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The office kadawittfeldarchitektur designed the modern energy efficiency centre for the campus of the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences in Mönchengladbach.
The project is a cooperation between the energy and water supplier NEW and the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences and serves to present innovative developments from the energy sector. The shimmering blue building in passive house standard is home to various teaching and administrative units of the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, the university library, the "Blauschmiede" with offices for start-ups and the "Innovatorium", an energy laboratory for pupils and students.
The orientation of the baffle plates with the integrated photovoltaic modules is different in each façade view of the NEW Blauhaus
The design challenge for SOMMER was to bring these different alignments together at the respective corners. It should also be emphasised that the building meets the passive house standard.
Execution period
February 2015 until October 2015
Client
A. Frauenrath BauConcept GmbH, Heinsberg
Architect
Kadawittfeld Architecture
Requirements
Thermal insulation, integration of photovoltaics
Services
Element facade with integrated photovoltaics, aluminium windows, mullion-transom facade, sun protection, expanded metal soffits, external venetian blinds, sheet metal facade, Eternit facade
Products
SOKALTHERM® element facade with integrated photovoltaic elements, aluminium mullion/transom facade in the SCHÜCO system (FW 50+ Si)
Awards
Nomination Mies van der Rohe Award 2016, German Solar Prize - Plaque Award Winner 2016, German Design Award 2017 - Excellent Communications Design Architecture, BDA Linker Niederrhein - Award for Good Buildings 2017, lnnovationsAward for Building-Integrated Photovoltaics 2018 - Special Prize Facade Design.
Solution
Transport of the elements on special low loaders, elements with fillings for power generation
Sustainability
The resource-saving energy generation via photovoltaic elements integrated in the striking façade presented us with new challenges. Our technicians fiddled with the various edges and angles and managed to ensure that the photovoltaic elements in the aluminium façade could absorb and utilise the optimum amount of sunlight via different angles of inclination. And this without breaking the symmetry of the surfaces.
Photos
Andreas Horsky, Aachen
