Daylighting Design: Planning Strategies and Best Practice Solutions

Boubekri, Mohamed

ISBN 10: 3764377283 / ISBN 13: 9783764377281

Editore: Birkhäuser, 2014

Codice articolo 9783764377281

Riassunto:

For thousands of years people have aligned their homes with the sun. This tendency decreased with the availability of artificial light. Yet, due to the health effects of artificial light as well as rising energy costs, the issue of designing with daylight is of great importance again today. The primary objective of daylight systems is to make maximum use of daylight for certain building types and climates. The book documents the various dimensions of the optimum use of daylight with particular reference to window orientation, light distribution, and prism technology, and discusses the health and economic related aspects. In the final chapter, existing design concepts are documented in detail, including the expansion of the Art Institute of Chicago Museum in the United States by Renzo Piano Building Workshop,Terminal 3 of the Changi Airport in Singapore by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, and the Clever House in Germany by Behnisch Architekten.

Informazioni sull'autore:

Prof. Dr. Mohamed Boubekri, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.

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Titolo: Daylighting Design: Planning Strategies and ...
Casa editrice: Birkhäuser
Data di pubblicazione: 2014
Legatura: Rilegato
Condizione: New