Wind catcher

This post is about wind catchers, a traditional architectural way to maintain air temperature low inside buildings commonly seen in the middle eastern countries. This is an awesome example of the creative talents that our ancestors have had.

Passive cooling systems are a type of building design that uses natural processes to cool a building without the use of mechanical systems.

This diagram shows how a wind catcher creates positive pressure on the windward side and negative pressure on the leeward side and how in doing so cool fresh air is pulled in and circulates the hot stale air out, it does a good job showing this by being very simple to read and shows just the basics of how the process works

Some of the best disguised air conditioning units we've seen, there are some great ways to hide or cover up your ugly aircon units

Image 11 of 18 from gallery of What is a Traditional Windcatcher?. Windcatcher Project. Image © Specht Harpman of Specht Architects

Wind catchers — an ancient technique to beat the heat — could help us once more in our quest for emissions-free cooling.

This installation by MAS Architecture Studio reimagines the Emirati Barjeel wind tower using 480 layers of recycled cardboard for Dubai Design Week.

Ancient people had a lot of modern luxuries. No Internet, though, so we still win.

Wind catchers — an ancient technique to beat the heat — could help us once more in our quest for emissions-free cooling.

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