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Typescript (photocopy). / Digitized by Kansas Correctional Industries

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2006. / Title from first page of PDF file. Includes bibliographical references (p. 342-358).

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This paper investigates the use of conservatories within South African climatic landscape. It discusses several conservatories built in South Africa, their design and function. Conservatories are an enclosed ‘intermediate area’ used as a design measure to create a passive solar environment for a climate responsive measure. The design and use of climate responsive technology and materials in buildings reduces the need for space air-conditioning. Thus, then enhances efforts towards designing and operating energy efficient buildings. An attempt should be made to take advantage of the natural phenomena surrounding the building, instead of fighting the influence of nature with expensive and often environmentally destructive heating, cooling, and lighting equipment and the energy they consumes. The importance of this paper is to give to a literature review on conservatories built in South Africa. It highlights the potential of using conservatories within South African climatic conditions, and provides a structural observation on the integrity of such a system. The paper looks at three conservatories constructed in the country, their application and the principal of the greenhouse effects within conservatories.

Lamu is a living town off the Kenya coast. It was recently nominated to the World Heritage List. The town has been relatively undisturbed by colonization and modernization. This study reports on the early Swahili dwelling, which is still a functioning type in Lamu. It commences with a brief historical perspective of Lamu in its Swahili and East African coastal setting. It compares descriptions of the Lamu house, as found in literature, with personal observations and field surveys, including a short description of construction methods. The study offers observations on conservation and the current state of the Lamu house. It is concluded with a comparison between Lamu and Stone Town, Zanzibar, in terms of house types and settlement patterns. We found that the Lamu house is the stage for Swahili ritual and that the ancient and climatically uncomfortable plan form has been retained for nearly a millennium because of its symbolic value.

published_or_final_version / Chinese / Master / Master of Philosophy