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The model's sun follows Rome time

2026-10-04 · Finding

The viewer lights the model with the real sun: SunCalc for its position, the building’s approximate orientation from OpenStreetMap, and Rome time. Scrubbing through a day shows when the sun faces the street windows and when it moves behind the frontage.

That matters beyond looks. The frontage faces east, which puts cooling the studio early on hot mornings on the list of first automations. Nearby buildings and trees aren’t in the model yet.