Solar design was largely abandoned in Europe after the Fall of Rome but continued unabated in China where cosmological traditions associate the south with summer, warmth and health.
Sunčev dizajn u Europi bio je uglavnom zaboravljen nakon pada Rima, ali se nastavio neoslabljen primjenjivati u Kini gdje kozmologijska tradicija povezuje jug s ljetom, toplinom i zdravljem.