Abstract
This study aimed to present an evaluation system to assess comfort that reflects the unique value of vernacular architecture. For this purpose, the background, purpose, evaluation items, and evaluation methods of Korean Standard-Basic Part: 6300-1, 2 (KS A 6300) were analyzed. As a result, the weakness was found in the KS system that there was no method to evaluate the user’s human sensory comfort. To overcome this problem, the contents of KS A 6300-1, 2 were analyzed, and evaluation indices were categorized to assess the comfort of human sensory experience. A comfort assessment index was then derived to evaluate the visual and tactile comfort of the Korean traditional house by analyzing previous research and systems. To assess the possibility of using the Hanok evaluation system for the derived comfort indices, the actual building environmental and user data were collected for one year. Based on the previous step, Predicted Mean Vote (PMV) and Daylight Glare Probability (DGP) were calculated, and at the same time, a comparative analysis was conducted with the collected user data. As a result, DGP showed a tendency of changing user comfort and an error of 7 to 8% regardless of region, while PMV showed a tendency similar to the change in user discomfort response rate. Accordingly, it was concluded that each evaluation index could be used for the comfort evaluation of Hanok.
Highlights
The international style of architecture emerged in the 18th century with the development of mass production systems due to industrialization
Since some Korean Standard (KS) categories could not borrow a quantitative evaluation index that could directly evaluate the user’s sense of comfort, research results suggested that it was necessary to search for an evaluation index that could evaluate the user’s sense
Since the comfort index needed to be applied to the KS, it needed to have a universality that was used in the estimation tools of other countries, such as BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method), CASBEE (Comprehensive Assessment System for Building Environmental Efficiency), etc. [11,12]
Summary
The international style of architecture emerged in the 18th century with the development of mass production systems due to industrialization. 20th century emphasized standardization, uniformity, and universality [1]. This old tendency made the field of architecture ignore the importance of locality, location, climate, and environmental characteristics. Various eco-friendly architectural trends have emerged that emphasize locality and location based on ecosystem monism to solve serious pollution problems. With this change in architectural trend, the status and value of vernacular architecture began to increase naturally [2,3]
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