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Cooling without air conditioning – lessons from India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Brian Ford and
Mark Hewitt
Brian Ford
Affiliation:
Short Ford and Associates, Prescott Studios, 15 Prescott Place, London SW4 6BS, United Kingdom
Mark Hewitt
Affiliation:
School of Architecture and Interior Design, University of North London, Holloway RoadLondon N7 8DB, United Kingdom
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Abstract

This paper describes the results of measurements taken in a number of step wells, well houses, and bath houses in northern India, between March and April 1995. There is a discussion of the combination of thermally massive structures and evaporative cooling effects which characterise the buildings (some of which are over 500 years old). All of the structures examined continue to provide comfortably cool interiors in the heat of summer.

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arq: Architectural Research Quarterly , Volume 1 , Issue 4 , Summer 1996, pp. 60 - 69
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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