CLIMATIC DESIGN CONCEPT AND GREEN ARCHITECTURE PRINCIPLES IN HOT CLIMATIC CONDITIONS

ARCHITECTURE

Abstract

In the recent years, several architectural studies dealt with the concepts of Climatic Design as one of the most vital aspects of the design of the built environment. Climatic design is defined as "design and organization of the buildings or urban spaces in a way that conforms to the local climatic conditions through the use and respect of the architecture traditional components in the design and to working on minimizing the need for power. There are a lot of researches about the minimization of polluting energy and achieving thermal comfort conditions, which are aimed to make a building design that fulfills functional efficiency, aesthetic creation and thermal comfort.