Local Wisdom in Designing Vernacular Buddhist Holy
Templesthat Creating the Thermal Comfort : Case study of Khun
Kong temple's Sim in Nang Rong district, BuriRam province
Sombat Prajonsant *,Visar Feangwiang ,Pipat Prajonsant
Lecturer, Faculty of Industrial TechnologyBuriRamRajabhat University BuriRam Thailand
Abstract
The objectives of this research project entitled "Local Wisdom in Designing
Vernacular Buddhist Holy Temples (Sim) that Creating the Thermal Comfort: Case study
of Khun Kong temple's Sim in Nang Rong district, BuriRam province" were to examine the
architecture patterns, and to explain the body of knowledge of the local wisdom in designing
the vernacular Sims for creating the thermal comfort to building occupants according to
architecture disciplines and the results received from the scientific measurement.These Simaged
over 400 years. The insides of the Simwas measured in terms of the air temperature, relative
humidity, and air velocity (no MRT) by using scientific instruments since December 2012
to July 2013 in order to utilize the obtained data for explaining the architecture designing
disciplines in creating the thermal comfort regarding the planning, roof shapes, building
shapes, and designing the voids. The results from the study showed that throughout the day
in winter, summer, and rainy season, the inside of Simsprovided the thermal comfort to the
building occupants: the mean of temperature ranged between 23.40 ๐c - 35.90 ๐c, the mean
of relative humidity ranged between 43.00 - 99.00%, and the mean of air velocity ranged
between 0.07 - 0.55 meters per second. Even though the temperature was above the Bioclimatic Chart developed by Victor Olgyay, the temperature was in compliance with the
field studies of Thai scholars-it was found that the thermal comfort has a high degree of
correlation with local weather conditions, and the most important thing was the adaptability
of the building occupants resulted in their comfortable feeling at all times. The results from
the study helped explain the local wisdom in designing by using the architecture designing
disciplines which provided the thermal comfort regarding building.
Keywords: Architecture, Vernacular Architecture, Thermal Comfort, Local Wisdom, Sim
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