SOLON Corporate Headquarters, Berlin, Germany
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| SOLON Corporate Headquarters | |
| Designer | Schulte-Frohlinde Architekten, Berlin, Germany |
| Location | Berlin, Germany |
| Date | 2006 to 2008 |
| Building Type | Office, Factory |
| Construction System | steel, glass |
| Climate | Cold Temperate |
| Context | Urban |
| Architectural Style | High Tech |
| Street Address | |
| Notes | Energy strategy, building services engineering and construction physics services provided by EGS Plan, Stuttgart, Germany. |
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| Building Details | |
| Client | Solon |
| Cost | 47 million Euros |
| Area | offices 8,300 square meters(86,300 square feet); production 18,900 square meters (203,000 square feet) |
| Site | 36,000 square meters (8.9 acres) |
| Program | facilities for 600 staff |
Headquarters of the photovoltaic manufacturer SOLON. The building features a prominent, curvaceous roof whose perimeter is lined with a 210 kW(peak) photovoltaic array, while the central portion is a green roof puncutated by CoreTen-clad service cores and skylights.
Building is estimated to save 600,000 to 1,000,000 kilograms of Carbon dioxide, thanks to a reduction of energy consumption by 25% over comparable office buildings of equivalent size and function. Building includes a 210 KW (peak) photovoltaic array.
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- "Postcard from Berlin" by Kevin Matthews, ArchitectureWeek No. 503, 2011.0112, p E1.1.
