Jack de Valpine
Visarc, Inc.
In
order to facilitate the presentation of a basic daylighting study focused on
sun/shadow impact, we developed a method for organizing the results in a simple
summary graphic diagram. The impact of an existing building on eight neighbor
buildings was evaluated for the as-built condition in addition to a proposed
new design condition. Each neighbor building was evaluated with respect to
resulting shadow impact on its main facade. The evaluations were produced at 10
minute increments for a representative day for each month of the year. The method that we developed for
presenting the results enabled us to use one summary graphic diagram for each
of the eight buildings. The summary graphic diagrams were keyed with underlying
image data. The study was presented to a neighborhood community group to assist
in understanding the impact of the proposed design condition.