How The Japanese Have Cooled Their Home for 100 years (without electricity)
How did traditional Japanese homes stay cool through brutal, humid summers without electricity? This video explores the centuries-old design philosophy behind machiya, passive cooling, uchimizu, furin wind chimes, and the forgotten engineering that modern architects are trying to rediscover. If you enjoy history, architecture, and forgotten engineering, subscribe to Patina Watch more videos and explore the past through design, craft, and innovation 00:00 Intro 02:34 Japan’s Brutal Summer Climate 04:18 The Machiya Cooling Design 05:42 Tsuboniwa And Hibukuro Ventilation 07:35 Eaves, Walls, And Raised Floors 11:18 Transforming The House For Summer 12:19 Uchimizu And Evaporative Street Cooling 16:19 Furin And Sensory Cooling 21:08 The Integrated Cooling System 22:53 Traditional Ideas In Modern Architecture 25:44 Kenko’s Lesson For The Modern World 26:12 Outro
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