EXPLORING THE IMPACT OF DAYLIGHT STRATEGIES: A CASE STUDY OF YANKARI MUSEUM, BAUCHI-NIGERIA

Abstract

The primary function of museum is preservation and display of museum collections for educational, entertainment and research purposes. However, these could only be achieved through careful use of daylight for preservation and display of the artifacts which will reduce use of artificial lighting and energy consumption in the gallery. Therefore, it is very important to integrate passive techniques and their application in contemporary design and construction of museum galleries. Daylight strategies is specifically known for providing natural and diffused methods of attaining visual light level into the buildings. the study is based on data obtained through computer aided daylight simulation by Design Builder version (6.1.0.006) software using radiance for calculations and real weather data for Bauchi Yankari. A physical observation and survey on the artifacts were conducted as sensitive artifacts may be subjected to damage cause by light exposure. Various condition and state of artifacts in relation to intensity of daylight fenestration into the gallery and on the surface of the artifacts using Benetech digital lux metre GM1020 version in Yankari museum were studied.