%0 Journal Article
	%A Ahmed Ashraf Khamis and  Sherif A. Ibrahim and  Mahmoud ElKhatieb and  Mohamed A. Barakat
	%D 2023
	%J International Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering
	%B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
	%I Open Science Index 197, 2023
	%T Enhancement of Visual Comfort Using Parametric Double Skin Façades
	%U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10013082
	%V 197
	%X Parametric design deemed to be one of icons of the modern architectural trends that facilitates taking complex design decisions counting on altering various design parameters. Double skin façades are one of the parametric applications that are used in parametric designs. This paper opts to enhance different daylight parameters of a selected case study office building in Cairo using a parametric double skin façade. First, the design and optimization process was executed utilizing Grasshopper parametric design software package, in which the daylighting performance of the base case building model was compared with the one used in the double façade showing an enhancement in task plane illuminance by 180%. Second, execution drawings are made for the optimized design using Revit software. Finally, computerized digital fabrication stages of the designed model with various scales are demonstrated to reach the final design decisions using Simplify 3D for mock-up digital fabrication. 
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