Design Strategy
Indirect Gain: Sunspace
A sunspace is an equatorial-facing area/room in a building with glass roof and walls intended to maximize solar heat gain. Sunspaces have operable vents at the top where temperatures are the highest and at the bottom where temperatures are the lowest to help circulate warm air into the building.
Reference Projects
Maike Centre
Xi'an, China
W Beijing Chang'an
Beijing, China