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SolPix combines two of the biggest trends in facade architecture: Solar shielding and media walls. It functions first as a set of
heavy-duty blinds that can shift according to the strength of the sun.
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But the blinds themselves have photovoltaics in them, as well as LEDs. The PV array uses the energy it gathers to create the media
facade pictured below:
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In addition, the system monitors its own performance, and visualizes it in motion graphics that play across the facade:
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This is among the biggest and most advanced installations being unveiled this Friday at the opening of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum’s Design Triennial. This year’s theme is design that tackles the world’s most
pressing problems. SolPix is also largest working prototype produced by Simone Giostra &
Partners Architects, so far. They hope that eventually, the system will be deployed by others looking to make their buildings both glitzy and green.