A preliminary-design aid for daylight access to atrium or courtyard

A.J.F. Rutten

A preliminary-design aid for daylight access to atrium or courtyard

A.J.F. Rutten

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Abstract

Light courts and atria in commercial and industrial buildings are frequently being designed with the intention of offering distant rest points for the worker’s eye. More and more buildings are knitted in the little green spaces of an already compactly built city. How confined may a still effectively daylit atrium be planned? Designers decide on an atrium or patio in a very early phase of the design process. This paper will propose a design tool (PAR) leaving ample freedom for building and urban design. The Patio Aspect Ratio (PAR) is a minimum ratio of the horizontal ‘open sky area’ to the square of the building height surrounding the courtyard.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	21st PLEA international conference Passive and low energy architecture, Eindhoven, September 19-21, 2004 : vol. 2
Editors	M.H. Wit, de
Place of Publication	Eindhoven
Publisher	Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
Pages	1155-1157
Volume	2
ISBN (Print)	90-386-1636-8
Publication status	Published - 2004
Event	conference; 21st PLEA international conference Passive and low energy architecture; 2004-09-19; 2004-09-22 - Eindhoven Duration: 19 Sept 2004 → 22 Sept 2004

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Conference	conference; 21st PLEA international conference Passive and low energy architecture; 2004-09-19; 2004-09-22
Abbreviated title	PLEA 21
City	Eindhoven
Period	19/09/04 → 22/09/04
Other	21st PLEA international conference Passive and low energy architecture

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Rutten, AJF 2004, A preliminary-design aid for daylight access to atrium or courtyard. in MH Wit, de (ed.), 21st PLEA international conference Passive and low energy architecture, Eindhoven, September 19-21, 2004 : vol. 2. vol. 2, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Eindhoven, pp. 1155-1157, conference; 21st PLEA international conference Passive and low energy architecture; 2004-09-19; 2004-09-22, Eindhoven, 19/09/04.

A preliminary-design aid for daylight access to atrium or courtyard. / Rutten, A.J.F.
21st PLEA international conference Passive and low energy architecture, Eindhoven, September 19-21, 2004 : vol. 2. ed. / M.H. Wit, de. Vol. 2 Eindhoven: Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, 2004. p. 1155-1157.

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A preliminary-design aid for daylight access to atrium or courtyard

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