This is the case of one of the crucial related and visited monumental complexes within the autonomous neighborhood: the Alhambra in Granada. Its structure continues to shock technicians as a result of it permits it to be a local weather refuge.
The excessive temperatures that may be skilled within the metropolis (reaching 40 levels) aren’t people who guests discover (between 25 and 29) when coming into the completely different areas of the outdated palaces. Antonio Peral, conservative architect of the Alhambra, explains why.
Inside the Torre de las Infantas we discover a “good instance to see how, from that Nasrid structure, they have been already on the lookout for consolation and a nice temperature in these sizzling instances.”
The so-called “lanterns” in part of the Alhambra in GranadaNIUS
Something that can be noticed in different components of the Granada complicated, with the so-called “lanterns”. “They are roofs with home windows of their higher physique, which protrudes from the roof itself. It will get the new air to flow into, rise and go outdoors ”, he describes to us.
Thanks to this course of, the residing house of the constructing is saved cool: “It’s like pure air-con.” In addition, all of the vegetation that decorates the constructed surroundings helps to “generate shadows”, particularly the big timber. “It’s important,” says Peral.
“Very large partitions” and the muqarnas
He additionally stresses the significance of the supply of water, “which refreshes the surroundings, offers life to the Alhambra, calms and its sound is a soothing ingredient.” It is current in fountains and ponds within the gardens, but additionally in some rooms of palaces akin to that of Leone.
To these pure elements are added “the thickness of the partitions” raised. “They are very large and with their wall development system the inside temperature is significantly better preserved, it takes longer to warmth up”, he argues.
It specifies that they will measure between 1.20 and a couple of.50 meters. Of the actual architectural design of the monumental complicated, the muqarnas stand out. “They are geometric figures joined collectively that create a dome just like the stalactites in caves,” he compares as a result of they’ve the identical operate by creating cold and warm air transmissions.
“Small gaps” in home windows and different influencing elements
On the opposite hand, the form of the home windows additionally helps to forestall the Alhambra buildings from heating up inside: “Having small holes makes the warmth enter much less intensely.”
The orientation of many rooms “to the north” is one other trick in order that they preserve a “thermal consolation” in summer time. An side that those that designed the Nasrid constructing took into consideration.
Water pond and tower within the background within the Alhambra in GranadaNIUS
Among different elements that affect whether or not it’s a local weather refuge is the “use of wooden on the roofs”, the peak at which the monumental complicated is positioned or the existence of patios.
All these components collectively “in an accurate and orderly approach” improved the air-con. Peral admits that “they have been conscious of this” and that they used, briefly, “their know-how” utilized to development within the Thirteenth-14th century.
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