Developing Green–Building Design Strategies in the Yangtze River Delta, China through a Coupling Relationship between Geomorphology and Climate

Yuan Zheng, Yuan Sun (), Zhu Wang and Feng Liang
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Yuan Zheng: School of Architecture and Urban-Rural Planning, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, China
Yuan Sun: College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Zhu Wang: College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Feng Liang: School of Architecture and Urban-Rural Planning, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, China

Land, 2022, vol. 12, issue 1, 1-22

Abstract: Many studies have developed green strategies and technologies for urban construction, but they sometimes ignored the intensive and dynamic relationships between people, buildings and the natural environment. This study focused on how to generate green building design strategies dealing with a coupling relationship between geomorphology and climate, which took an insight into the built environment in a particular locality of the Yangtze River Delta region in China. First, we imported climatic data from six cities into a bioclimatic evaluation tool, named ‘Weather Tool’, to assess the effectiveness of the existing passive design strategies (passive solar heating, thermal mass effects, exposed mass and night purge ventilation, natural ventilation, direct evaporative cooling and indirect evaporative cooling). Second, we employed the topological method to identify the characters of the vernacular dwellings by interpreting their adaptations to the local topographical and climatic conditions. Consequently, the green building design strategies in the Yangtze River Delta region were developed through the macro, middle and micro levels to examine group patterns, single-building forms and building components in a particular locality. The main findings were shown as follows: (1) the common passive strategies played a role with different effects in the Yangtze River Delta region, which acted as a basis for choosing the most effective strategies; (2) the local dwellings presented a comprehensively sustainable paradigm with architectural prototypes that could be selectively inherited and applied in contemporary design. (3) Those particular strategies, which were evaluated through bioclimatic tools and developed from the vernacular dwellings, gave specific suggestions on green building design in the Yangtze River Delta region, providing approaches for architects and developers to promote more environmentally responsive sustainable development.

Keywords: green building design strategy; Yangtze River Delta region; bioclimatic evaluation; architectural prototype; geomorphological adaptation; climate-responsive (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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