PEASANT’S DWELLING DESIGN AND SIMULATION ANALYSIS OF WIND FIELD FOR THE NORTHEAST OF THAILAND
Keywords:
Architectural design, peasant’s dwelling, wind field, sustainable developmentAbstract
In Thailand, a farmer’s income is not stable, so it is a heavy burden to build a suitable and comfortablehouse for his family. Sufficiency economy philosophy (SEP), stresses that everyone should live withmoderation. The philosophy aims to harmonize the mode of development with individual circumstancesstep by step. Based on SEP and farmer’s situation, the authors propose a design concept based onincremental and reasonable enlargement for peasant’s dwelling. Wind field simulation analysis usingFlovent software showed that ventilation of the proposed dwelling gave more advantages than a normaldwelling at a lower cost. The new concept of architectural design combined with the use of ecologicalmaterial would lower the building cost in favor of sustainable development for peasant’s dwellings.
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