Hello all, I have been working on a series of day-lighting systems for my review next week. So far I have two ideas and am developing another.

The top scheme is influences by the Duke Convention Center in Cincinnati, and is a basic day-lighting system that can slide open when the sun isn't intense. The second scheme (bottom) is based on my research from last semester, especially the idea of the mechanical iris and the fact that some plants open and close in response to the sun. This system opens and closes in response to the intensity of the sun, when the system is open it also has the ability to collect sunlight.

I am now making physical models of these schemes to test them in response to actual sunlight.