Climate responsive design guidelines for Karachi, using climate consultant software - Focused on Healthcare Buildings

Abstract

The aim is if the healthcare industry become a model for the larger world in developing an ecological approach to these environmental and health challenges? Central to these approaches to medicine is the axiom: “first do no harm”. The In developing new hospital campus in urban site ideas of therapeutic landscape merge with sustainable site planning principles in developing healing gardens, green roofs, and native planting. For the landscape design of Lyari hospital, we developed a series of gardens using native and adopted planting strategies, permeable paving, water features in the campus forecourt, and an intimate healing garden on a rooftop nestled between inpatient wings. Establishing sustainable goals: early in the process, evaluate site under consideration for environmental opportunities and constrains. Development of an environmental management masters plan during the first phase of site development to ensure the preservation of the site’s ecologically significant areas. The above shown environmentally management master plan will inform design decisions so that the foot print of the proposed development does not over whelm the capacity of the site. The climate of Karachi has additional challenge of humidity control, compared to rest of the cities in Pakistan due to the proximity of sea. For all code and standards defined in climate consultant, the comfort zone of winter and summer temperature range lies between 20^oC and 31^oC respectively. The traditional passive house strategies are still most popular in designing the climatic responsive buildings for Karachi. It takes help from the existing