Abstract
Historic temple towns of South India are unique and adopted to local climate by its urban planning and spatial organizations. The design concepts of historic temple towns are rich and precious which should be extensively investigated. In this study, the historic temple town of Kumbakonam will be presented in terms of its urban planning forms and discussed through Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). The ambient wind environment of Kumbakonam has been quantitatively investigated by adopting CFD techniques. The settlement interaction and ambient environment were assessed. The traditional planning concepts were then outlined for designing sustainable module for human settlement that adapting the changing urban climate.
Presenters
Kiruthiga KandasamyAssistant Professor, Architecture and Planning, National Institute of Technology Calicut Thirumaran Kesavaperumal
Associate Professor, Architecture, National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli
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Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
KEYWORDS
CFD, Historic temple town, Thermal environment, Traditional planning
