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between light and shade, TRANSPARENCy and reflection

Fig. 15. — Perspective cross              Fig. 26. — The large semi-
section.                                  reflective panes form vertical
Fig. 16. — Olivier Strebelle’s            light reflectors for this office
weather vane on the office                building, Brussels; p: 1999
building designed for Eric                (01/381).
Boulanger, Waterloo; p: 1998,             Fig. 27. — Light sensors on the
c: 1989-1990 (01/200).                    roof for the International Polar
Fig. 17. — The meeting room               Foundation, Toronto, Canada;
and its roof cupola beneath the           p: 2004 (01/477.)
weather vane.                             Fig. 28. — Cross section.
Fig. 18. — The oculus in the              Fig. 29. — Light ducts in the
ceiling of the entrance hall,             wooden columns.
below the meeting room.                   Fig. 30. — Perspective drawing
Fig. 19. — The mirrors in the             illustrating the set of mirrors on
window reveals of the offices             the European History House,
of Samyn and Partners, Uccle;             Brussels; p: 2010 (01/573).
p: 1992, c: 1993 (01/265).                Fig. 31. — The barrels of natural
Fig. 20. — The mirrors in the             light illuminate the dark rooms.
window reveals and on the                 Fig. 32. — A wooden structural
light shelves, Europa; p: 2004,           lattice supports the roof and
c: 2008 to 2016 (01/494).                 distributes the natural light
Fig. 21. — The light shelves              inside the crematorium, Aalst;
for the “Crystal” building,               p: 2010 (01/583).
Brussels; p: 1992, c: 1996-1998           Fig. 33. — A heliostat with an
(01/260).                                 elliptical mirror illuminates the
Fig. 22. — Detail of the gratings.        heart of the crematorium.
Fig. 23. — The light shelves at           Fig. 34. — The mirrors on the
the headquarters of Jan De Nul,           roof allow the crematorium to
Aalst; p: 2000, c: 2001-2002              be seen from a distance.
(01/401).                                 Fig. 35. — 232 heliostats on
Fig. 24 — Anidolic reflectors             the Guggenheim Museum
for the headquarters of the               in Helsinki, Finland; p: 2014
Caisse Congés du Bâtiment,                (01/619).
Brussels; p: 1997 (01/351).               Fig. 36. — Model.
Fig. 25 — Illustration of the effi-       Fig. 37. — The rectangular
cacy of natural light reflectors.         heliostat in the central cour-

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