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A basic brise soleil at the Underground gallery at the
Yorkshire Sculpture Park. This picture was taken at noon in April, a little after the
vernal equinox. Note how the top of the glazing is in shade. As the passage of summer continues, the greater will be the noon shading on the glass.
'Brise soleil', sometimes 'brise-soleil' (breez-soh-ley, from
French, "sun breaker"), in
architecture refers to a variety of permanent
sun-shading techniques, ranging from the simple patterned concrete walls popularized by
Le Corbusier to the elaborate wing-like mechanism devised by
Santiago Calatrava for the
Milwaukee Art Museum or the mechanical, pattern-creating devices of the
Institut du Monde Arabe 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
louvers are incorporated into the shade to prevent the high-angle summer sun falling on the facade, but to also allow the low-angle winter sun to provide some
passive solar heating.
Gallery
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| The movable Burke brise soleil on the Quadracci Pavilion of the Milwaukee Art Museum closes at sunset. |
See also
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Awning
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Green building
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Mashrabiya
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Qamariyah
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Sudare
External links
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Brise soleil at the Milwaukee Art Museum
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British-Yemini Society Influence of climate on window design
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