COMPARATIVE STUDY OF BIOCLIMATIC PERFORMANCE IN MOSQUE DESIGN BASED ON TEMPERATURE AND COOLING LOAD PARAMETERS CASE STUDY: MOSQUES IN PALEMBANG CITY

• Main Author: Raihan, Muhammad
• Format: Theses
• Language: Indonesia
• Subjects: Teknik pemanasan, ventilasi dan pendinginan udara
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/81996
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

The phenomenon in the modern era related to the advancement of material accommodation facilities and construction technology has influenced mosque worship buildings, resulting in a uniform architectural style worldwide regardless of its suitability to the local climate. Designers/architects tend to follow current mosque design trends, namely those originating from the Middle East, which clearly has a different climate profile compared to Indonesia—dry warm climates with a tendency towards dryness, low rainfall, and varying temperatures. Therefore, this research will reveal the differences in design and explain the differences in bioclimatic performance, particularly in the parameters of temperature and energy usage in old and new mosque buildings. It is assumed that there are significant performance differences due to varying climate orientation responses. This research is relatively new in Indonesia because most discussions related to old and new architecture focus more on the issues of changes in styles and architectural decorations of mosque buildings. This study will present a new perspective in the form of a comparative evaluation of building performance in the two categories of buildings with variables that clearly distinguish between them. The findings indicate that, from a representative design, old mosques have more efficient bioclimatic performance compared to the representative design of new mosques.