Solar shading
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about solar shading
Project • By INI Design Studio • Museums
Astronomy and Space Science Gallery
Architecture here becomes a cosmic instrument.
Conceived as a spatial embodiment of the solar system, the Astronomy and Space Science Gallery transforms abstract astronomical phenomena into an immersive, navigable experience. A luminous central void acts as the sun, anchoring a constellation of orbiting galleries that choreograph the visitor’s journey from the familiar to the infinite. At its core, a spherical planetarium appears to levitate above an amphitheatre, collapsing structure, spectacle, and learning into a single architectural moment—where science is not merely observed, but physically inhabited.
Vinay Panjwani, India
Vinay Panjwani, India
Vinay Panjwani, India
As India’s largest facility dedicat... More
Product • By Sadev Architectural Glass Systems • Icare | Photovoltaic glazing for high-performance buildings
Icare | Photovoltaic glazing for high-performance buildings
Solutions for high-performance buildings.
Icare allows buildings' thermal comfort optimisation and energy performance, while preserving natural light. Adding photovoltaic panels provides a solution for passive or even positive energy buildings meeting current standards (such as RE2020)..
Our expertise at your service for customized solutions. Our engineering team can help you with the adaptation and/or development of custom solutions that are perfectly suited to your technical, aesthetic and sustainability needs.
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Multiple design solutions for an architectural difference. Our solutions combined with glass offer infinite possibilities for projects from the simplest to the most complex, with horizontal or vertical, adjustable o... More
Product • By MOTION FACADES • Motion 10600 - Kinetic Façade Shading, Vertical Folding Shading System
Motion 10600 - Kinetic Façade Shading, Vertical Folding Shading System
The Vertical Hinged folding shading system is made up of a pair of sashes folding upwards. This creates a horizontal outward projection to the building leading to a shade being created while allowing natural light to enter the building. This kind of shading system is a must when access through the shader is required along the whole width.
The sash movement is vertical and can only be operated electrically. The max sash height is limited to 1.5 meters in height and 4 meters in width. In its standard installation configuration, it is mounted within the building frame. Optionally it can also be fixed on the outside thus creating seamless integration with the building cladding. More
Product • By MOTION FACADES • Motion 10000 Kinetic Facade Shading, Horizontal Folding Shading System
Motion 10000 Kinetic Facade Shading, Horizontal Folding Shading System
The simplest of the Horizontal Folding Shading systems comes in the form of paired sashes. The sash movement is in the horizontal axis and can be operated manually or electrically. The max sash width is limited to 1.2 meters and its height can go up to 5 meters. In its standard installation configuration, it is mounted within the building frame. Optionally it can also be fixed on the outside thus creating seamless integration with the building cladding.
In its standard configurations the system can accommodate cladding options like natural wood, GRP, Glass, Fiber Cement, Ceramic, Perforated Metal Sheets, Aluminum blades and ACP. More
Product • By Reynaers Aluminium • Fixscreen Minimal for CW 50
Fixscreen Minimal for CW 50
Optimised & integrated solution against overheating for big glass surfaces
Avoiding overheating - especially with large glass surfaces of curtain walls - was the trigger for Reynaers Aluminium to join forces with Renson. They set out to find the ultimate product combination of curtain walls and fabric sunprotection. The two Belgian companies joined forces for this purpose with the Reynaers Aluminium ConceptWall 50 and the Fixscreen Minimal Curtain Wall 50. The result is a thoroughly tested and validated Belgian total solution that unburdens all parties in the building process: from architect to installer to client. More
News • News • 12 Nov 2021
Broekbakema arranges Canon Production Printing office around nine-storey glazed atrium
Nicknamed the ‘Green Landmark’ due to its sustainable design concept and powerfully rhythmic glass facade, the new Canon Production Printing building by Broekbakema is situated near the A67 highway and in the forested surroundings of Venlo, the Netherlands.
Norbert van Onna
Upon entering the building, visitors can look up at a nine-storey atrium. The impressive atrium lobby with reception and waiting area further offers beautiful views of the terrace to the forest. Throughout the building, providing natural and well-lit work environments is a primary objective with the large glazed facades allowing for plenty of daylight.
Norbert van Onna
The building is arranged into four ‘Green Plazas.’ Open in na... More
News • News • 15 Mar 2021
Lucio building completed with a façade of evanescent glass scales
Office building Lucio has been completed by the Barbarito Bancel Agency in Lille. Elegant in proportion and form, the new building includes 1462 m2 of flexible office space and features a façade of evanescent glass scales that subtly play with degrees of transparency and reflections fragmented within the environment.
