[Re]lighting Offices
Controlling daylight with an integrated system can make offices more sustainable, productive, efficient, healthy, and pleasant. [Re]lighting Offices proposes to create offices that do this by bringing daylight from the exterior of the building intot he interiors through horizontal and vertical sections.
This was my thesis at Syracuse University and explores how natural daylight can make offices sustainable and places that employees want to be. I chose an existing office on the seventh floor of the Sears Tower (Willis Tower) in Chicago, the office is a North/West facing office so gets very little natural light. My proposal draws light into the space and distributes it evenly in the office. This can be seen in the Illuminance studies below in which red represents direct sunlight and indigo represents no light; the yellow/green spectrum is the ideal quality of light for the office.
Render of the final proposal
Plan
Section A-A
Section B-B
Section C-C
Axon showing whol proposal, the middle axon has the ceiling element taken away, the right axon has the ceiling and light scoops taken away.
Axon of just part of the proposal, the middle axon has the ceiling taken away, the right axon has the ceiling and light scoops taken away.
[Re]light Scoop. They draw the light into the office building.
[Re]light Desk. They control the amount of light in the office as well as control the glare inside the office.
[Re]light Well. They distribute the light in the office space.
Render of proposal on June 21 at 9:00am.
Illuminance study on June 21 at 9:00am.
Render of proposal on June 21 at 5:00pm.
Illuminance study on June 21 at 5:00pm.
Render of proposal on October 21 at 9:00am.
Illuminance study on October 21 at 9:00am.
Render of proposal on October 21 at 5:00pm.
Illuminance Study on October 21 at 5:00pm.
Render of proposal on December 21 at 9:00am.
Illuminance study on December 21 at 9:00am.
Render of proposal on December 21 at 5:00pm.
Illuminance study on December 21 at 5:00pm.
