Abstract
An atrium of a building not only accommodates the functions of a medium and node as a middle region of the building's indoor and outdoor spaces, but is also utilized as a place for rest and communication by the building's users. Therefore, an atrium must be planned so that it can perform the function of indoor climate control as an all-weather open space due to its physical nature, and also have management efficiencies, such as with regard to energy consumption. Generally, due to its spatial characteristics, an atrium is constructed using glass, which is one of the materials that can express openness along with architectural design. However, if the architectural planning of a glass atrium goes wrong, this significantly reduces the comfort of the building's users in summer and the intermediate seasons, and rapidly increases the cooling energy consumption used to overcome this situation. Therefore, this study was conducted as the preliminary study for selecting the best improvement plan for the atrium’s thermal environment. For this purpose, the study selected an atrium building which has a v ery poor summer and intermediate season environment, conducted experiments on the thermal environment in the summer, drew architectural alternatives for improvement according to the results, and conducted thermal environment simulations on their effect.
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