| Testing Daylight availability for cliff dwellings by adding Clerestory, Taba, Egypt |
| Paper ID : 1094-ICCAE (R1) |
| Authors: |
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Hala Ali Nabil *1, Ahmed Ahmed fikry2 1Doctor of Architecture and Environmental Design, Researcher at Farouk El-Baz Center for Sustainability and Future Studies (FECSFS), Egypt. 2Professor of Architecture and Environmental Design, Architecture Department, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt. |
| Abstract: |
| The succession of day and night affects human beings' psychological and physical well-being. Therefore it is essential to transfer the proper amount of daylight. The one-directional daylight source causes the most significant problem in dwellings: the deep gloom sectors. The main goal is to measure the enhancement of daylight penetration of excavated mountainous buildings settled on cliffs of varying slopes. The research methodology is a practical study that uses a simulation to examine Clerestory's capability to penetrate daylight. The study simulation was based on the DIVA plug-in using the Daylight Autonomy simulation metric. The study model is a touristic chalet with a total built-up area of 100sq—meters in Taba, Egypt. The chalet has an East-oriented facade and overlooks the Red Sea. The Clerestory is an old strategy that provides daylight and air into enclosed spaces developed in the study model to provide daylight in gloom sectors. The apparent results reveal that the Clerestory enhances the daylight penetration by 10% - 20% per year and eliminates the cave effect into the space. The conclusion emphasises that the exposed roof material and the clerestory distance inward the facade are parameters that limit daylight penetration and contribute to the homogenous distribution of daylight. |
| Keywords: |
| Clerestory; Daylight; Excavated cliff building; Exposed Roof; Slope angle. |
| Status : Paper Accepted (Oral Presentation) |
