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Figure 4: A possible search for "compatible languages": lighting powered
by solar cells in open spaces (above). The paradigm of "mimesis" now
allowed by mass-customisation at component scale (below).
BIPV at “building” scale. Between language and construction
At "building" scale or better at "aggregate" dimension, in the presence of the
"environmental global value" that featuring the villages concerned, the intervention on
individual building often becomes a "public event”. Generally speaking, as mentioned
above, some buildings or aggregates have extraordinary value for their monumental and
landscape character (due to the integrity that still feature in the best cases) which should
be strictly preserved in its current state.
Hence it’s important to act, in the face of complex needs required (including the use of
renewable energy sources), a specific attention to the values heritage, like something
