Natural Ventilation
Cross, stack and night ventilation strategies that cool buildings without machines.
Guides & articles on Natural Ventilation
GuideStack Ventilation in Architecture: Passive Cooling Strategies, Diagrams, and Design Tips
A clear architectural guide to stack ventilation, how warm air rises through buildings, and how architects can use high openings, atriums, stairwells, shafts, and solar chimneys to improve natural airflow.
GuideCross Ventilation in Architecture: Passive Cooling Strategies, Diagrams, and Design Tips
A clear architectural guide to cross ventilation, how it works, where it works best, and how architects can use openings, room depth, courtyards, and wind direction to improve natural airflow.
Natural Ventilation projects (8)
A Light-Filled Coastal Home Designed for Generations to Share: Climate-Responsive Design
VALUE WORKS ARCHITECTS
In Raoping, China, VALUE WORKS ARCHITECTS designed a compact multi-generational home using split-level planning and climate-responsive strategies to improve lig…
Northview Apartments
Brooks Scarpa
Northview Apartments redefines community living with a focus on social spaces, integrating ecological and sustainable design in Sacramento.
Barge Crescent
Henley Halebrown
Barge Crescent is a 5-storey office building in Southwark, London, designed by Henley Halebrown. It integrates existing structures to minimize environmental imp…
Edificio Martinez
Smud . Zelcer
Edificio Martinez redefines urban living with spatial diversity, integrating generous patios and terraces in Buenos Aires' Colegiales neighborhood.
Kaleidoscape
Fumi Aso Architect & Associates
A single-story residence in Tajimi City, Kaleidoscape by Fumi Aso Architect & Associates is a spatial exploration of light and form, designed for a family with…