Confort ambiental de la arquitectura domestica en cali. analisis bioclimatico de proyectos en el marco de la arquitectura moderna y contemporanea (1950 – 2010).

according with the United Nations Environment Programme UNEP, buildings are responsible for 40% of the global annual consumption of energy (having housing the 29 % of it) and up to 30% of all greenhouse gas emissions related to the energy, and CaMaCOLs figures, regarding the increase of housing construction in recent years, it can be concluded that the construction sector, with the sub-sector of the housing, are directly responsible for climate change. it is important that the main actors in this process – architects – engineers, builders and developers – make conscience of their responsibility with the environment. In Colombia is common to find design and construction professionals, working in the housing field, offering a "bioclimatic or sustainable” architecture, more as a fashion rather than a real commitment to the individual and the environment. To achieve a low- energy design is not a determining factor, due to limited knowledge in energy and efficient designs. There is a tendency to maximize square meters constructed, to generate energy-intensive buildings and to create architecture with an inappropriate orientation, planning layout and construction, working away from the determinants of place and climate. For these reasons it becomes necessary to change the paradigms in the current form of design and building homes, where the economic factor predominates over the ideal relationship between climate - comfort - design. This research project begins with the premise that dwelling is the place where man inhabits and develops their vital activities. Therefore, comfort and well-being must be a constant in it. Due to the variety of climatic conditions existing in Colombia, the research will be focused on Cali, a city located on 03°27′21″ North Latitude and 1003 meters above sea level (after Olgyay). It contemplates to explore the relationship between architecture, housing and climate, in Cali, limited to the period between 1950 and 2010, in the context of modern and contemporary domestic architectures. Individual dwellings and collective housing will be studied. There will be a state-of-the-art, governed by the following purpose: To study the evolution of domestic architecture in Cali, from 1950 to 2010 - modern to contemporary architecture -, from a bioclimatic gaze. The specific objectives of the research are: 1. To make a bioclimatic analysis of projects, within the framework of modern and contemporary domestic architecture, he city of Cali climatic conditions to identify appropriated technical and social solutions 2. To allow the understanding and assessment of the examples given, from the resulting solutions of their commitment to the climatic environment. 3. To create an architectural record of case studies with good practices in low-energy housing design projects. The proposed methodology is qualitative and is focused on field work, with observations and measurements; interviews to their users; and the use of analytical tools and simulation techniques. The project is organized from three sequences: 1. Panoramic, compilation of projects in the framework of modern and contemporary domestic architecture in Cali, 2. Focal Study, case studies will be selected from: architectural typologies, place morphology, response to place and climate, inclusion of architectural strategies of bioclimatic design and verification on site 3. Bioclimatic analysis of selected case studies