Daylight performance in sport research laboratory under tropical sky conditions

ASEAN users are different with European, American or either typical Asian. ASEAN live under tropical climate with different behaviours, sensory capabilities, and physical attributes. Adidas Sport Research Laboratory is set up mainly for performance footwear engineers to undergo the shoe testing invo...

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Main Author:	Lim, Siaw Yen
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2017
Subjects:	NA Architecture
Online Access:	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/78157/1/LimSiawYenMFAB2017.pdf
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spelling	my-utm-ep.781572018-07-25T07:57:43Z Daylight performance in sport research laboratory under tropical sky conditions 2017-01 Lim, Siaw Yen NA Architecture ASEAN users are different with European, American or either typical Asian. ASEAN live under tropical climate with different behaviours, sensory capabilities, and physical attributes. Adidas Sport Research Laboratory is set up mainly for performance footwear engineers to undergo the shoe testing involved with all performance footwear, mainly focus on ASEAN's popular sport, such as: basketball, jogging, running, cycling, and hiking. The aim of this research is to maximize the use of natural daylighting where architectural aspects of atrium is explored. Active space is created through daylighting conditions that may positively stimulate activities. Physical methods and virtual methods are assessed by computer simulations with integration of modelling tools and data manipulation. The simulation result is synthesized into architectural design strategies for future references. From the simulations it can established that by allowing light reaches further down into an atrium, the reflective component of the atrium wall becomes the aiding component to increase the illuminance of work plane adjacent to the atrium. It is therefore crucial to use high reflective, light coloured surfaces within the atrium. While going up nearer to the fenestration system, the control of the diffuse daylight through the roof become crucial element to control the illuminance of the work plane at the upper floor. The research outcome helped in the design thesis where the sawtooth roof and external light shelf is used to induce optimum natural daylight from the fenestration system until the floor of the atrium. 2017-01 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/78157/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/78157/1/LimSiawYenMFAB2017.pdf application/pdf en public http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:96588 masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Built Environment Faculty of Built Environment
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language	English
topic	NA Architecture
spellingShingle	NA Architecture Lim, Siaw Yen Daylight performance in sport research laboratory under tropical sky conditions
description	ASEAN users are different with European, American or either typical Asian. ASEAN live under tropical climate with different behaviours, sensory capabilities, and physical attributes. Adidas Sport Research Laboratory is set up mainly for performance footwear engineers to undergo the shoe testing involved with all performance footwear, mainly focus on ASEAN's popular sport, such as: basketball, jogging, running, cycling, and hiking. The aim of this research is to maximize the use of natural daylighting where architectural aspects of atrium is explored. Active space is created through daylighting conditions that may positively stimulate activities. Physical methods and virtual methods are assessed by computer simulations with integration of modelling tools and data manipulation. The simulation result is synthesized into architectural design strategies for future references. From the simulations it can established that by allowing light reaches further down into an atrium, the reflective component of the atrium wall becomes the aiding component to increase the illuminance of work plane adjacent to the atrium. It is therefore crucial to use high reflective, light coloured surfaces within the atrium. While going up nearer to the fenestration system, the control of the diffuse daylight through the roof become crucial element to control the illuminance of the work plane at the upper floor. The research outcome helped in the design thesis where the sawtooth roof and external light shelf is used to induce optimum natural daylight from the fenestration system until the floor of the atrium.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Lim, Siaw Yen
author_facet	Lim, Siaw Yen
author_sort	Lim, Siaw Yen
title	Daylight performance in sport research laboratory under tropical sky conditions
title_short	Daylight performance in sport research laboratory under tropical sky conditions
title_full	Daylight performance in sport research laboratory under tropical sky conditions
title_fullStr	Daylight performance in sport research laboratory under tropical sky conditions
title_full_unstemmed	Daylight performance in sport research laboratory under tropical sky conditions
title_sort	daylight performance in sport research laboratory under tropical sky conditions
granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Built Environment
granting_department	Faculty of Built Environment
publishDate	2017
url	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/78157/1/LimSiawYenMFAB2017.pdf
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Daylight performance in sport research laboratory under tropical sky conditions

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