Werkshöfe Werk 20

For the planned residential building ‘Werkhöfe München Werk 20’ in the Werksviertel, Munich, daylight and thermal simulations are carried out for all components (components A, B, C and Y) and these are optimised with the help of a variant study. In terms of summer comfort, the focus is on future-proof flats that enable comfortable indoor temperatures despite rising temperatures.

The aim of the daylight simulation is to ensure an optimal supply of daylight to the living rooms, which enables home office use, among other things. The critical rooms on the lower floors, which have a low ‘skyview’ factor due to overhangs and corner situations, are considered in particular. Various structural measures (room layout, air spaces in the arcades), window sizes and surface colours are being investigated to optimise daylight.

The main aim of the thermal simulation is to optimise summer comfort. In addition, the heating and cooling requirements via the underfloor heating will be determined (the underfloor conditioning will be designed for rising temperatures in the future). The variant study is carried out with different user profiles (working, retired), shading configurations, window glass, reveal depths and for a building component with a buffer zone.