Brise soleil Brise soleil Brise soleil, sometimes brise-soleil (, plural, "brise-soleil" (invariable), or "bris-ole", from French, "sun breaker"), is an architectural feature of a building that reduces heat gain within that building by deflecting sunlight. Brise-soleils can comprise a variety of permanent sun-shading structures, ranging from the simple patterned concrete walls popularized by Le Corbusier in the Palace of Assembly to the elaborate wing-like mechanism devised by Santiago Calatrava for the Milwaukee Art Museum or the mechanical, pattern-creating devices of the Institut du Monde Arabe by Jean Nouvel. In the typical form, a horizontal projection extends from the sunside facade of a
Ovo (Cirque du Soleil) Ovo (Cirque du Soleil) Ovo is a touring circus production by Cirque du Soleil that premiered in Montréal, Canada, in 2009. "Ovo"'s creator and director, Deborah Colker, took inspiration from the world of insects. The idea for "Ovo" was not to be about the acts, nor dancing, nor insects, but about movement. The movement of life permeates the entire show with creatures flying, leaping, bounding, and crawling. Composer Berna Ceppas brought additional life to "Ovo" with a score inspired by the music of Brazil. "ovo" means "egg" in Portuguese and represents the underlying thread through the show. Graphically, inside the