Argento Architettura · 2021
Solar Veloroute La Struttura Fotovoltaica Multifunzionale
by Peter Kuczia
- A' Design Award d'Argento 2021 in Architettura
- CLIENT: Envelon
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 25,497
- Verification code 6B395FA835 · Verify this award
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About Solar Veloroute La Struttura Fotovoltaica Multifunzionale
L'idea di coprire i percorsi ciclabili con "Veloroutes" - L'estetica delle tettoie fotovoltaiche che generano elettricità e le trasformano in strutture paesaggistiche attraenti non è solo sostenibile, ma crea una sorta di varietà scultorea che diventa un simbolo architettonico per il passaggio dalle auto alimentate a gas a modi di mobilità più sostenibili. Un solo chilometro della “Veloroute” potrebbe fornire circa 2.000 MWh di elettricità e potrebbe alimentare 750 famiglie o fornire elettricità a più di 1.000 auto elettriche che percorrono 11.000 chilometri all'anno.
About the A' Design Award d'Argento
Solar Veloroute La Struttura Fotovoltaica Multifunzionale ha vinto l'A' Design Award d'Argento, un riconoscimento enormemente prestigioso conferito a design di fascia alta, splendidi e impressionanti. I vincitori d'Argento sono opere tremendamente brillanti ed estremamente creative che illustrano l'eccezionale competenza, il talento e l'acume dei loro designer. Ci si aspetta che Solar Veloroute La Struttura Fotovoltaica Multifunzionale sia un'opera meravigliosa, una vetrina di eccellenza, notevolmente professionale e profondamente innovativa. Questo design vincitore dell'A' Design Award d'Argento è un'invenzione molto notevole e ammirata che giova ai confini dell'arte, della scienza, del design e della tecnologia e li fa avanzare. Solar Veloroute La Struttura Fotovoltaica Multifunzionale è una creazione molto invidiata che evoca desideri, porta sentimenti positivi e accende meraviglia e stupore.
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- Unique Properties
- This solar canopy protects cyclists from the weather and produces electrical energy from the sun. The photovoltaic modules generate electricity for the bicycle charging stations and for the lighting of the route.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Just one Kilometer of this Veloroute could provide around 2000 MWh of electricity and could power 750 households or provide electricity for more than 1.000 electric cars driving 11.000 Kilometers per year.
The supporting structure consists of a repeatable round arch, the non-reflective glass-glass solar panels are attached to round tube steel purlins. A fabric membrane provides additional protection and gently distributes light. - Tags
- Solar structure, Bike road, Photovoltaic, Veloroute, Sustainable Construction
- Production Technology
- Mutlifunctional photovoltaic system ENVELOROUTE
with PV-Panels ENVELON Materia - Design Challenge
- The construction has been parametrically developed and can be adapted to any common bike road width, and can follow any curve of the route. Also, the number of rows of panels, the distance between modules, as well as their inclination can be flexibly adjusted to local condition
- Research
- The goal of the project was to develop a highly aesthetic structure that could at the same time be built quickly and inexpensively at any location using a few repeatable steel elements and one kind of the rectangular photovoltaic module.
- Inspiration
- Bike roads (Veloroutes) are becoming an increasingly important element of modern transportation concepts in cities and peripheral areas today.
The idea of covering the bicycle routes with esthetic, electricity-generating photovoltaic modules and transforming them into attractive landscape structures is not only sustainable, but creates a kind of sculptural variety that becomes an architectural symbol for the change from gas-powered cars to more sustainable ways of mobility. - Project Duration
- This sustainable concept has been created for districts in Switzerland and Dubai but it is just as well to apply for any climatic zone.
- Operation Flow
- The photovoltaic system collects during the day the electricity generated by solar energy, which can be used for on-site charging stations and lighting, and the surplus of electricity for any other purpose.
The eye-catching solar structures attract the attention of passers-by and this is to be used to educate about sustainability. The idea of using them as sources of informal education for sustainability is crucial to the project. The implemented display measures will provide passing persons with information about various aspects of the use of solar energy and thus lead to a better understanding and acceptance of solar solutions. This will be beneficial to society and to the environment. - Patents
- Envelon Materia
Envelon UG, 2020 - Image Credits
- Alek Pluta
nomadd-studio.com
