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Daylight

• All the areas of the building are 100% day lit. There is no requirement of artificial energy for lighting till around 6:30
pm in the evening. The openings are carefully designed to admit light but cut sun. Custom sizes of the openings
enable custom uses during different timings of the day. Windows in courtyards have permitted daylight into rooms
through courtyards. The building has been designed deliberately to bring down its carbon footprint due to electric
consumption.

• Use of screens and jails provide ample protection against summer harsh light and allow optimum filtered light into the
space. The play of light and shadow casts interesting patterns onto the inner surfaces, thereby uplifting the sombre
hospital mood inside.

• The triple height atrium at the entrance is naturally day lit throughout the day and distributes the light and air through
draft action. It also becomes a visual anchor for the space.

Daylight Entering Building – North Face Daylight Entering Through Atrium

SHISHU CHILDREN HOSPITAL, VADODARA

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