Solar radiance is an aspect high rise buildings must avoid. High solar radiance that comes into a building would increase room temperature and decrease thermal comfort. This project posits a responsive facade onto the existing Lever House Building by taking the data set of solar analysis using Honeybee (glare, indoor thermal comfort, microclimate mapping) and seasonal climate data using Ladybug (shadow studies, sunpath) as inputs to minimize glare, maximize daylight, and reducing the building’s energy consumption. Specifically these data will determine the degree of rotation of the additional rope screen on the facade to allow variation in shading. We seeks to change the building’s comfort and saving electricity in heating and cooling. 

Concept Diagrams

One-day Condition

After analysis, we found out that there are various radiation condition throughout different seasons and time, so we are proposing a responsive facade that responds to these various conditions.