Climate-responsive design — respuesta climática — begins with a specific place, not a general principle. The daylighting strategy that works in Denver does not work in Mexico City. The strategy that works in a highland Mexican town does not work at the coast. The sun angle, the h
Architectural lighting analysis for passive systems is not about selecting fixtures — it is about designing the building to be its own light source during daylight hours. The analysis quantifies what the geometry of a project will produce in terms of illuminance, glare, and tempo
Climate-responsive design — respuesta climática — begins with a specific place, not a general principle. The daylighting strategy that works in Denver does not work in Mexico City. The strategy that works in a highland Mexican town does not work at the coast. The sun angle, the h
A floor plan drawn without a daylighting analysis is a guess. In Mexico City, where urban lots are bounded by neighboring structures and the sun travels from a southern arc at this latitude, the quality of light in every room is a consequence of decisions made in the first diagra
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