Glare on a sunny day, BK City Photo: Personal collection
10 building technology
The course called for a redesign of any component of my Architectural faculty (BK City) that would improve the building’s performance through its visual quality. I chose lighting and designed to retrofit the long windows of the faculty with holographic glazing. A thorough research on the working of a hologram and its adaptability as an architectural element was investigated. After studying the angles of incidence of the sun and required relative positions of the hologram, a structural detail was solved. The use of holographic windows not only creates visuals on the façade but converts direct light to diffused light and thus improving the quality of light in the work environment as well. 56
September 2010