Building H

location: Monash University Caulfield, Building H

A building renovation tailored to improving lighting and thermal conditions

X Prottoy Shams, Lyle Kahn

Through analysis of Melbourne’s sun paths, Building H’s daylight factor, radiation and lux analysis our team developed solutions to improve the sustainability performance of Building H.

Problems:

over exposure on the north facade

turbulent wind tunneling on north and east facade
no solar exposure on the ground floor

Solutions:

solar chimneys
atriums
timber facade installation