Solar Veloroute Monitoiminen Aurinkosähkörakenne by Peter Kuczia

Solar Veloroute Monitoiminen Aurinkosähkörakenne by Peter Kuczia is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Hopeapalkinto A' Design Award in Arkkitehtuuri-, rakennus- ja rakennesuunnittelu Competition Category.

HopeaArkkitehtuuri· 2021

Solar Veloroute Monitoiminen Aurinkosähkörakenne

by Peter Kuczia

Client: Envelon

Hopeapalkinto A' Design Award Winner in Arkkitehtuuri Category

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The Design

About Solar Veloroute Monitoiminen Aurinkosähkörakenne

Ajatus peittää pyöräilyreitit "Velorouteilla" - esteettiset, sähköä tuottavat aurinkosähkökatokset ja niiden muuttaminen houkutteleviksi maisemarakenteiksi ei ole vain kestävää, vaan luo eräänlaisen veistoksisen monimuotoisuuden, josta tulee arkkitehtoninen symboli siirtymiselle kaasukäyttöisistä autoista kestävämpiin liikkumismuotoihin. Vain yksi kilometri ”Veloroutesta” voisi tuottaa noin 2 000 MWh sähköä ja voisi tuottaa sähköä 750 kotitaloudelle tai tuottaa sähköä yli 1 000 sähköautolle, jotka ajavat 11 000 kilometriä vuodessa.

The Recognition

About the Hopeapalkinto A' Design Award

Solar Veloroute Monitoiminen Aurinkosähkörakenne on Hopeapalkinnon A' Design Award -voittaja, äärimmäisen arvostettu tunnustus, joka myönnetään huippuluokan, upeille ja vaikuttaville designeille. Hopeavoittajat ovat äärimmäisen loistavia ja erittäin luovia teoksia, jotka havainnollistavat suunnittelijoidensa erinomaista asiantuntemusta, lahjakkuutta ja terävyyttä. Solar Veloroute Monitoiminen Aurinkosähkörakenne:n odotetaan olevan ihana, esimerkillinen teos, joka on huomattavan ammattimainen ja syvästi innovatiivinen. Tämä Hopeapalkinnon A' Design Award -voittajadesign on erittäin merkittävä, ihailtu keksintö, joka hyödyttää taiteen, tieteen, designin ja teknologian rajojen laajentamista. Solar Veloroute Monitoiminen Aurinkosähkörakenne on laajalti kadehdittu luomus, joka herättää haluja, tuo myönteisiä tunteita ja sytyttää hämmästystä ja ihmetystä.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

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
Team Members: Parametrization of the design: Krzysztof Nazar
Renderings: Alek Pluta
Image Credits: Alek Pluta
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