Interior Design assistant professor, Dr. Negar Matin, has published a study that advanced the application of data-driven design for minimizing discomfort glare in high-performance sustainable buildings. This study indicates that using responsive facade systems with hourly adaptive control strategies can significantly maintain daylight glare factors such as Daylight Glare Probability (DGPs) within an imperceptible range (<0.35) for an entire year across different design scenarios including different facade configurations, building orientations, and climate zones.
Simulated office diagram from Matin et al.
In this study, computational models were developed by incorporating hourly daylight glare probability (DGP) with occupants’ spatial data and facade active variables to minimize discomfort glare for responsive facades. To consider all possible scenarios, the proposed computational models have been tested 20,736,200 times, and daylight glare probability values at 34,995,328,000 points in the simulated test room were calculated.
This project was funded by the Faculty Investment Program provided by the Vice President for Research and Partnership and the Program for Research Enhancement of the Gibbs College of Architecture at the University of Oklahoma. The project has been conducted in the OU High-Performance Interior Architecture Laboratory in close collaboration with research partners from the GameAbove College of Engineering and Technology at Eastern Michigan University, including Dr. Ali Eydgahi.
The Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture announces John Harris as Associate Dean for Research ad interim, effective Aug. 25, 2026, until the permanent position is filled.
Gibbs College is pleased to announce the 2026 Gibbs College Faculty & Staff Awards recipients. These individuals were recognized by Dean Butzer during the Gibbs College Back to School Meeting and will be honored during the Celebration Banquet in October. They were nominated by their colleagues via an open nomination process.
Telesis, the Gibbs College of Architecture’s student journal, has been awarded a grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts to support its next two issues, “Pause” (Volume IX) and “React” (Volume X).
