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Daylight and Open Space

In cities today, building has an intrinsic tendency of having uninterrupted openings in building facades and liberating the interior. Perhaps the separation of the exterior of the building and the use of daylight glazing from its steel-reinforced concrete allows natural light as a means of bringing nature into the home. As Le Corbusier mentioned to the design of domestic architecture, a strategy to integrate daylight into a building can reduce or increase its selective view of the surrounding environment.

Despite the freedom afforded by the development of this new design, the making of a high-performance building is at best a temporary material, where its combined resistance of tensile and compressive forces enables a prolific pioneer of the style. It must have the primary source of daytime illumination, the creation of a vegetal rooftop and space while increasing the views over the site. Moreover, if he were to see our modern cities, he would utilize the flat roof for a domestic garden to create a visually and thermally comfortable place connected to outdoor phenomena.

However, most importantly, day lighting does not corrode like metal and allowed for increased access to vast amounts of light, air, and space while creating a visually and thermally comfortable place connected to outdoor phenomena from the post and beam reinforced concrete structures within. In the practice of architecture, the exact positioning of the day light and windows support the influences of the order and regulation of classical architecture and open space.

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VAN, Kevin (2014) The Benefits of Natural Light. Retrieved from: http://www.archlighting.com/daylighting/the-benefits-of-natural-light_o.aspx (last accessed 24 May 2015)

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ARSENAULT, Hayley (2014) 5 Contemporary Buildings That Embody Le Corbusier's Five Points. Retrieved from: http://architizer.com/blog/5-buildings-that-embody-le-corbusiers-five-points/ (last accessed 24 May 2015)

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BROWNELL, Blaine (2015) Two Nautral Rebar Alternatives for Concrete. Retrieved from: http://www.architectmagazine.com/technology/two-natural-rebar-alternatives-for-concrete_o (last accessed 24 May 2015)