Climatic study in the High-Andean region and the analysis of bioclimatic indicators of potential application in architectural design

Abstract

The integration of the related climatic and energy data directly in the conception of the urban habitat requires: (i) in first place , the knowledge first of all of the local climate, taking into account the modifications granted by the built environment, of the scale of the agglomeration, of the presence of the so-called islands of urban heat or the wells of freshness present in the immediate surroundings; and (ii) in a second place of the indices of the architectural parameters on the qualitative and quantitative aspects at the level of internal, external and transitional spaces of the buildings.

The objective of the communication of this research work is to know the importance of climate studies and their relationship with bioclimatic indicators to be taken into account in the architectural design process.

The methodology used for this research consists of collecting climatic data in two places proposed in the High-Andean region, specifically in the Junín region. Then is proceed to systematize and characterize the particular climate of the study areas. In a second time some diagnostic tools are used for bioclimatic design such as Givoni psychometric abacus, Olyay diagram and finally Mahoney tables.

The data used is from official sources obtained from public institutions such as the National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru (SENAMHI), the Ministry of Environment, The National Institute of Statistics and Informatics, etc. As well as data taken at the site, that is, measurements made directly in the field in order to contrast and validate the official data. The selected locations are those that are located very close to the official weather stations.

The preliminary results obtained show the relevance of this approach that deals with the study on the climatic integration of the traditional High-Andean rural habitat. Which has allowed us to make an evaluation of the alternatives suggested in each case, places of study, alternatives that would be valid for the context in the High-Andean region.

This research will allow future professionals in architecture to take into account sustainability criteria and integrate them into their architectural and urban proposals. In this way, the academic objective of improving teaching learning of the criteria of conception of bioclimatic architecture in a Peruvian context.

The field of our research is defined by the study of climate integration concerns the traditional High-Andean rural habitat in the Junín region. The places taken for this research are representative and account for the diversity of microclimates in the Peruvian territory. These would allow, in the precise context of our High-Andean region, to clarify and quantify the intensity of the relationship between climate and architecture.

One of the objectives of this research is to provide designers, architects and urban planners with a diagnostic tool and possible solutions that could be applied as recommendations in our context of the High-Andean region. Allowing in this way the possibilities of implementation of the new techniques and innovative solutions used in the conception of our built environment, as well as the revaluation of ancestral techniques used in Peruvian architecture.

In a second phase for this investigation, at a more practical level, it is to face the real possibilities of replication and / or transposition of traditional techniques in the current conception of the habitat in the High-Andean region, taking into account cultural and socio-economic variations that would condition the validity of these possible replications in the territory.