Optimization of Design and Planing VHS Building Using Chronolux

Beta Paramita (Department of Architectural Education, Indonesian University of Education (UPI))
Ismahnida Kamilia (Department of Architectural Education, Indonesian University of Education (UPI))
Muhammad Iqbal Nurhidayat (Department of Architectural Education, Indonesian University of Education (UPI))
Resty Ocktaviyane (Department of Architectural Education, Indonesian University of Education (UPI))

Indonesian Journal of Science and Technology
Vol 1, No 2 (2016): IJoST: VOLUME 1, ISSUE 2, September 2016

Gedebage integrated vocational high school (SMK) is a school which accommodates the concept of technopolis. The school has four programs: building engineering, family welfare education (PKK/food service), mechanical engineering, and tourism - which produce skilled and ready-to-work graduates. This article aims to recommend the sun exposure toward the building of the school, which is related to site planning and design strategies based on the duration of solar radiation on vegetation, and building facades as well as the distance between buildings through the use of Chronolux plug-in on Sketch-up Software. From the measurement, it is found that vegetation can reduce sky view factors (SVF) from 76.4 to 38.87%. For the building façade, it is able to reduce sun exposure from 4 hours 51 minutes to 3 hours 19 minutes with SVF from 47.26 to 38.11%. Meanwhile, the building distance of 9 m receives sun exposure from 9:00 am to 3.42 pm.