Artistic Facade Panel
Kente Sun Facade
Kente-inspired stripes in ochre and gold — a facade that weaves light into power.
ILE ONA SOLAR — A New Segment
The sun, worn as pattern.
Artistic solar panels that turn facades, screens and canopies into cultural statements. Drawing on kente, adire and mudcloth traditions, ILE ONA SOLAR brings building-integrated photovoltaics into the language of African art — energy you can live with, and look at.
A facade that generates — pattern, shade and power in one surface.
The Idea
Solar panels do not have to disappear. They can speak.
Building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) replace conventional cladding, glazing and roofing with surfaces that generate clean energy. ILE ONA SOLAR takes this technology further — printing African pattern languages onto solar glass, so the most visible surfaces of a building carry memory, rhythm and story.
Each composition is engineered with our manufacturing partners to balance pattern density against energy yield — beauty and performance designed together, never traded against each other.
The Solar Collection
Five ways to wear the sun.
Semi-Transparent Solar Screen
Indigo Adire Solar Screen
Adire-inspired indigo glass that filters light into pattern and power.
Artistic Facade Panel
Mudcloth Ember Panel
Mudcloth motifs in terracotta and rust — earthen pattern, modern energy.
Solar Shade Canopy
Sunpath Solar Canopy
A canopy that casts patterned shadow by day and stores sunlight for the evening.
Photovoltaic Wall Mural
Heritage Sun Mural
A monumental solar mural — public-scale African art that returns light.
Applications
Where solar becomes surface.
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Artistic Facades
Full building elevations clad in patterned photovoltaic glass — architecture that wears its energy as ornament.
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Screens & Balustrades
Semi-transparent solar screens that divide, shade and decorate while generating power.
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Canopies & Pergolas
Overhead solar glass that casts patterned shadow across terraces, courtyards and walkways.
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Solar Murals
Commissioned public-scale artworks composed of photovoltaic panels — landmarks that give back.
The Process
From story to switched-on.
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Pattern & Story
We begin with narrative — selecting or commissioning a pattern language drawn from African textile, carving and symbol traditions, tuned to your architecture.
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Engineering & Yield
Pattern density, transparency and orientation are balanced against energy yield with our BIPV manufacturing partners, so beauty and performance are designed together.
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Fabrication
Artwork is ceramic-printed onto solar glass over high-efficiency cells in certified production facilities, with full technical documentation.
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Installation & Care
Delivered as a coordinated package with framing, mounting and electrical specification — supported through commissioning and beyond.
Energy & Ethics
Power with provenance.
Every ILE ONA SOLAR piece is produced with certified BIPV manufacturing partners, documented with technical specifications, expected yield and material composition. Pattern royalties support the artisan communities whose visual languages inspire each work.
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Commission a solar artwork.
For architects, developers, hotels and private clients — tell us about your site, and we will respond with pattern directions, yield estimates and a project pathway.