Sunfollower
Sunfollower is a project of IAAC, Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia developed in the Master in Advanced Architecture 01 - 2022-2023 by the student Ingrid Vaz during the course MAA01 22/23 Introduction to Programming and Physical Computing Seminar with Angel Muñoz.
Sunfollower is a project inspired by the movement of sunflowers.
Solar panels are normally positioned towards the cardinal point with the greatest solar incidence, but throughout the day a lot of energy is lost by this fixed positioning. The idea is to create a public installation, a mixture of a public lamppost, with benches where the public can rest during the day and find a shelter illuminated at night.
The device has two light sensors that rotate the solar panel according to the highest solar incidence, and when there is not a minimum amount of natural light, the sensors activate the lighting of the installation.
