De los principios del maestro se registran los cinco puntos, los volumenes puros, la separacion volumetrica torre-auditorio, el alto cuerpo minimalista con la piel en pan de verre, el revestimiento de las fachadas laterales con elementos petreos, la promenade que conecta las dos primeras plantas, la relacion arte-arquitectura, los
brise-soleil en la fachada norte, el contraste geometrico entre formas arquitectonicas platonicas y formas organicas en los jardines de la planta baja, de la terraza y de las obras de arte: todos principios que Niemeyer, junto con los otros arquitectos de la Escuela Carioca, sigue aplicando en su larga y afortunada carrera.
With 40 years'experience in the building industry it is a leading European company specialised in the development and marketing of high-quality aluminium systemsfor outside constructions including windows, doors, sliding systems, conservatories, curtain walls and
brise-soleil. The company has offices in 25countries worldwide.
The roof cavity and heat chimney also provide climate control, and aluminium
brise-soleil can be adjusted to deflect sun and rain.
Wisconsin Ave.; 414-727-5555) boasts great American cuisine and a to-die-for location on Lake Michigan, says Thomas of the eatery, housed right near the Milwaukee Art Museum's famed Burke
brise-soleil sun screen.
In the event of too many rays, Foote devised a trellised
brise-soleil. Large openings in the sunscreen wall are aligned to focus breezes toward the glass doors lining the living/entertainment room.
This involved increasing the building's insulating qualities, reducing solar gain via a system of
Brise-soleil and high performance glazing, and ensuring the air tightness of the building envelope.
Designed by the Spanish architect-engineer Santiago Calatrava, whose dramatic cable-supported bridges were introduced in Barcelona and elsewhere, the new pavilion has been described as an "extensive essay in kinetic architecture, sporting a 217-foot
brise-soleil (solar-screen), set atop the museum's glass-sheathed reception area, that opens like the wings of a great bird." The returns are not yet in, but it could just be what America's nineteenth-largest city needs to overcome its blue-collar image and make it a real tourist destination.
The architect who gave us the glassbrick to let in light with privacy, the
brise-soleil to ameliorate the climate, the dynamic inner space that could free interiors, appears in his own masterpieces and in those of his heirs.
Excution de travaux de nettoyage des locaux, des surfaces horizontales et verticales, y compris la vitrerie, les
brise-soleil, les toitures terrasses et tous les autres quipements ou accessoires.
(26) He took part in the design process of the initial
brise-soleil prototypes for the Usine Claude et Duval (Saint-Die, 1947-51) and the Unite d'habitation (Marsella, 1947-52).
The resulting glazing is conveniently protected from the sun by the overhanging horizontal disks, together forming a kind of built-in
brise-soleil ideal for the desert climate.
Openness and transparency dematerialise the gritty steel and concrete, and a
brise-soleil of bristles filters the light.
