Daylight and Healthy Housing for Older Adults

Field

Architecture and Building Performance

Study type

Mixed-method master's research

Challenge

The project needed to connect residents' experience of daylight with measurable architectural and environmental performance across representative dwelling types rather than treating survey and simulation results as separate studies.

Approach

Representative residential typologies were defined first, then resident survey evidence, field illuminance measurements, climate-based daylight indicators, and site/building variables were organized into one analysis framework.

Methods

Resident survey · Representative-type sampling · Illuminance measurement · Daylight autonomy metrics · Useful Daylight Illuminance · Sky View Factor

Software / workflow

Ladybug-compatible workflow · Daylight simulation tools · Spreadsheet analysis

Project outcome

The methodology and Chapter 4 analysis structure were reorganized so typology, questionnaire data, field measurements, and daylight metrics could be interpreted within the same evidence chain.

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