Bioclimatic parameters in the design of contemporary buildings: the proposal for the new Town Hall of Deryneia, Cyprus

This study presents the process of the design proposal for the new Town-Hall of Deryneia, Cyprus. Deryneia is a “divided” municipality since 1974 and for this reason the proposed building had to satisfy, apart from the afore-mentioned environmental and architectural demands, the need to express symbolically the political situation. The aim of the study is to evaluate the thermal behaviour, of the proposed architectural design both qualitatively and quantitatively with the use of software. More specifically, this evaluation concerns the thermal behaviour of the building shell, the passive heating and cooling strategies that are integrated to the design, as well as the achieved daylighting conditions. Daylighting conditions are analysed with the use of software for both overcast (winter) and clear (summer and intermediate seasons) sky conditions, in order to evaluate the influence of the roof skylights.