Eco Factor: Eco-friendly building with roofs covered with plants or solar panels.
French Mikou design studio sees the Bottrop Higher Technical College in Germany as a symbolic structure that is a representation of architectural excellence and sustainability. The building centers around optimizing passive energy and orienting a maximum amount of facades and roofs toward the south. It is divided into grid modules, which step down gradually from north to south to multiply the orientations of facades and to free large accessible flat roofs.
The roofs either will be covered with green plants or will include solar panels. The project is designed as an open amenity that passes through the entire site by freeing a large walkway that connects the two urban areas with the residential spaces. Surrounded by trees, this huge functional and efficient building offers a cool and healthy environment to the students.
Via: Designboom
