BIOCLIMATIC DESIGN OF MIDDLE HOUSING IN THE TIMES OF THE OIL BOOM IN TAMPICO, MEXICO (1912-1930)

Abstract

This paper aims to determine bioclimatic strategies suitable for the climate of Tampico and to confirm whether they were applied in the middle housing built during the oil boom in the city. The strategies applicable to the local climate are established using a climatic characterization of Tampico and a review of the recommendations by bioclimatic architecture authors. A housing catalog of the time with bioclimatic characteristics is made, obtaining access to five. Users are interviewed to know their perception of indoor comfort, studying the housing in depth regarding the existence or not of bioclimatic strategies, concluding that they have climate-appropriate bioclimatic strategies, which are the same as those used in the houses of the time (oil boom), and that have helped to improve the indoor comfort of the buildings. Using them today will help reduce indoor heating, the excessive use of non-renewable energies, and the high energy consumption costs.