Analysis of Influencing Factors of Reflecting Light in Glass Curtain Wall Buildings
YANG Zhen
ZHANG Mingyu
Abstract：The Glass curtain walls have grown incrementally popular in building construction in urban China.However,sunlight reflected by large areas of glazing became a main cause of light pollution in the daytime,potentially threatening the safety of adjoining residents and vehicle drivers.In order to study how to prevent the formation of high intensity reflected glare in the architectural design stage,this study investigated the design parameters and their influence on indirect sunlight glare.Through summarization and analysis of ranges,intensity,shapes and direction of reflected glare from glazed facades,this paper explored the passive influence of glazing curtain wall in 3 major aspects: surroundings,architectural forms and glazing types.Design strategies were proposed as an effort to address the problem during the stages of design.
Keywords：glass curtain wallreflected lightinfluencing factorsarchitectural designcityenvirommentcontrol
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：6( 51-56 )