Banca de DEFESA: MOUHAMADOU MANSOUR CABA GAKOU

Bioclimatic analysis and recommendations for low-income housing design in Senegal

Bioclimatic Architecture; Low income architecture; Parametric Simulation; Thermoenergetic Performance; Culture and Housing

Bioclimatic analysis and recommendations for low-income housing design in Senegal. Bioclimatic Architecture together with Sociocultural Demands are relevant guidelines for architects involved in the contemporary problem of environmental degradation with the architectural deficit of adequate buildings in their bioclimatic contexts. In this sense, the research aims to elaborate design recommendations for bioclimatic low-income housing in a region of Senegal, based on the local climatic and sociocultural characteristics. For that, a bibliographic review of the thematic axes related to the object of study was carried out, which are bioclimatic architecture and low-income architecture. Then, data related to the climate, climatic and sociocultural characteristics of Senegal were collected, which were complemented by measurements and thermal simulations parameterized in a low-income housing model in the region under study – Thiès. This information, after being collected, will serve as an important source for the preparation of design recommendations. Finally, this work seeks to provide a discussion, on the one hand, about the interference of culture in the traditional ways of building and living of the Senegalese population, on the other hand, about the potential of parameterized simulations as a technical tool for evaluating and improving the thermal and energy performance of low-income housing.