PROPOSING THE AREA OF COURTYARD FOR ROW-HOUSES TO ENSURE REQUIREMENTS OF NATURAL LIGHTING

Tóm tắt

Natural lighting with courtyard’s solutions for row-houses has become one of the passive design principles which brings efficiencies in saving energy, improving the lighting conditions for indoor environment, contributing to the increase of aestheticism and the use of space diversity. However, the current design for courtyard is also much qualitative and the designer does not have any scientific bases to propose reasonable solutions with the aim of satisfying lighting requirements as well as natural use of space. The study was carried out in terms of a 4 step process including: researching overview; selecting case studies; simulating natural light, and evaluating a proposal. The findings aimed to propose a logical area for courtyard in order to meet the requirements of natural lighting for row-houses.