Here is a vimeo I just saw. It’s about providing shade for sun.
This project was designed to offer a kinetic and mechanical solution to a problem that would otherwise be nearly impossible to solve with static architectural components: providing shading across a building facade for both low evening sun and high afternoon sun conditions. Our solution was a series of vertical shading louvers, that can independently pivot to maximize solar protection, and when the sun reaches an altitude in which vertical louvers would be ineffective, completely rotate upwards to act as a horizontal shading element and light shelf. All of the mechanical components and gear ratios were fully resolved, and the result is a hand or computer-operated system that creates a beautiful undulating form across the facade.
This shading system recalls me another building to me. It’s Al Bahr Towers by Aedas in Abu Dhabi.
You can get how these panels work with Rhino models. It’s more complicated than Penumbra.
Calibrate kinetic shading system can give the best solution during the sunny day. To get a great experience indoor, it not only needs a sustained machine, but also much more cost. That’s why China has few such architectures. Chinese land developers care more about the current profits than the user experience.
Anyway, using these movable shields to break sunlight is just one method. It’s up to the architect’s knowledge of new technology. Most of time it needs an entire team to arrive it. As a student, I prefer using more traditional ways to solve these problems.
These panels can create the shadows on any point of facade independently.
