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Cooling constructionsEver wonder how people living in the harsh desert climate survive without air-conditioning? Traditional Islamic architecture deals with such conditions by careful direction of light and airflow with elements such as mashrabiyas, wind towers, and earthen walls. Similarly, London designers PostlerFerguson have come up with Microclimates, a unique design that blends these age-old building techniques with computer-aided manufacturing. A customised software creates an interpretation of a mashrabiya that has layers made out of local sand, held together with a magnesium-based binder. Each rendition houses a complex internal structure made with a large-scale rapid prototyping machine. The structure’s surface will efficiently cool the air that passes through it.
(This story appears in the 11 March, 2011 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)