Commercial-Office Building

Sustainable Design for Daylight Management

Providing and controlling daylight is one of the important concerns in architecture. Daylight management in office buildings with deep plans is very challenging. A sustainable design for daylight management can be effective in both saving energy and visual comfort. The building is exposed to harsh hours of the noon sun on its southern facade and the afternoon sun on its large western façade. This scenario led me to shape fundamental passive design strategies. Strategies include designing 3 daylight management systems:

1) A set of light shelves is embedded on the widows of the southern facade for controlling unwanted solar gain near the windows and redirecting the daylight to the depth of the room offices.

2) A green wall as a second skin for the western glass facade.

3) A central atrium equipped with an innovative daylight system (Superposition Reflective Louver) for improving daylight in central deep spaces.