The window as gesture

The solar shading, facade and daylight experience

The aforementioned analysis shows a high potential for utilising a placement of the window inspired by the version aligned with the facade, as this design solution adds many good qualities to the interior. Though, it still has some challenges, especially with regards to the potential risk of overheating when using this strategy and therefore a need for solar shading. In the following shading aesthetics will be compared and analysed.

Overhang

+ Enhancing daylight rather than blocking + Mimicing traditional shapes of Danish building styles + Sheltering the user when outdoors + Indirect solar shading that does not affect the daylight settings by blocking daylight but rather expand the room/view towards outside - Indirect solar shading - Static feature that is not providing adaptability

+ Enhancing daylight + Playful experience of daylight when they are in use This can act as an interesting architectural feature or even compliment the experience of a certain place, landscape and spatial setting + Provides adaptability to the façade, making it possible to change settings depending on the climatic conditions - Atypical in a Danish building context - Not acting as a shelter of the user when outside - Not fully blocking the daylight but rather creating an experience that for some functionalities are unpleasant, as the translucency of daylight can create glare or annoying light settings

+ Direct extension of the interior + Playful experience of daylight when they are in use, that can act as an interesting architectural feature or even compliment the experience of certain place, landscape and spatial setting - Not acting as a shelter of the user when outside - Not totally blocking the daylight but rather creating an experience that for some functionalities are unpleasant, as the translucency of daylight can create glare or annoying light settings - Static feature that is not providing adaptability

Figure 131 Overhang

Sliding or rotateable shutters

Figure 132 Sliding or rotateable shutters

Pergola as permanent solar shading

Figure 133 Pergola as permanent solar shading

THE WINDOW AS GESTURE

Summarizing on the window detail concept

To summarize the design of windows in the facade it must:

• Minimize linear thermal transmittance by insulation of the window frame from the interior outwards

• Correspond with Danish building traditon by placement of the window in line with the façade, creating a visually plane appearance outside, and also provides the ability to utilise the wall for interior design solutions for suitable purposes complementing the functionality of the space, such as bookshelves or nichees • Provide solar shading by adding overhang, as the most suitable solution, e.g. of an atypical shape to modernize the traditional building style

• Be adaptive with a design of easy accessible joints and connections. Sliding shutters provides easy adaptive solar shading for the window, providing the user control to change and adapt to specific climatic or functional conditions

• Façade elements of generic sizes that makes it easy to switch between sheathing and window to easily adapt the façade depending on functionality

Paper based vapour barrier

OSB board 21 mm

Upcycled window with 3-layered glazing

45 mm Seaweed insulation Clay plaster attached on chicken wire 75 mm Seaweed insulation 150 mm Seaweed insulation 75 mm Seaweed insulation Paper based vapour barrier Window sill Wooden 21 mm Filler (forkomprimeret fugebånd)

Oakum (Værk) Thickness: 15 mm Length: 90 mm

External sill of zinc (reused)

Hunton Windproof Fiberboard 12 mm (Wind barrier) Wood panel system of upcycled wood from abandoned buildings Facade elements made of broken pallets from local supermarkets

Scale 1:5 Figure 134 Envelope