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Figure 18: Aerial view- Base case (left) and the efficient case (right) visualization
The building as the base case considers the regulations of Dubai, yet the building reflects the
style and the form of modernity, and openness with glazing transparency, adding skylights to
give a disclosure to the showroom, with gray colored wall surfaces replicating the stiffness of the
building.
Efficient Case Materials:
Fiber cement cladding has a low embodied energy compared to glass, ceramic panels, terracotta
tiles and aluminum cladding panels. For this reason it was selected to replace the normal stucco
paint for the external walls.

Figure 19: Plan drawing and 3d construction isometric for the fiber cement cladding system layers
(Marley Eternit 2011)

Designing a passive automobile showroom in hot climatic conditions

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