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Iranian Wind Towers: Natural Cooling by Qui Nhon Nguyen is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The document summarizes a research paper on wind towers in traditional Iranian architecture. Wind towers are a natural cooling system that direct wind into buildings. They have inlets on the top that intake wind and outlets that allow hot air to escape. Wind towers are categorized based on the number of orientations: one-directional with one inlet, two-directional with two inlets, and four-directional with four inlets to take advantage of winds from different directions. Wind towers provide cooling through
- Author
- Qui Nhon Nguyen
- Language
- EN