In Xinjiang, adobe flat-topped houses are mostly used. What environment do they adapt to?

The flat roof is suitable for the local dry and rainy climate, and there is no need to make the roof into a slope like the mainland to facilitate drainage.

Most of the houses in northwest China are designed as flat-roofed houses, which has a great relationship with the lack of precipitation and drought in these areas. The flat-roofed houses can be used as drying places. Flat-roofed houses generally have thick walls and small windows, which can block heat waves and high temperatures in summer and resist severe cold in winter.

Relationship between architectural characteristics and climatic conditions in different regions

1, the influence of light on architecture

Lighting is an important factor to be considered in buildings affected by climate. For residential indoor sunshine standards, sunshine time and sunshine quality are generally used to measure. For example, houses in Egypt have thick walls and small windows, which can not only avoid the scorching sun, but also prevent sandstorms.

2. The influence of temperature on buildings

Due to the different climatic conditions around the world, the temperature varies from place to place. The climate near the North and South poles is cold and the climate near the equator is hot, so there are different buildings. The characteristics of these buildings are mainly manifested in the thickness of walls and the location of houses. For example, in places with high temperature, the walls are often thinner and the rooms are larger, which is conducive to accelerating indoor air circulation and reducing indoor temperature.

3. Influence of wind on buildings

Wind plays a very important role in water balance and gas exchange in the environment. In the hot area in the south, striving for good natural ventilation is one of the important factors in choosing the architectural orientation. The orientation of the building should be arranged as far as possible in the direction where the incident angle with the dominant wind direction in summer is less than 450, so as to obtain more convective wind indoors.