Dalton Schroller Architecture

The building that I am utilizing in project 2 is also my studio model, which is an art exhibit located in Dallas, Texas. On the southern part of my building are some gallery spaces, where art will be displayed. An important aspect of displaying art is lighting, and after doing research, I found that natural sunlight is the best type of lighting to display art as it helps bring out the natural material, colors, and reflectivity of the art being displayed. But, in order to display the art with natural light correctly, we need just the right amount of natural light. So in project 2, I analyzed the solar orientation and how the sun’s angle affects the curtain walls located on the exterior of the gallery spaces in my building and adjusted the transparency of the curtain panels based on the angle the sun is hitting them in order to provide just the right amount of natural light in my gallery spaces. To do this, I utilized Revit and Dynamo, a software within revit that allows you to create sc