l34.
a 4,062 m² private residential development on a pacific reef island. salt, onshore wind, east-facing rooms with sea views. the design was sized to bring daylight in without bringing the cooling load with it.
daylight access increase.
useful daylight illuminance · vs. baseline scheme.
brief, approach, outcome.
the site is an artificial reef island on panamá's pacific coast. constant east-to-west onshore wind, salt in everything, and a residential program asking for sea views from rooms that face the sun.
east-facing glass is the easiest way to add cooling load in this climate. the design had to keep the views and the daylight without adding the bill.
the master section was redrawn so that east glazing sat behind a deep planted veranda, a shaded outdoor room rather than a curtain wall. planting was specified for salt and wind from the start. the model resolved the trade between view, shade, and cooling on a room-by-room basis rather than as a global rule.
interior renderings courtesy of manfredi arquitectos.
the decisions that shaped it.
views earned by shade, not borrowed against the cooling bill.