Utilizing Wind-Driven Ventilation Force as a Technique in Adaptive Passive Interior Design

Abstract

Sustainability has always been known as the quality of being able to continue over a long time considering environmental, social and economic aspects and its approaches are meant to find solutions not only for the carbon dioxide emissions reduction or facing climate changes that affect the surrounding environment but also to guarantee the interior environment air quality and space thermal comfort. So, wind-driven ventilation considered a natural force that can be used as a technique to respond to climate change in passive spaces for the sake of man health and the society correlation with the surrounding environment. The purpose of this research is to provide empirical study shows how natural ventilation can be used as an interior design solution to save energy and turn the space into a self-sufficient. That can be achieved by following the old examples and discussing how architecture and interior design tried to create the most suitable and useful solutions for users’ needs. It will present an analytical study on some of the closest examples of climate change and natural ventilation challenges to our society in Egypt. Those examples focused on environmental forces and predicted the natural environmental effect. Otherwise, it is important to analyze how they can affect the interior design and architectural form. Finally, the research will try to summarize the main interior architectural implications and find some design solutions that can turn the interior space into a passive one to adapt to climatic changes utilizing wind-driven ventilation force as an “adaptive passive space design” technique.