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BUILT is an international peer reviewed journal exclusively devoted to original research in architectural
technological applications. The journal welcomes contributors in the field of Building-, Urban-,
Interior- and Landscape- environment to showcase the cutting-edge Technology in architectural
research. The direction and structure of this journal are unique and fit both academic and professional
architects needs. Each article will be divided into two main parts including Theory and Applications.
The former focuses on theoretical research of authors expertise, while the latter allows authors to
discuss the architectural applications utilized his/her practice-oriented research. This will provide the
target audiences, the architects community, the tailored scientific journal papers where architects
can contribute and pass their ideas to the fellow architects and as the learning forum for architects to
expose to new ideas and knowledge.

Online ISSN 2228-9194

Copyright 2011 by
Faculty of Architecture and Planning, Thammasat University
All rights reserved.
Statements or facts and opinions appeared in BUILT are made on the
responsibility of the authors alone and do not imply the endorsement
of the publisher.

Advisory Board
Assistant Professor Sezer Atamturktur, Ph.D.
Clemson University, USA
Professor Peter von Below, Dr.-Ing.
University of Michigan, USA
Torwong Chenvidyakarn, Ph.D.
Thammasat University, Thailand
University of Cambridge, UK
Professor Mahjoub Elnimeiri, Ph.D.
Illinois Institute of Technology, USA
Professor Weijun Gao, D. Eng.
The University of Kitakyushu, Japan
Associate Professor Jae-Weon Jeong, Ph.D.
Sejong University, Korea
Professor Mojtaba Navvab, Ph.D., FIES
University of Michigan, USA
Associate Professor Jelena Srebric, Ph.D.
The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Professor Shin-ichi Tanabe, Ph.D.
Waseda University, Japan

Editorial Board
Professor Vimolsiddhi Horayangkura, Ph.D.
Advisor
Assistant Professor Santirak Prasertsuk
Advisor
Assistant Professor Chalermwat Tantasavasdi
Executive Editor
Pimonmart Wankanapon, Ph.D.
Editor-in-chief
Supreedee Rittironk, Ph.D.
Editor
Jatuwat Varodompun, Ph.D.
Editor
Sarah Rebecca Davis
English Language Advisor
Khanitta Buatone
Copy Editor
Athitaya Ruangrungchaikul
Secretary
Rewadee Prasankan
Graphic Designer
Voravitt Wongsonton
Graphic Designer

International Journal of Building, Urban, Interior and Landscape Technology

Volume 1 Issue 1 2011

Editorial
It is my great pleasure to introduce to you the inaugural issue of an international journal of Building, Urban, Interior and Landscape Technology, BUILT.
Established in 2010, BUILT offers academic and professionals in the field of
the built environment an alternative practice-oriented, high-quality platform
for peer-reviewed publications. It welcomes all kinds of original, cutting-edge
contribution relating to building, urban, interior and landscape technology,
and their application.
Our first issue started modest in scope but ambitious in aspirations. It presents
a range of innovative ideas and new understandings, from a novel approach to
building design under climate change and a new technique for outdoor airflow
simulation to the latest insight into the working of a modern, automated solar
shading system and on alternative way to make construction bricks out of
bagasse fiber.
I hope you enjoy our first issue, and if you do and would like to have your work
published in a future installment, please get in touch with us through www.
builtjournal.org. We promise an efficient peer-review process to get suitable
articles published as soon as possible; and of selected for publication, your
work will be distributed globally in a hard copy as well as in an electronic form
on our website.
Finally, I would like to express my sincerest gratitude to our Editorial and Advisory
Board, our peer reviewers and all our staff for their tireless contributions to
this first issue of the journal. Without them, Built would not have existed.
I look forward to seeing you again in even more exciting future issues!

Pimonmart Wankanapon, Ph.D.

Editor-in-chief

CONTENTS
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Integrative Passive Design for Climate Change: A New Approach for Tropical
House Design in the 21st Century
Chalermwat Tantasavasdi, Torwong Chenvidyakarn and Maniporn Pichaisak

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Reaching Design Solutions Using Building Technology Simulation:

New Thai Parliament Design Competition
Jatuwat Varodompun

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Roller Shades and Automatic Lighting Control with Solar Radiation Control
Strategies
Pimonmart Wankanapon and Richard G. Mistrick

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Development and Validation of an Algebraic Turbulence Model for Outdoor

Airflow and Contaminant Simulations around a Building
Yazhuo Qian and Jelena Srebric

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The Physical and Thermal Properties of Adobe Brick Containing Bagasse for
Earth Construction
Pusit Lertwattanaruk and Jarunsri Choksiriwanna
Book Review: Buoyancy Effects in Fluids
Torwong Chenvidyakarn
Advisory Board
Manuscript Preparation Guidelines