Impact Photo-Voltaic Cells on the Design Process, Building Formation and its Efficiency "Review"

Abstract

One of the most important steps of the design building process knows the tools that the designer uses to produce the building that he designs, and with scientific and technological progress, recent discovers provide new tools that help the designer in bringing out his design in the best way. Among these tools, we find the material of photo-voltaic cells that entered the field of buildings; there was a need for the architect to study this new material and what happened to it in terms of changes and developments that lead to progress in architectural design for buildings. This study including the dimensions and thickness of these cells, how they are integrated with the building , and their compatibility with other building materials .what are the properties of these boards in terms of texture , colors, resistance, . In this paper, we focus on how this material affects the change in the way of thinking about architectural design since the first steps of the design process.