Alessandra Chemollo
Lucio is located in a new economic centre called EuraTechnologies, which is dedicated to information and communication technology and brings together many French and foreign start-ups. The project site is open and complex, situated opposite the ‘Cour de Bretagne,’ a large square that constitutes the entrance to the business district. At the same time, the building context includes nu... More
News • News • 2 Dec 2020
Indonesian urban retreat makes the most of a small site
A serene escape from the chaos of the city, MONOHOUSE Chapter I by monostudio is located in the north west city of Surabaya, Indonesia. It is situated on a small site measuring 7m x 12 m with no buildings to the left or the right.
Infigura (Andrinata)
The house is a series of compositions, finished with simple materials. In response to the region’s intense sun, an aluminium grid façade forms a key element of the façade. In addition to providing solar control, this feature lends a sense of transparency and texture. Further to this, canopies and overhanging volumes have been designed and supported with a wood plastic composite material to add further protection from sun. Windows are deep set in the heavy building mas... More
Project • By SWFContract • Offices
Cirrus Logic Headquarters
As a premier supplier of high-precision analog and digital signal processing components, Cirrus Logic has an award-winning corporate culture and regularly tops local, state, and national lists of the Best Places to Work. Their Austin headquarters include SWFcontract Manual and Motorized Solar Shades. More
Product • By Mecho • SunDialer® WindowManagement® System
SunDialer® WindowManagement® System
A state-of-the-art automated-shading system, featuring the same advanced solar-tracking and sky-monitoring technology as the elite SolarTrac®, but tailored for small-scale and retrofit projects. SunDialer is scientifically designed to maximize natural daylight and increase energy efficiency while providing occupants with a comfortable environment and views to the outside More
Product • By Gradhermetic • P 120
P 120
Gradpanel P 120 Series lattices are formed by tubular slats of rectangular section with
Gradpanel P 120 Series lattices are formed by tubular slats of rectangular section with overlaps at the ends.
This 120x18 mm adjustable slats are made from profiled aluminum and can be installed horizontally or vertically within different types of extruded aluminum frames.
Adjustable slats are connected to an aluminum plate drive rule with polyamide clips attached to the head end, although they allow the possibility of fixed slats with a double pivot head end system to the desired orientation.
They offer perforation possibility of slats, with 17% and Ø1.8 mm coefficient and a different bi-color finish on both sides of the slats or other colors... More
Project • By Duco Ventilation & Sun Control • Offices
Atheneum Pegasus
“Duco contributes to the building of an educational gem with DucoSun Ellips”
In the autumn of 2014, the first sod was cut in the West Flanders seaside resort of Ostend for the construction of an impressive school complex. In order to cope expeditiously with the steady growth of Atheneum Pegasus, pupils and teaching staff were able, thanks to close cooperation between the stakeholders, to settle into the snazzy, elongated newbuild wing after scarcely one year. The design was handled by Urban Platform, whose main driving forces were sustainability and energy efficiency, as well as focusing on indoor climate.
Close to the centre of Ostend, it is not only pupils and teaching staff, but also architecture enthusiasts and casual passers-by w... More
Product • By Duco Ventilation & Sun Control • DucoSun Ellips
DucoSun Ellips
“Duco contributes to the building of an educational gem with DucoSun Ellips”
For school governing bodies, focusing on the indoor climate of school buildings is very much in their interest. After all, excessive CO2 levels, but also extreme temperatures, are the underlying causes of many complaints. Even today, summer comfort is still not always included in the design requirements for school buildings. This is a missed opportunity to create a learning environment that helps pupils achieve good performance in both winter and summer. With the DucoSun Ellips, however, a solution that is both functional and aesthetically pleasing is available for any (school) project!
In recent years we have come to value the sun as an ally that supplies us... More
Product • By Bandalux • VERTICAL blinds
VERTICAL blinds
180º sunlight management.
Vertical shades afford a precise control of the light with two movements: Open or close, and position. With a single command, the slats are regulated in keeping with the orientation of the sun, for maximum visual and thermal comfort.
The slats (measuring 89 mm and 127mm) are delivered with a perfect separation between them. When in the closed position, they offer a perfect equidistant overlapping, for total protection from the impact of the light and heat.
These are very versatile systems that adapt well to large openings, high ceilings and irregular surfaces, such as slants, cornices, staircases and curved spaces. More
Project • By Duco Ventilation & Sun Control • Offices
Power Solutions
In spring 2015, an impressive spectacle emerged right next to Bosuil stadium, home to the Royal Antwerp Football Club, as all the stops were being pulled out on an undeveloped plot of land just short of 8,000 m² where work was being carried out on the construction of a magnificent brand-new office building for Power Solutions. Magnificent indeed, since Duco and BOfA, a firm of architects, surprised many a contractor with a successful combination of lavish architecture, durability and a comfortable indoor climate.
Brotherly neighbours. That’s how Power Solutions and XL Boom stand proudly together today. Two totally different entities whose core operations have nothing in common, yet which appear to project virtually the same character to... More