Theory
Bioclimatic Design
Explore in the Atlas →Victor and Aladar Olgyay's systematic approach to shaping buildings around climate — using orientation, air movement, site and materials, analysed via the bioclimatic chart, to achieve comfort with minimal energy. Positioned against the homogenising International Style, it revalues vernacular, climate-responsive form and underpins passive sustainable design.
Dwelling Production Settlement
Details
- Introduced
- 1963
Classifications
- Holder
- Individual
- Source of authority
- Observation
- Subject
- More than human
- Degree of codification
- Highly codified
- Mode of transmission
- Text drawing
- Knowledge type
- Propositional
- Epistemic cluster
- Western philosophical
Connections
- relates to Biophilic Design
Referenced by
- Victor Olgyay proposed
- Feng Shui (the spatial-ordering of qi) relates to
Sources
- Victor Olgyay. Design with Climate: Bioclimatic Approach to Architectural Regionalism. Princeton University Press, 1963.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Bioclimatic Design." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theory/bioclimatic-design/. Accessed July 17, 2026.