Abstract: The use of courtyard as an integrated means of architecture in different building around the world has been dated back to centuries ago. Most households have employed the courtyard for different purposes and activities. The courtyard serves as a means to provide natural light, cool air, privacy as well as security to the surrounding spaces within the building. The courtyard system comes in different shapes and sizes depends on the size of the building and the region. It could be square shape, I-shape, rectangular shape, circular or amorphous E.T.C. To achieve maximum thermal comfort, cautious consideration to its orientation and configuration are put in place as well as the the size of the surrounding walls and positioning of window openings in the spaces around. During the course of these research paper, we would be focusing on northern Nigeria (Bauchi, NIGERIA). To actualize these, buildings would be analyzed and also research questions would be asked around and also analyzing the questionnaires to be distributes to get more information as well as duration and time spent in the spaces at different time of the day.
Keywords: Courtyard, thermal comfort, climate, natural ventilation, daylighting.
Title: PERFORMANCE OF COURTYARD SYSTEMS OF HOUSING IN HOT AND HUMID CLIMATE (BAUCHI, NIGERIA)
Author: Paul Wakawa Yakubu, Halil Zafer Alibaba
International Journal of Civil and Structural Engineering Research
ISSN 2348-7607 (Online)
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