a photo voltaic structure lighthouse for Taiwan
MVDVS Photo voltaic panel-Clad Solar Rock was accomplished on the Changhua Coastal Industrial Park in Taiwanrevealing a presence that feels each as structure and panorama. Designed for Taipower, the state utility firm, the operations storage set up is to play a significant position within the renewable vitality transition in Taiwan, expressing its objective via kind and supplies. On the spot, the constructing appears to soak up the daylight from every angle, expressing its operate via a geometry tailored to effectivity. Design for Solar Rock was first revealed in January 2022 – See earlier design of Designboom Right here.
Solar Rock responds on to its photo voltaic -rich context, with a rounded silhouette, with domes, which adjustments in profile from north to south. This gradient is intentional. MVRDV has carved the constructing to catch early and late gentle with its northern dome, whereas the southern slope captures the extra intense solar from midday. On this means, the construction is a calibrated instrument in its atmosphere.
Solar Rock rises to Taiwan to disclose their full solar-oriented kind Pictures via MVRDV
Orientation as a technique
Architects At MVRDV Design Taiwan’s Solar Rock to have a pleated facade, its geometry knowledgeable by the wants of the photo voltaic assortment. Every plush serves each as a mounting floor for photovoltaic panels, in addition to for a modulation of sunshine and shade. These folds differ at angle, a refined optimization that enables the panels to function with most effectivity all through the day. Interrupted between them, the home windows are positioned with discretion, sustaining the inner operate with out compromising the vitality achieve.
It’s anticipated that the construction will generate nearly a million kilowati-ore yearly, sufficient to make it self-sufficient. However the ambition of the constructing continues to be extending. With an extra photovoltaic protection, it may attain a manufacturing of 1.7 million kWh per yr, contributing with extra vitality to the community and emphasizing the id of the constructing each as infrastructure and as a useful resource.
The constructing helps the transition of inexperienced vitality of Taipower
Solar Roca within the type of a pleated floor
Solar Rock will work as an lively a part of Taipower operations, with workshops, workplaces and tools storage. Nonetheless, his expressive exterior raises him in one thing symbolic. MVRDV co-founder Winy Maas elaborates: ‘I dressed all the facade with photovoltaic … permitting the constructing to develop into an vitality manufacturing instrument. The constructing is each a generator and a generator, which makes the methods seen.
Normally, it integrates over four,000 sq. meters of photovoltaic panels in its curved facade, every with intent. This design, as MVRDV notes, refers to pushing the potential of every floor. The result’s lively pores and skin, an structure adjusted to efficiency with out sacrificing the visible impression.
A rounded kind is designed to maximise photo voltaic publicity all through the day
His pleated facade is roofed in photovoltaic panels inclined for optimum vitality era
It’s anticipated that the construction will produce nearly a million kilowati-ore yearly
Undertaking info:
Undertaking title: Solar rock
structure: MVRDV | @Mvrdv
location: Changhua County, Taiwan
Accountable founder: Maas guilt
accomplice: Wenchian Shi
Design crew: Hui-Hsin Liao, Daniel Diez, Mirco Facchinelli, Carolina Martin Peñuela, Chi-Yi Liao, Tseng-Hsuan Wei
Mvrdv as follows: Yayun Liu
shopper: Taipower
Photos: Courtesy MVRDV
Co-Architect: YC HSU Architect & Associates
contractor: Reiju Development Co., Ltd.
Structural engineer: Chih-Hung Kao Engineer structural and related
MEP: Chia Feng Mechanical & Electrical Corp.