hUB4 ARCHITECTS
New Ways Of Living
The new ways of living project aims to create a harmonious blend of indoor and outdoor living spaces , promoting biodiversity and enhancing residents well-being. each apartment features expansive terraces designed with planting spaces. each terrace space is shaded by the terrace above it to reduce heat gain while maintaining daylight standards.
Goals
- Minimize Solar Radiation
- Maximize daylight penetration
- Optimize outdoor terrace areas.
Formal Exploration
Design Transformation Strategy
Optimization
- SOLAR RADIATION: Minimize exposure on building elevation (glass)
- DAYLIGHT: Maximize indoor natural light
- OUTDOOR Area: Optimize usable terrace space
High vs Low Performance
Galapagos run 1 :
- low performance results showing fitness value of 1.92 so a ratio of 1.92 of daylight hours on all surfaces to 1 total solar radiation average.
Galapagos run 1 : notes
- outdoor floor area calculating total area of all floor surfaces, interior floor space should be subtracted for accurate results relevant to optimization goals.
Galapagos run 1 :
- high performance results showing fitness value of 1.98 so a ratio of 1.98 of daylight hours on all surfaces to 1 total solar radiation average.
- higher value of Total daylight hours
- larger outdoor area
Galapagos run 1 : notes
- outdoor floor area calculating total area of all floor surfaces, interior floor space should be subtracted for accurate results relevant for optimization goals
- column mass not computed into results (will impact daylight hours)
Galapagos run 1 : notes
- curve shape optimized as a very simple geometry to cut down optimization time.
Galapagos run 2 : notes
- column mesh added as context to show more accurate results, should reduce total radiation, but should also reduce daylight hours.
- more accurate results expected
Galapagos run 2 :
- low performance results showing fitness value of 2.58 so a ratio of 2.58 of daylight hours on all surfaces to 1 total solar radiation average.
- slightly lower values of Total daylight hours (2.33h) to currently 2.38 hours, even with the addition of column geometry
- 36143 m2 of outdoor space divided by 48 apartment units so each apartment gets a total of 752 m2 of outdoor space ( division includes portion of green roof outdoor space)
Galapagos run 2 : notes
- outdoor floor area calculating outdoor space only
- column mass computed into results will impact daylight hours
