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Its characteristics, as well as other proposed glazing sandwiches, are analyzed in Chapter Four. Traditional facades are not provided, all the dwellings having their peripheral walls in common to make them behave thermally like berm insulated buildings, thus reducing the heat losses to the outside. A range of different sizes (affecting density) and relations to the atrium (life-style and climatic considerations) are studied under different aspects: 1. Design variations on the Atrium theme, from the traditional position to the \"atrium in atrium\", and finally to new forms of interior organization; 2. Glass roof forms and glazing materials, including existing, experimental and proposed products; 3. Interior thermal and visual comfort. The study includes plans, model pictures, data tables and graphs, and computer thermal calculations for ten Atrium Houses. 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