What’s on the Orientation poster
A 4-row table: Facade · Gets · Design note.
Northern hemisphere. Reverse north and south below the equator.
- South — Most winter sun — Easy to shade in summer
- East — Morning sun, low — Hard to shade, mild
- West — Afternoon sun, low — Worst overheating risk
- North — Diffuse light only — Steady, cool, no glare
Put the rooms that want warmth and light toward the equator, and the stores, stairs and plant on the cold side.
Questions about the Orientation poster
- What’s on the Orientation poster?
- A 4-row table: Facade · Gets · Design note. Northern hemisphere. Reverse north and south below the equator. South — Most winter sun — Easy to shade in summer; East — Morning sun, low — Hard to shade, mild; West — Afternoon sun, low — Worst overheating risk; North — Diffuse light only — Steady, cool, no glare. Put the rooms that want warmth and light toward the equator, and the stores, stairs and plant on the cold side.
- Who is the Orientation poster for?
- Orientation belongs to the Architecture section rather than to a school year, because design is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning environmental design can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the Orientation poster?
- Fix orientation before the plan. It is the cheapest environmental decision you will make. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Orientation belongs on the wall where that design work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Orientation?
- Airtightness, Embodied Carbon and Shading Devices sit alongside Orientation in the Architecture section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.AirtightnessEmbodied CarbonShading Devices
- Is the Orientation poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Orientation downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Architecture section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Orientation poster print at?
- Orientation is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Orientation loses nothing.Printing guide
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