North-Facing Roof Monitor (Isidore)

The North-Facing Roof Monitor is an architectural feature, also known as a "clerestory window," designed to provide passive lighting to the building's interior.

Instead of a simple skylight (which would dump massive heat into the building), the roof monitor is a raised "box" on the roof.

• The South-facing side is opaque and covered with solar panels to block the high, hot summer sun.
• The North-facing side is all glass.

This design floods the interior biowall with bright, diffuse, indirect sunlight all day long. This provides the necessary light for photosynthesis while minimizing any associated heat gain, thereby reducing the electrical load required for supplemental LED lighting.