Master in Advanced Architecture 2011/2012
The following project is a CASA-STUDIO located in a residual space between buildings. Solar analysis will be applied to this building in order to understand the light effect.
The studies proposed for this exercise were: daily shadows analysis, monthly shadows analysis, solar analysis on the building, solar analysis on facades, daylight analysis, ray light analysis ant thermal comfort analysis.
Refer to the complete analysis: FINAL ASSIGMENT ECOTEC
ECOTECT™, Digital Tools Assignment
Ecotect™ allows us to see how our future building is going to cast shadows on the surroundings or how do the current buildings cast shadows on each other on a certain day at a certain time or all year round. This helps find the right shape of the building and prevent overshadowing.
To turn on shadows and reflections display we can use the Display tab in the upper panel or F9 and F10 on the keyboard. But for me the easiest way to control and set shadow and reflections is the Shadow Settings Panel on the right side of the window. But before that, of course, we have to load the Weather File. For the Shadows and Reflections exercise (which I did on my Superblock) I chose Barcelona and Seoul to compare.
Daily Sun Path, Barcelona, 1st of December, shadows shown for 15:00, screenshot
This residential building is situated in Kolomna, Russia (55°05′N 38°47′E)
The region is very cold and the solar day in winter is only 6 hours long. So the shape of the building sholud provide maximum solar exposure to the sun.
As a case study is used a city of 30.000 inhabitants The residential areas as well as the areas of public services are structured in height. This gives a megadomi consisting of homes, public buildings and parking spaces.
