Solar buildings in the 1920s the discourse on best sun orientation in modern housing

Ute Poerschke

Solar buildings in the 1920s the discourse on best sun orientation in modern housing

Ute Poerschke

Architecture

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Abstract

The orientation of housing estates in relationship to the sun?s position has been an important topic throughout architectural history. While the vast majority of studies have stated that the best housing orientation is facing the building?s long side toward the south, most architects and urban planners of the 1920s preferred that the building?s long sides be oriented to face east and west. This paper analyzes when this movement came to the fore and why architects of High Modernism, such as Walter Gropius and Otto Haesler, among others, decided against a building orientation that has been favored throughout history, including today. It will discuss the modernist arguments for east and west orientation, including their contemporary counterarguments, which are echoed in today?s discourse of south orientation in housing.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	44th ASES National Solar Conference, SOLAR 2015 - Expanding Horizons
Subtitle of host publication	Shaping the New Energy Economy
Publisher	American Solar Energy Society
Pages	47-54
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9781510820692
State	Published - 2015
Event	44th ASES National Solar Conference, SOLAR 2015 - University Park, United States Duration: Jul 28 2015 → Jul 30 2015

Publication series

Name	44th ASES National Solar Conference, SOLAR 2015 - Expanding Horizons: Shaping the New Energy Economy

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Other	44th ASES National Solar Conference, SOLAR 2015
Country/Territory	United States
City	University Park
Period	7/28/15 → 7/30/15

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

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Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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Poerschke, U 2015, Solar buildings in the 1920s the discourse on best sun orientation in modern housing. in 44th ASES National Solar Conference, SOLAR 2015 - Expanding Horizons: Shaping the New Energy Economy. 44th ASES National Solar Conference, SOLAR 2015 - Expanding Horizons: Shaping the New Energy Economy, American Solar Energy Society, pp. 47-54, 44th ASES National Solar Conference, SOLAR 2015, University Park, United States, 7/28/15.

Solar buildings in the 1920s the discourse on best sun orientation in modern housing. / Poerschke, Ute.
44th ASES National Solar Conference, SOLAR 2015 - Expanding Horizons: Shaping the New Energy Economy. American Solar Energy Society, 2015. p. 47-54 (44th ASES National Solar Conference, SOLAR 2015 - Expanding Horizons: Shaping the New Energy Economy).

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Solar buildings in the 1920s the discourse on best sun orientation in modern housing

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