ᐅ Terrace Roof for Urban Villa

Hello everyone,

please take a look at the attached pictures of our city villa.

We are currently very, very satisfied, but we are not yet 100% sure about our terrace roof.

The roof has a depth of 2.5m (8 feet) and looks absolutely amazing visually.

However, we are still a bit uncertain about the light exposure:

- Does the roof absorb too much light, making our living/dining area too dark?
- Both large floor-to-ceiling elements are completely "covered."

What do you think? Are there any alternatives?

We are incredibly impressed with such a corner roof, but the light exposure could be an issue—or maybe not?

The structure is so narrow that when you sit outside at the table, you are still fully in the sun. However, inside you won’t get any light during winter.

No matter how nice it is, a proper roof with a sunshade is more valuable and probably costs half as much.

tomtom79 schrieb:

The structure is so narrow that if you sit outside at the table, you’re still fully in the sun. But inside, you won’t get any light during winter.

No matter how nice it looks, a proper roof with a sunshade is more valuable and probably costs half as much.

What do you mean by "proper roof"?

Also something around the corner? Only on the south side?
A concrete roof or just an aluminum roof or something like that?

It looks nice, but it doesn’t serve any real purpose. You can see in the picture that the chairs are in the shade. Actually, none of them really are. Protection from rain is just as minimal if you want to place furniture underneath and still use the patio during light summer rain.

Inside, it probably won’t block much sun, but apart from the appearance, this "roofing" doesn’t make much sense at all.

tomtom79 schrieb:

The thing is so narrow that if you sit outside at the table, you’re still fully in the sun. But inside, in winter, you won’t get any light.

I can’t follow that argument...
If the overhang is so short that it doesn’t provide enough shade in summer, why would it block the light in winter? After all, the sun is much lower then.

Just calculate the angles.

A 2 meter (6.6 feet) overhang in summer is not enough to keep a table in the shade. But for winter, it is sufficient to make the room appear darker.