Strategies for bioclimatic design in an urban area of an arid zone: San Juan (Argentina)

Shading and shadowing: Concepts for an i

Shading and shadowing: Concepts for an interactive strategy between solar control and aesthetics in the design of the facade. Reference to arid zones

✍ A. Belakehal; K. Tabet Aoul 📂 Article 📅 1996 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 284 KB

The objective of this paper is to reconcile two of the facade's functions : 1)the control of solar radiation as the energy related function and 2) the aesthetical expression on its design. The approach adopted is to maximise the shading on the facade through an optimisation of its components. Then,