I feel like we design houses like we design cars and many other modern things, form over function and fix the problems by adding a ton of overcomplicated technologies.
You've never been in a room during the day with the rolladen all the way down. It's pitch black. It's pretty great. The good ones that separate slowly when rising also let you infinitely adjust the level of light and outside air that comes in.
Awnings are, IMO strictly better than those:
- You never have to move them
- In the summer (when the sun is higher) it blocks out lots of sun
- In the winter (when the sun is lower) it lets in more sun
With a properly designed house your roof overhangs should already take care of that: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5e91c81d669b...
https://www.house-energy.com/images/Overhang.gif
I feel like we design houses like we design cars and many other modern things, form over function and fix the problems by adding a ton of overcomplicated technologies.
If you have huge openings and no overhangs I'd go for something like that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPNMp6pMJjk
What about houses with more than one level? The overhangs help not at all on the ground-floor.
SOUTH (or NORTH) is doing a lot of the heavy lifting there!
You've never been in a room during the day with the rolladen all the way down. It's pitch black. It's pretty great. The good ones that separate slowly when rising also let you infinitely adjust the level of light and outside air that comes in.