is generally intense with a
very low percentage of diffuse radiation.
• In summer, the temperature reaches 17-24
degree celcius during the day and 4-11 degree
celcius at night. Winters thus, are extremely cold.
• The relative humity is considered low ranging
from about 10% - 50% and precipitation is
generally less than 200mm per year.
• Winds are ocassionally intense. The sky is fairly
clear throughout the year with a cloud cover of
less than 50%.

COLD AND SUNNY CLIMATE IN INDIA

 DESIGN CRITERIA AND FEATURES
OBJECTIVES PHYSICAL MANIFESTATION
Resist heat loss.
• Orientation and shape of building .
• Decrease exposed surface area.
• Use of trees as wind barriers.
• Increase thermal resistance .
• Roof insulation, wall insulation and
• Increase thermal capacity.
double glazing .
• Increase buffer space .
• Thicker walls.
• Decrease aie exchange rate.
• Air locks/lobbies
• Increase surface absorptivity
Promote heat gain
• Weather stripping
• Reduce heating • Darker colours
• Utilize heat from appliances • Wall and glass surfaces
• Trapping heat • Sun spacing / green spaces/ trombe
walls etc.
TTREES – Winter Barrier

ROOF & WALL

INSULATION

THICK WALLS
Use of glass and trombe wall-heat is stored in the building mass during
the day and warm night
PROJECT DETAILS
• BUILDING TYPE : INDUSTRIAL
• CLIMATIC ZONE: COLD AND SUNNY
• LOCATION: LEH LADAKH
• ARCHITECTS: ARVIND KISHAN AND KUNAL JAIN
SITE: The site is located at 3514m above mean sea level.
Elongated rectangle with the land sloping towards South
Characteristics of cold dry desert condition-large barren lands
with no vegetation
ORIENTATION
• The Rectangular site is along the north-south
direction.
• The structures are oriented in the west –east and
north-south direction as design requirements.
• All the building in the north side of the complex
MAXIMUM ORIENTATION ON NORTHERN FAÇADE
have thick walls to minimize heat loss, while the OF LECTURE HALL
buildings in the south side have been designed to
maximize heating and daylight distribution.

FENESTRATION
• Good insulation and minimum fenestrations to the
northern exposure minimizes heat loss.
• Double-Glazing helps control heat loss from glazing
without creating condensation.
• Maximum natural has been tapped where possible. NATURAL LIGHTING
PASSIVE SOLAR FEATURES
• Lectures theatres, laboratories , and library in the academic block have been
designed in the academic block have been designed with the building section
optimized for boyh heat and daylight penetration.
• The north side of the complex has been designed with solid walls in each building
to eliminate heat loss, while the south side had been designed to maximize solar
penetration for heating and daylight distribution.

VENTILATION
• Connective loop is coupled with cross ventilation through eastern-western fenestration.
• Ventilation is achieved through the connective loop activated by buoyancy.
• Consumes zero energy during normal hours of operation.
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