Hypothesis
Wurster Hall's shading devices intrigued me, at first I thought they were
shelves designed to reflect daylight deep into the building. When I
learned that they were actually shading devices, I was a bit disappointed,
and thought it would be interesting to study their effectiveness in controlling
glare. We have seen in this class many examples of building features
designed for a specific purpose which had backfired in some way, such as windows
to bring in light that end up bringing in too much heat. Given this
context, I hypothesized that Wurster Hall's shading devices would not work
effectively, and that significant glare would be a problem in this building.