There is a lot of daylight in Med-
iterranean climate of Barcelona which
causes overheating of the building during
the day.
According to the daylight anal-
ysis shading systems are required on the
south building facades to prevent over-
heating.
Figure 126
Shading study | June, 21 |
before noon
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SUN, DAYLIGHT AND SHADING
Shading study is done on the
base of daylight analysis.
Shading degree of proposed vol-
ume is tested in two different conditions
(July, 21 and December, 21) with the lon-
gest day, highest sun latitude and shortest
day, lowest latitude thereafter.
Figure 128 Daylight hours|July, 21
Figure 127
Shading study | June, 21 |
after noon Figure 129 Daylight hours|December, 21
As a result of analysis height of
buildings on the South side of the site is
reduced to achieve better insolation of the
space in between proposed volumes.
In addition points of attention
were indicated on building facades where
orientation of living and sleeping rooms
should provide better insolation.
Different types of wooden shad-
ing systems presented below were test-
ed in the model. Choice preference was
made for vertical system. It allows dif-
fused light to penetrate the building deep-
er during daylight time in comparison to
horizontal system which does not provide
sufficient shading for the low and is com-
pletely blocking high sun stream. Final
option of shading system implemented
in circulation corridor is presented on the
Figure 132.
TRANSPORT & DOMICILE:
an architectural intervention to integrate transport infrastructure with housing for Barcelona.
Efimovich Alina