1 INTRODUCTION The architecture has sought throughout history to develop means of environmental control that can provide shelter and comfort for the man, and the mood climate of each city has been the determining factor in defining the architectural concepts, materials and construction techniques used. The study of climate and its relation to design practice is increasingly becoming a differential of the good architecture. There are different terms related to architecture as "Green Architecture", "Ecological Architecture", "Bioconstruction", "Bioclimatic Architecture", "Eco-Efficient Architecture", "Passive Solar Architecture." There are also different ways of relating architecture with the environment with similar or close meanings, and they are directly related to the sustainable architecture. The bioclimatic project covers the needs of the human being in thermal, lighting and acoustic aspects, with a concern about the weather conditions and the use of techniques including the study of sunlight, heating and air movement through the building envelope when necessary. This for specific hours of the day and months of the year, using available materials in the region and, in addition, trying to integrate the building with the surrounding space (Givoni, 1998 apud Sacht, 2013). It is believed that the incorporation of bioclimatic building concepts is one of the cheapest and most efficient practice for energy saving. There are two major factors in the context of bioclimatic architecture, they are: a multidisciplinary approach required to develop an efficient project, and its insertion into the sustainability subject to the search for an efficient passive design is necessary to understand that there is not a perfect solution and that can be applicable to all situations, but numerous Bioclimatic Buildings Strategies for the Climate of Araras City, São Paulo - Brazil Juliana M. A. do Nascimento Centro Universitário de Araras “Dr. Edmundo Ulson” - UNAR, Architecture and Urbanism, Araras, SP, Brazil juli_nascimento@yahoo.com.br Helenice M. Sacht University of Minho, School of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Guimarães, Portugal hmsacht@civil.uminho.pt Luís Bragança University of Minho, School of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Guimarães, Portugal braganca@civil.uminho.pt ABSTRACT: The concept of bioclimatic architecture or passive solar architecture can be defined as an architecture that includes the climate as an important variable in the design process. Through the use of bioclimatic strategies the environment comfort can be obtained naturally for users of buildings, which depending on the climate, the construction techniques and the type of use. Considering these aspects, the main objective of this work is to identify bioclimatic strategies for buildings for the climate of Araras city, countryside of São Paulo State - Brazil, based on climatic characterization of the city and in the study of design guidelines indicated by the Brazilian Code NBR 15220-3, the Brazilian Bioclimatic Zoning. According to the code, the climate of Araras is inserted in Bioclimatic Zone 4. For this climate the main indicated strategies for winter are the use of solar passive heating and massive internal walls in buildings. For summer, the use of evaporative cooling and ventilation are indicated. Based on this information were established initial guidelines for thermal comfort and energy efficiency for projects of buildings in the climate of Araras-SP.