Category

Region

2024 - DUNE

Category
Daylight in buildings - Region 4: Asia and Oceania

Students
Noor Mohsin Ali Al Balushi

Teacher
Muhammad Al Timami

School
German University of Technology in Oman

Country
Oman

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Dune’s design is focused on creating a sustainable and harmonious environment through the effective use of natural light. The design objective of the building is to ensure that the interior spaces are well-lit throughout the day while minimizing the use of artificial lighting. The innovative design of it allows natural light to enter through large openings, creating a warm and inviting atmosphere that promotes the well-being of its occupants and visitors. The interior spaces are designed to maximize the natural light available, ensuring that the spaces are bright and welcoming. The building contains panels that have the property of moving, by exploiting the direction and strength of the wind, in order to create movement for the light entering the building.

the building has a shape similar to the shape of seashell ripples, which suggests an undulating and changing feeling. To balance and provide the appropriate amount of light, The design also is a place where daylight filters through, it paints the surroundings with a blend of circular rays and straight beams, casting shadows that shift and transform throughout the day.

This interplay creates a sense of gradualism, guiding occupants on a journey of discovery as they move towards the gallery rooms.
The key to feeling light all around you is to interact with the light, but the challenge is how to bring light into one area in a memorable way. DUNE’s gallery rooms named by: memory room, reflection room and childhood room. Each of those rooms has a different type pf technology and system that ensures the experience of light for the visitors.