Glenn KatzYour Design Journal entries for this module should highlight:
- the design alternatives that you modeled and tested
- the results of the analyses and how they influenced your thinking about how to move forward
Use text , images, web links, movies... Whatever media works best to express your ideas!
Images of Your 3 Design Proposals
Proposal 1:
Proposal 2:
Proposal 3:
Side-By-Side Comparisons of Your Analysis Results
Because my project focused so much on natural lighting and open spaces, I measured the Daylight potential and Sun hours.
Daylight potential: This gives the Vertical Sky Component, a measure of how much light reaches the facades from the sky
Sun hours analysis: Fro four specific dates that have been manually selected, this takes into account the shading caused by buildings and/or terrain surroundings
March 21st:
June 21st:
September 21st:
December 21st:
Your Recommendation for the “Best” Design Option
I decided to go ahead with Proposal 2:
Daylight potential: It has a decent VSC with greater than 27% on a majority of the outer periphery of the building. I intend on having dark-focused exhibits on the shadowed-side so it works out well. The inner facade of the building is also pretty well lit and ambient, and installing larger windows will be necessary and very welcome for the lovely views of the atrium.
Even though proposal 3 looks promising too, but the longer side being shaded held me back.
Sun hours analysis:
Proposal3 was extremely dark on the concave side so I didn’t like it, and it wasn’t very pretty-looking either.