Impact of Coastal Fabric Variables on Climatic Variables in Hot and Humid Regions (Case Study: Bandar Abbas)

Subject Areas : Architecture and urbanism

Shahin Heidari ¹ , Hojat Ghaedi ²

1 - Associate Professor, Architecture Department, Collage of Fine Arts, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Ph.D., Student, Architecture Department, Collage of Fine Arts, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran *(Corresponding Author)

Received: 2017-05-25 Accepted : 2017-09-13 Published : 2020-08-22

Keywords: Climate Variables, Physical Variables, Coastal Area, Urban spaces,

Abstract :

Background and Purpose: The city structure and street canyons have a major impact on the micro climate and thermal comfort situation in urban areas. The hot and humid weather of Bandar Abbas, especially in long summers, poses problems against urban activities especially among the affectionate people in the Persian Gulf region who are known for their social activities. Creating favorable climatic conditions for coastal urban spaces will increase the social interactions of the inhabitants of the area. Material and Methods: The research method is experimental and electronic tools are applied for collecting climate data and SPSS software is devised for data analysis. This research has investigated the relationship between urban structure and climatic conditions to find suitable climatic conditions in the coastal strips using the appropriate urban structure. Results: The results of the study showed that vernacular coastal fabrics are more predictable than the modern fabrics. In vernacular fabric the passages with  have coefficient of determination of 0.28 and in modern fabric the passages with  have coefficient of determination of 0.34 significant relationship was found with air flow velocity. Further, in vernacular fabrics with passages  have coefficient of determination of 0.29 and with passages  have coefficient of determination of 0.95 significant relationship was found with air temperature difference. Discussion and Conclusion: The results of the research are used to provide regression equations for the relationship between physical and climate variables to be applied by the designers and architects.

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