OWP 12 towers like a monolith over the A 831 just outside Stuttgart. The new office building of Drees&Sommer is equipped with a high-performance BIPV facade.
Photo
Jürgen Pollak / Drees & Sommer SE / Usage rights: Schüco International KG
Information
Building typology
Administrative
Construction type
New
Year of construction
2017 – 2021
Nominal power
n/a
Energy production
70 MWh per year
Building skin application
Cold facade
PV surface
700 m² (south and west facades)
Both transparent, triple-glazed insulating glass BIPV modules with black monocrystalline cells and black monocrystalline BIPV glass-glass modules were used as opaque, forward-mounted units in front of the main facade.
Product
Schüco BIPV
Manufacturer
Schüco International
Architect
SCD Architekten Ingenieure GmbH
Facade designer
Drees & Sommer
Facade installer
FKN Fassaden GmbH & Co. KG
South facade
Photo: Jürgen Pollak / Drees & Sommer SE / Usage rights: Schüco International KG
Schüco BIPV modules
Photo: Jürgen Pollak / Drees & Sommer SE / Usage rights: Schüco International KG
Night view
Photo: Jürgen Pollak / Drees & Sommer SE / Usage rights: Schüco International KG
Cradle-to-cradle design principles
Photo: Jürgen Pollak / Drees & Sommer SE / Usage rights: Schüco International KG
Semi-transparent PV modules
Photo: Jürgen Pollak / Drees & Sommer SE / Usage rights: Schüco International KG
Offices
Photo: Jürgen Pollak / Drees & Sommer SE / Usage rights: Schüco International KG
Meeting room
Photo: Jürgen Pollak / Drees & Sommer SE / Usage rights: Schüco International KG