TERAI REGION
ALTITUDE: 300 METERS APPROX
CLIMATE: HOT AND HUMID (RISE ABOVE 45 C) , RAINFALL: 1600-1800 IN WEST AND
2500-3000 IN EAST.
•ORIENTATION : EXPOSED TOWARD NE, NW AND MINIMUM EXPOSED TOWARD SW, S
•SLOPPED(30), ELONGATED EAVES(OVERHANG ROOF), SHADED PORCHES, PERGOLA-
SITTING AREAS,SEMI-COVERED SIT-OUTS, WRAP-AROUND SEMI-COVERED
VERANDAHS/BALCONIES.
•INTEGRATE VEGETATION AS GARDEN, ROOF GARDEN, PLANTER IS DESIRABLE IN
BUILDING TO REDUCE HEAT GAIN, SHADED COURTYARD USUALLY AT CENTRE.
•CROSS VENTILATIONS FOR AIR CIRCULATIONS
•OPENINGS: APPROPRIATE SIZE WITH APPROPRIATE SHADING DEVICE.
•CORRIDOR SYSTEM
•LIGHT COLORS AND SMOOTH TEXTURE FOR EXTERIOR WALL
•EARTH , THATCH ROOF, BAMBOO, WOOD AS LOCAL BUILDING MATERIAL.
•POND NEAR BUILDING TO GET COOL AIR PASSED IN HOT SUMMER.
HILL REGION
ALTITUDE: 1,000 AND 4,000 METERS
CLIMATE: MODERATE (SUMMER 20°C –35°C AND 2°C –12°C WINTER),
RAINFALL: 1600 TO 3345 MM
•ORIENTED ALONG S,SW,SE
•VERANDAH, COURTYARD, BALCONIES ALONG S,SW,SE
•SLOPED ROOF TO DRAIN OUT RAIN, ELONGATED EAVES.
•STEPPED HOUSING IN HILL
•OPENING: FACED SOUTH AND EAST USUALLY OF MEDIUM SIZE WITH
APPROPRIATE SHADING
•COMPACT PLANNING OF ROOM AND DETACHED KITCHEN AND
BATHROOMS.
•DAMPNESS OCCUR MORE ,USUALLY TWO STOREY
•BUILDING ON SOUTHERN SLOPE WITH SOUTH FACED COURTYARD.
CLIMATE