Dynamic Cubic Illuminance: An Example of Application of a New Paradigm for Daylight Analysis in an Ancient Pompeian Domus

JUAN MANUEL MONTEOLIVA; FRANCESCA FRAGLIASSO; LAURA BELLIA; ANDREA PATTINI

Roma

Congreso; Building Simulation 2019; 2019

International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA)

The paper presents an analysis methodology to dynamically assess daylight characteristics in indoor environments, based on the combination of bi-dimensional indicators (i.e. indicators based on the traditional illuminance calculation) with three-dimensional ones (based on the concept of the Cubic Illumination). For this purpose, the Useful Modeling Indices (UMIs) are introduced. The method is applied to two particular case-studies: the atrium and the peristyle in the Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii. These architectural structures, being conceived as filtering spaces to attenuate entering daylight, represent a particularly interesting field of research.