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Vital Signs
Project: Daylighting in Three Libraries
(Overview) (Method) (Survey) (Mt. Airy) (Michigan) (Exeter)
(Syllabus)
Phillips Exeter Academy Library
(Exeter Intro) (Exeter Model
Study) (Exeter Survey) (Exeter Student Evaluation)
Scale Model Study
Model testing suggested the atrium receives low levels of light from the clerestory
windows. It appears that Kahn's architectural intent was to form a central atrium where
illumination levels would be low, with individual study areas at the edge of the building
that received more light.
 June - 9 am
sky: 6000 fc
interior: 40 fc
daylight factor: <01%
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June -12 noon
sky: 8000 fc
interior: 40
daylight factor: 0.05%
June - 3 pm
sky: 6000 fc
interior: 40 fc
daylight factor: <01%
Sep/Mar - 9 am
sky: 5000 fc
interior: 40 fc
daylight factor: <01%
Sep/Mar -12 noon
sky: 6000 fc
interior: 40
daylight factor: <01%
Sep/Mar - 3 pm
sky: 3900 fc
interior: 30 fc
daylight factor: <01%
Dec - 9 am
sky: 2000 fc
interior: 30 fc
daylight factor: 01.5%
Dec -12 noon
sky: 3200 fc
interior: 30
daylight factor: 01%
Dec - 3 pm
sky: 2500 fc
interior: 30 fc
daylight factor: 01%
The next section presents the results of the occupant survey taken at the Phillips Exeter
Academy Library.
Comments to
author: vitalsigns@
ced.berkeley.edu
All contents copyright (C) 1998. Vital Signs
Project. All rights reserved.
Created: 05/13/97
Revised: 09/09/02 |
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