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UNStudio - ASP - Daylight in Architecture Study

This document describes 6 building projects by UNStudio that utilize various daylighting strategies. It lists the Mahler Tower in Amsterdam which uses voids and horizontal bands to connect interior and exterior spaces while redirecting daylight. It also describes the Mirai House in Leiden for Astellas with lamellas on each facade to deflect sunlight and redirect daylight into the building. Finally, it outlines design strategies like lightwells, daylight redirection devices, exterior shading, courtyards, and atria that were used across the different projects to optimize daylighting.

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UNStudio - ASP - Daylight in Architecture Study

This document describes 6 building projects by UNStudio that utilize various daylighting strategies. It lists the Mahler Tower in Amsterdam which uses voids and horizontal bands to connect interior and exterior spaces while redirecting daylight. It also describes the Mirai House in Leiden for Astellas with lamellas on each facade to deflect sunlight and redirect daylight into the building. Finally, it outlines design strategies like lightwells, daylight redirection devices, exterior shading, courtyards, and atria that were used across the different projects to optimize daylighting.

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1.

MAHLER TOWER

2.

EDUCATION EXECUTIVE AGENCY & TAX OFFICE

3.

MIRAI HOUSE

4.

VI PALAZZO ENI

CONTENTS
UNSTUDIO PROJECTS

AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS

GRONINGEN, NETHERLANDS

LEIDEN, NETHERLANDS

MILAN, ITALY

5. ZUIDSCHANS

AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS

6.

SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN

SINGAPORE

ASP

Daylight in Architecture

1.

UNSTUDIO TOWER
Daylight Massing Optimization
Daylight Redirection Devices
Lightwell
Glazing Material

The UNStudio Tower forms part of the


Mahler 4 urban complex, a cluster of six
buildings located in the heart of the south
axis in Amsterdam. Two main concepts are
mainly shaping the building. Firstly, voids are
forming a vertical accent and connecting the
inside with the outside. Secondly, horizontal
articulation is provided by white, aluminium
bands which wrap the tower.

These voids create an inside-outside relationship

Title: Mahler Tower


Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Client: Mahler 4 VOF, Consortium G&S Vastgoed, ASR Vastgoed, ING Real Estate

Voids

Year: 2004-2009
Project Team: UNStudio
Ben van Berkel, Gerard Loozekoot with
Wouter de Jonge, Erwin Horstmanshof and
Holger Hoffman, Kristin Sandner, Miklos
Deri, Jesca de Vries, Nanang Santoso,
Lucas Galehr, Dennis Ruarus

which extends the faade envelope and turns the


surface of the tower into an active medium with a
profound effect on the quality of the interior user
space.
The white aluminium bands differ in size, depth

Status: Realized
Building Typology: Office
Total surface area: 28.280 m

and transparency ensure the correct balance of


sun screening, light penetration to the interiors and
facilitate the daylight via redirection devices to the
ceiling to ensure deeper light penetration.
Thermal glazing allows for sufficient daylight, whilst
reducing direct sunlight.

Increased window surface of offices


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Daylight in Architecture

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View axis - elongated floorplate

Daylight redirection and shading device

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Differences
articulation, depending
on orientation

Integration of daylight devices

3.

MIRAI HOUSE // ASTELLAS LEIDEN


Daylight-Optimized Interior Design
Courtyard
Analysis & Measuring

1. Basic confirguration

The new headquarters building for the


Japanese firm Astellas houses both offices
and laboratories. Essential to the design of
the building is the creation of a pleasant,
open and transparent working environment
for Astellas employees, in addition to an
agreeable and welcoming gesture to their
international visitors.

Lamellas are incorporated on each level of the


faade in order to deflect direct sunlight and

2. Compact building mass

Title: Mirai House


Location: Leiden, Netherlands
Client: G&S Vastgoed
Year: 2009-2012

3. Differentiation in
building mass

4. Reaction to situation
Adjustments massing

Project Team: UNStudio


Ben van Berkel, Caroline Bos, Gerard Loozekoot with Erwin Horstmanshof and Jrg
Petri, Nanang Santoso, Sander Schuur,
Ramon van der Heijden, Rikjan Scholten,
Filippo Lodi, Imola Berczi, Peter Irmscher,
Patrik Noome

redirect daylight. These lamellas differ in depth


from 4 cm in the north to 20cm-30cm in the east,
south and west.
While the north faade`s windows are installed
from the floor to the seiling, the east, south and

Status: Realized
Building Typology: Offices and laboratories
Total surface area: 21.300m

west faades are introducing a parapet of 90cm


height.
The glass panes are coated to additionally reduce
heat load to the interior.

Sunlight study
ASP

Daylight in Architecture

faade facing east - open

Horizontal louvers

Louver distribution

ASP

Daylight in Architecture

South/East Facind Facade

faade facing west - closed

Courtyard

Groundfloor

DAYLIGHT IN
ARCHITECTURE

ARCHITECTURAL
ELEMENTS

Lightwell
Daylight Redirection Device

Glazing material
Analysis+
Measuring
Glazing material
Analysis+
Measuring

1.

MAHLER TOWER

Daylight Massing
Optimization
Daylight-optimized
interior design

2.

EDUCATION EXECUTIVE
AGENCY & TAX OFFICE

Daylight Massing
Optimization

Daylight Redirection
Device
Exterior Shading and
Control Devices

Daylight-optimized
interior design
Daylight Massing
Optimization

Courtyard
Exterior Shading and
Control Devices
Daylight Redirection Device

Daylight Massing
Optimization

Exterior Shading and


Control Devices
Atria

Daylight Massing Optimization


Daylight-optimized
interior design

Exterior Shading and


Control Devices
Daylight Redirection Device

AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS

GRONINGEN, NETHERLANDS

3.

MIRAI HOUSE

4.

VI PALAZZO ENI

LEIDEN, NETHERLANDS

MILAN, ITALY

5. ZUIDSCHANS

AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS

6.

SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY
OF TECH. AND DESIGN

ASP

DESIGN
STRATEGIES

SINGAPORE, REP. OF SINGAPORE

Daylight in Architecture

Daylight-optimized
interior design
Daylight-optimized
exterior space design

Courtyard
Exterior Shading and
Control Devices
Daylight Redirection Device

TOOL+
DEVICES

Analysis+
Measuring

Daylight-responsive
electric lighting

Glazing material
Analysis+
Measuring

Analysis+
Measuring

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