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Design solutions for Daylighting

Authors: Bernard PAULE, Yannick SUTTER, Gilles COURRET

Publication date: May 10, 2020

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8. Special features

8.1 Fireplaces of light

The idea of creating specific ducts to carry light makes it possible to serve premises with no access to the outside. Figure 36 shows the case of a renovation project in the canton of Geneva, in which a light shaft was used to illuminate a section of the premises located more than 9 metres from the nearest façade. The square-section flue is 90 cm wide. It is lined with anodized aluminum.

Schematic cross-section of a light shaft in the canton of Geneva,...
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