Volume 11 Issue 2 ( June )

WHO has declared that the pandemic is over. However, calls for prevention are still recommended. The COVID-19 virus tends to weaken. The way to improve housing quality is to provide housing that meets health requirements. A small type of residential house with a row house arrangement pattern, which has a width of 6 m, does not allow openings on the right and left sides of the building. This study discussed the intensity of light produced by skylights and its relation to daytime lighting in buildings and sunbathing activities. This research used quantitative descriptive methods by measured the natural light intensity of the skylights to meet these needs. The results of this study indicate that skylights can meet the needs of natural lighting by light intensity requirements. Skylights can also play a role in helping sunbathing activities inside the building by setting a skylight planning strategy in terms of building orientation, the direction of the roof slope, the type of skylight material, and the depth of the ceiling.

Keywords: skylight, residential, natural lighting, sunbathing