Showing posts with label shophouse sun. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shophouse sun. Show all posts

Sunday, August 21, 2016

Unquestionably original sun screen, albeit not to everyone's taste

Here is a guy who gets an "A" for originality, if not for esthetics or universal applicability.

I have discussed in my book the usefulness of black or green netting as a sunscreen, with shading factors of 50-80%. This corner shophouse in my Thonglor neighborhood was originally the same as its neighbor to the left, with east-facing recessed windows providing some protection except in the early morning as shown here. The owner apparently liked this sun screen effect provided by plastic netting, so he went all the way, building an exterior frame to support the netting over the entire building facade.

Ecologically beautiful or ridiculous? As the Thai would say, "up to you".