Patio Design Optimization for Huizhou Traditional Dwellings Aimed at Daylighting Performance Improvements

Abstract

Hui-style architecture is a mature architectural school in the late period of ancient Chinese society with distinct regional cultural characteristics. Especially as the most direct carrier of Huizhou people’s living culture, Hui-style architecture is the witness of ancient Huizhou society, history, and culture. However, with the continuous development of society, residents gradually put forward higher requirements for the living environment. In this paper, the indoor light environment of Huizhou dwellings is measured and found to have problems such as poor indoor light environment and low light quality. In order to improve the indoor lighting quality, this study extracts the key design parameters (window edge height, window width, patio length, and patio width) that affect the indoor lighting quality through field research and literature analysis, and then uses Honeybee to carry out multi-factor orthogonal experiments and single factor quantitative comparative analyses on the key design parameters to determine the degree of influence. The results show that reducing the window edge height can improve the lighting effect near the window, and increasing the window width and patio width can improve the overall lighting quality of the room, thus providing a reference for optimizing the lighting effect of Huizhou traditional dwellings.