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This passive design study was selected specifically at Al-Mizhar area in Dubai. In the cooling
strategy phase, the city was under the study based on its climate nature, and designs a building
according to its function, and then prepares passive cooling strategies that would enhance the
building base case passively to work more efficiently and meet the indoor space quality and thermal comfort for the end-users.
Project Objectives
This project is a showroom for alternative fueled cars and its purpose is to promote awareness for
cars using diesel fuel which pollutes our atmosphere. This means of transportation vary from motorbikes, cars, airplanes and ships. However, the number of cars exceeds more than a one billion
units in the world. This massive amount of cars motivates a thoughtful decision for our present
conditions, simultaneously work for the future, and create solutions for the upcoming generations.
There are many fuel alternatives for the cars other than the diesel, solutions were found after many
years of experiments, trials and errors. Some cars work on electricity; others are fueled with gas,
hydrogen, propane, biofuels which are generated from food corps, liquid petroleum gas (LPG)
which is a propane and butane production, but with less CO2 emissions (Fuel Economy 2014).
Figure 3: Types of alternative fuels (bulletin solutions 2014)
Building Form
A showroom that combines between the site context to fit passively, and stands out with a design inspired by the car design process, and its form is dynamic which considers the vehicle aerodynamics as the main focus in manufacturing and improving the design form. In the world of
the automobiles wind tunnel tests are applied on the prototype of the car model to study the
smoothness and aero dynamicity to get the best shape performance. The building considered the
natural factors and aspects to apply a passive building. For example, the sun effects on the orientation of the building, materials chose also the massing and density. Similar applications were
decided after studying the wind frequency and the techniques to apply on the building envelope.
Designing a passive automobile showroom in hot climatic conditions
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