Publication detail

Villa Tugendhat as a Technical Monument - Elements of Passive Solar Architecture

MAUREROVÁ, L. HIRŠ, J.

Original Title

Villa Tugendhat as a Technical Monument - Elements of Passive Solar Architecture

Type

journal article - other

Language

English

Original Abstract

The elements of passive solar architecture are crucial for designing of low-energy and passive houses; moreover it might be surprising that some of the principles of passive solar architecture were applied in the functionalist Villa Tugendhat built in the year 1930, designed by the German architect Ludwig Miese van der Rohe and which belongs to the UNESCO World Heritage List. This case study attempts to point out the individual elements of solar architecture which were applied in the villa. In order to verify some of the statements/claims a numerical simulation of incident solar radiation (XSun) was performed in the Danish simulation software BSim. The paper includes a list of other timeless technical specifics, especially in terms of HVAC, which were used in the villa, and the authors have written about elsewhere (Villa Tugendhat – An Unique Air-conditioning System in Residential Hall. CLIMA 2013. ISBN 978-80-260-4001-9).

Keywords

Keywords-villa Tugendhat; technical monument; building services; passive solar architecture; BSim; case study

Authors

MAUREROVÁ, L.; HIRŠ, J.

RIV year

2014

Released

31. 7. 2014

Publisher

Global Science and Technology Forum (GSTF)

Location

Singapore

ISBN

2251-3701

Periodical

GSTF Journal of Engineering Technology

Year of study

3

Number

1

State

Republic of Singapore

Pages from

74

Pages to

80

Pages count

7

URL

http://www.globalsciencejournals.com/article/10.7603/s40707-014-0003-5

BibTex

@article{BUT109217,
  author="Lenka {Maurerová} and Jiří {Hirš}",
  title="Villa Tugendhat as a Technical Monument - Elements of Passive Solar Architecture",
  journal="GSTF Journal of Engineering Technology",
  year="2014",
  volume="3",
  number="1",
  pages="74--80",
  doi="10.5176/2251-3701\{_}3.1.113",
  issn="2251-3701",
  url="http://www.globalsciencejournals.com/article/10.7603/s40707-014-0003-5"
}