Research On The Strategy Of Building Adaptive Design Of Training Center In Guangzhou Area Based On Athletic Thermal Comfort

Ever since China’s economy took off in the 21 st century, people are shifting their focus from sustaining basic needs to improving their overall health and comfort level. Currently, thermal comfort evaluation standards are primarily based on data collected in Europe and America, for specific ethnic groups. Regional variations and thermal comfort adaptability cause disconnects to form when these standards are applied to humid Asian climate in areas like Guangzhou China, there is therefore an urgent need to develop thermal comfort evaluation metrics for specific climates. Due to incomplete understanding of thermal comfort in motion, as well as other technical and economic constraints in the past, traditional gymnasium buildings were unable to satisfy the thermal comfort requirements for athletic activities. Mei Jikui once said: "architecture is not a passive behavior; it is to actively innovate with strong initiative, whose goal is to resolve problems by inventing satisfactory solutions." Thus, the study of thermal comfort in motion became an important subject in architectural research and design.This paper aims to derive athletic thermal comfort evaluation criterion specific to the climate of Guangzhou, by referencing theoretical studies from China and abroad, performing quantitative and qualitative field test measurements, and perform comparative analysis on the data, organized by season and architectural design strategy; and to develop a reasonable construction design strategy to satisfy the thermal comfort requirements, by analyzing design parameters of different gymnasium structures via CFD simulations and Airpak modeling.The results presented in this paper considered seasonal variations, the associated effective temperature SET*, and subjective thermal sensation surveys to evaluate the influences of thermal parameters on thermal sensation in a variety of gymnasiums. These dependencies were then translated into design metrics via Airpak simulations. The goal of this research is to ensure that future gymnasium developments will be able to use the conclusions presented here to provide the best thermal sensation to its users. This is of great importance in the development of sustainable designs and achieving thermal comfort satisfaction in future gymnasiums.