Conclusion
The sun and architecture

The general conclusion is that these graphical tools not only allow us to represent the interaction between architectural forms and sunlight for an entire facade or a fraction of a facade, but also to select, in the design phase, the appropriate forms or devices to meet a program of solar protection or collection requirements. By introducing the energy dimension, these requirements can be precisely defined using these tools.

In this article, a number of parameters have been ignored in the interests of simplicity. These include radiation reflected by the environment:

• sunny facades for the ground or shaded facades facing them;

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