Living environment of environmentally symbiotic housing for elderly people in Okinawa

Abstract

This study deals with environmentally symbiotic housing for elderly people in Okinawa. Started from analyzing a concept of architect who designed this building, we proceed to make some research such as thermal environmental research and post occupancy evaluation by workers and users of the building. The purpose of this study is to prove the possibility of passive design for environment in semi-topical climate. Characteristic point of this study is the fact that architect himself joined this research as a chief member of the group. Therefore we could expect a future feedback to the design discipline of this field.