Dogtrot House - Hot/Humid Climate

Seeing as the new Archi 2A project is upon us, i thought i'd look into some houses that have been designed in similar climate zones to what we have in Domus, 'Hot/Humid'.

On GreatBuildings.com i found the Dogtrot House.

This is a quote from the site on it:

“One of the more ingenious methods of cooling in the days before air conditioning, the Dogtrot house originated in the southern Appalachian Mountain region. It is distinguished by an open breezeway that extends through the center of the house, off of which open the rooms. With this design, cooling breezes flow through the open core and into the rooms where windows on the exterior walls create cross-ventilation.”

So distinctive features of the house seem to be large eaves for shade, open plan for ventilation and breeze and timbers to keep the internal temperature at a minimum. Hopefully we can get some good ideas of it!

Cheers.