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“我们想证明我们不需要空调”:靠自然通风降温的机场‘We wanted to prove we didn’t need air conditioning’: the airport cooled by natural ventilation

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在留尼汪岛的罗兰加洛斯机场,天花板的设计将轻柔的热带微风引入航站楼。

在罗兰加洛斯机场的到达航站楼,游客们可以看到从地面到天花板的全景窗户,窗外是这片法国印度洋领地郁郁葱葱的绿色山脉。

At Roland Garros airport on Réunion island, the ceiling design funnels a light tropical breeze into the terminal At the arrivals terminal at Roland Garros airport on Réunion island, visitors are greeted by floor-to-ceiling windows framing the lush green mountains of the French Indian Ocean territory.

他们或许原本期待的是空调带来的冰冷凉爽;这个位于马达加斯加附近的岛屿地处赤道以南的热带地区。

What they may have also expected was the icy chill of air conditioning; this island just off Madagascar sits in the tropical zone to the south of the equator.

但实际上,航站楼的降温依靠的是其独特设计中融入的自然通风系统。

But instead, the terminal is cooled by a light tropical breeze, the result of natural ventilation built into its unique design.