Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Engineering - Department of Architectural Engineering

Various attempts trying to imitate traditional architectural treatments, seeking for preserving identity and visual perception of the old Islamic city, disregarding sustainable aspects. A special architectural and urban typology 2University Campus3 was readdressed in a manner of figuring out how far in both cases architects were convenient to achieve optimum balance between functional and aesthetical concepts. Diverse usage of 2university classroom3, unlimited to certain activity or definite hours of occupancy, nerveless the need to create a healthier and productive medium for students to learn and create, contributed in choosing it as a case study, with the special configuration of attached arcade to window wall façade Diva for Rhino software is used as a simulative tool to measure and evaluate daylighting levels of an exciting case with, a semi passive daylight redirecting devices, Anidolic Integrated Ceiling was implemented to enhance the behavior of natural illuminance levels inside educational spaces

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