Design Pre-thesis 3 | Sustainable Technologies

Most of the design nowadays is lack in daylighting concept. Building like library is important to have a good daylighting concept for the user’s activities and satisfactions (Othman and Mazli, 2012). Moreover, the 21st century learners demand for learning areas that are infused with natural light to provide an easy and pleasurable work environment. In addition, a well-lit and beautifully designed library attract more people to come. Daylighting designs are most effective when properly integrated with passive design strategies into the overall architecture of a building. Therefore, appropriate illuminance level for visual comfort can be achieved through application of daylighting passive design strategies of tested and proven data results.