Bioclimatic parameters in the design of contemporary buildings: the proposal for the new Town Hall of Deryneia, Cyprus

Abstract

This  study  presents  the  process  of  the  design proposal for the new Town-Hall of Deryneia, Cyprus. Deryneia is  a  “divided”  municipality  since  1974  and  for  this  reason  the proposed   building   had   to   satisfy,   apart   from   the   afore-mentioned  environmental  and  architectural  demands,  the  need to  express  symbolically  the  political  situation.  The  aim  of  the study  is  to  evaluate  the  thermal  behaviour,  of  the  proposed architectural  design  both  qualitatively  and  quantitatively  with the use of software. More specifically, this evaluation concerns the thermal behaviour of the building shell, the passive heating and  cooling  strategies  that  are  integrated  to  the  design,  as  well as  the  achieved  daylighting  conditions.  Daylighting  conditions are analysed with the use of software for both overcast (winter) and clear (summer and intermediate seasons) sky conditions, in order to evaluate the influence of the roof skylights.