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    This document provides examples and questions about building orientation and site layout. It discusses orienting the long axis of buildings east-west to minimize wall exposure to the sun. It asks the reader to analyze diagrams of two house designs, considering which orientation maximizes shade and cooling. It also discusses foundational details and using terms like parallel, perpendicular, and adjacent to describe building layouts and room positions within a floor plan.

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    This document provides examples and questions about building orientation and site layout. It discusses orienting the long axis of buildings east-west to minimize wall exposure to the sun. It asks the reader to analyze diagrams of two house designs, considering which orientation maximizes shade and cooling. It also discusses foundational details and using terms like parallel, perpendicular, and adjacent to describe building layouts and room positions within a floor plan.

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    This document provides examples and questions about building orientation and site layout. It discusses orienting the long axis of buildings east-west to minimize wall exposure to the sun. It asks the reader to analyze diagrams of two house designs, considering which orientation maximizes shade and cooling. It also discusses foundational details and using terms like parallel, perpendicular, and adjacent to describe building layouts and room positions within a floor plan.

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    This document provides examples and questions about building orientation and site layout. It discusses orienting the long axis of buildings east-west to minimize wall exposure to the sun. It asks the reader to analyze diagrams of two house designs, considering which orientation maximizes shade and cooling. It also discusses foundational details and using terms like parallel, perpendicular, and adjacent to describe building layouts and room positions within a floor plan.

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    Location

    Part A: Study this


    I. Look at this diagram of a building under construction in the southern part of a building site:

    Now look at the examples and complete the following sentences:


    Example: The front part of the building faces west.
    It is a west-facing wall.
    a) The back of the building …
    It is …
    b) The sides of the building …
    They are …

    Example: The long axis of the building is orientated east-west.


    The orientation of the long axis is east-west.

    c) The short axis of the building …


    The orientation …

    Example: The longer walls of the building face north and south to minimize the area of wall
    exposed to the sun.

    d) The shorter walls of the building …

    Example: The site is bounded by a road to the west.


    A road runs along the western boundary.

    e) The site … an irrigation ditch …


    An irrigation ditch …
    f) The site is bounded by … to the east.
    … runs along the eastern boundary.
    Example: The site has vehicular access from the road to the west. It does not have vehicular
    access from the north, south, or east.
    g) The site has … the open space …
    It does not have …

    II. Now complete this:


    The building site is approximately ______ in shape. It is bounded by … to the north, … to the east
    and … to the west. Vehicular access is from a _____ which … the western boundary. The long axis
    of the building is ____ east-west to minimize ….

    III. Now write a similar description of a building site in your local area.

    IV. Look at these diagrams and answer the following questions:

    a) In which direction do the longer walls of House A face?


    b) Does this maximize the area of the wall exposed to the sun?
    c) Does this help to keep the inside of the house cool?

    d) In which direction is the long axis of House B orientated?


    e) Will the inside of House B be cooler than the inside of House A?
    Why?
    f) Which house has the minimum length of wall exposed to the prevailing breeze?
    g) Which house has the best orientation for a hot country?
    h) In a warm-humid country with the prevailing wind from the east, what is the best orientation
    for the long axis of a house? Draw a diagram.

    Part B: Development
    V. Look at this drawing of the exterior of a single-story house:

    The side walls are perpendicular to the front wall.


    at right angles

    The front wall is parallel to the back wall.

    The ground slab foundation extends beyond the


    perimeter walls.

    The roof of the house is removed by cutting along line AB which is parallel to the floor.

    Now look at the cut-away of the interior of the house:


    A view looking straight down on a cut-away view of the interior of a building is known as a plan:

    Looking north, the living room is on the right of the


    house.

    Looking north, the bedroom is to the left of the living


    room.

    The kitchen is next to the living room.


    adjacent to

    Viewed from the front, the kitchen is behind the


    bedroom (or, the bedroom is in front of the kitchen).

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