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''Brise soleil'', sometimes ''brise-soleil'' (; ), is an architectural feature of a building that reduces heat gain within that building by deflecting
Brise soleil at the Milwaukee Art Museum
(Brise Soleil Commercial Applications)
British-Yemini Society
Influence of climate on window design
(demonstration of Brise Soleil in commercial applications)
AD Classics: AD Classics: Palace of the Assembly / Le CorbusierTechnical possibilities
(in German)
Museum of everyday culture
(in German)
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''Brise soleil'', sometimes ''brise-soleil'' (; ), is an architectural feature of a building that reduces heat gain within that building by deflecting sunlight
Sunlight is a portion of the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun, in particular infrared, visible, and ultraviolet light. On Earth, sunlight is scattered and filtered through Earth's atmosphere, and is obvious as daylight when ...
. More recently, vertical Brise soleil have become popular. Both systems allow low-level sun to enter a building in the mornings, evenings and during winter but cut out direct light during summer.
Architecture
''Brise-soleil'' can comprise a variety of permanent sun-shading structures, ranging from the simple patterned concrete walls popularized by Le Corbusier in the Palace of Assembly to the elaborate wing-like mechanism devised bySantiago Calatrava
Santiago Calatrava Valls (born 28 July 1951) is a Spanish architect, structural engineer, sculptor and painter, particularly known for his bridges supported by single leaning pylons, and his railway stations, stadiums, and museums, whose sculp ...
for the Milwaukee Art Museum or the mechanical, pattern-creating devices of the Institut du Monde Arabe
The ''Institut du Monde Arabe'', French for Arab World Institute, abbreviated ''IMA'', is an organization founded in Paris in 1980 by France with 18 Arab countries to research and disseminate information about the Arab world and its cultural ...
by Jean Nouvel.
In the typical form, a horizontal projection extends from the sunside facade of a building. This is most commonly used to prevent facades with a large amount of glass from overheating during the summer. Often louver
A louver (American English) or louvre (British English; see spelling differences) is a window blind or shutter with horizontal slats that are angled to admit light and air, but to keep out rain and direct sunshine. The angle of the sla ...
s are incorporated into the shade to prevent the high-angle summer sun falling on the facade, but also to allow the low-angle winter sun to provide some passive solar heating.
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See also
*Awning
An awning or overhang is a secondary covering attached to the exterior wall of a building. It is typically composed of canvas woven of acrylic, cotton or polyester yarn, or vinyl laminated to polyester fabric that is stretched tightly over a li ...
* Green building
*List of low-energy building techniques
Low-energy buildings, which include zero-energy buildings, passive houses and green buildings, may use any of a large number of techniques to lower energy use.
The following are some of the techniques used to achieve low-energy buildings, which ...
* Mashrabiya
* Pergola
*'' Sudare''
References
External links
Brise soleil at the Milwaukee Art Museum
(Brise Soleil Commercial Applications)
British-Yemini Society
Influence of climate on window design
(demonstration of Brise Soleil in commercial applications)
AD Classics: AD Classics: Palace of the Assembly / Le Corbusier
(in German)
Museum of everyday culture
(in German)
(Further reading on Brise Soleil from a supplier) Architectural elements Low-energy building Articles containing video clips Shading (Architecture) {{Architecturalelement-stub