Responsive facades can reduce building energy consumption and control daylight and natural ventilation to improve user comfort.This study aims to develop alternative responsive facade systems based on semi-regular and...
An adequate strategy for achieving energy efficiency when designing a photovoltaic shading system(PVSS)shall find an equilibrium between sunlight heat gain and daylight trans-mittances through effective analysis tools...
In performance-based architectural design optimization, the design of building massings and façades is commonly separated, which weakens the effectiveness in performance improvement. In response, this study proposes a...
The accurate prediction of the visual comfort zone in an indoor environment is difficult as it depends on many parameters.This is especially the case for large compact urban areas in which the density and shadow from ...
Space syntax involves a set of techniques for analyzing the spatial configurations of various spaces at building and urban scales.Religious spaces,such as prayer halls,are exam ples of buildings where observers experi...