More than a PV module - a design object
There is plenty of room for energy generation on building envelopes. Nevertheless, photovoltaic facades are still rare, although technology and aesthetics can be combined. Students at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts prove this.
Photovoltaics can be aesthetics on a building. This is proven by the work of students at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU). The designs simulate PV modules in a new guise of colors, patterns and motifs that visually blend into the NEST research and innovation building on the Empa campus in Dübendorf. The artworks were created as part of a two-week block event organized by the Department of Design and Art together with the Department of Engineering and Architecture at HSLU.
Two winning project
At the end of the workshop, there were two selection processes at a public online event to award prizes to the best projects: First, participants were allowed to choose their winning project themselves via online voting. Florence Schöb won with her design "Networked".
On the other hand, a six-member jury consisting of senior executives from Empa, HSLU and the company Zug Estates determined the official winning project, which will be installed on the façade of NEST in summer 2021. The design "Glasklar" by Lynn Balli convinced the jury with its elegant highlighting of the dynamics of glass and the successful implementation with eight individual works of art.
Source: Empa, HSLU
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