{"id":26338,"date":"2017-09-04T11:26:54","date_gmt":"2017-09-04T05:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mccoymart.com\/post\/?p=26338"},"modified":"2022-04-05T13:36:46","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T08:06:46","slug":"energy-storage-tower-germany-lava-breaks-stereotypes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mccoymart.com\/post\/energy-storage-tower-germany-lava-breaks-stereotypes\/","title":{"rendered":"Energy Storage Tower in Germany by LAVA breaks stereotypes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After winning the competition in 2016, Lava\u00a0(Laboratory for Visionary Architects), has started work on\u00a0the redesign of an energy storage tower\u00a0for Stadtwerke Heidelberg (SWH) in Heidelberg, Germany. The main objective of the development was to work extensively on the facade of the structure. At length\u00a0solar analysis and wind tunnel testing were done to check the effectiveness of the design. Solar and wind energies will be used to heat the water and then sell that as heat energy.<\/p>\n<p>LAVA has introduced\u00a0a multi-layered facade which accommodates\u00a011,000 diamond shaped stainless-steel plates attached to a steel cable network that can rotate 45 degrees in the wind. The architects believe that\u00a0a number of plates correlate to the number of households that will be beneficiaries of the energy. Nature has been used as an inspiration for the geometries on the facade. The insulation for the inner layer of the facade uses mineral\u00a0wool panels in hues of blue which use low-energy LED lights at night. The light is also used as a signal for the contents of the storage tank. Time of the day and the seasons also play a role in helping the structure to change its appearance using movement, light, and shadow.<\/p>\n<p>Intersecting and differently inclined\u00a0circular paths around the tower reach\u00a0the edges of the 10,000 square-meter site and have been named\u00a0\u2018energy loops\u2019. A spiral helix\u00a0staircase has been placed outside the building alongside\u00a0two elevators for visitors to use the\u00a0event spaces on the roof level including a\u00a0bistro and open-air terraces. This structure is also\u00a0Heidelberg\u2019s new tallest building.<\/p>\n<p>The project is due for completion in mid-2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Project:<\/strong>\u00a0Redesign of an Energy Storage Tower\u00a0for Stadtwerke Heidelberg (SWH)<br \/>\n<strong>Client: <\/strong>Stadtwerke Heidelberg (SWH)<br \/>\n<strong>Location:<\/strong>\u00a0Heidelberg, Germany<br \/>\n<strong>Architects:<\/strong>\u00a0Lava\u00a0(Laboratory for Visionary Architects)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"lava_02\" src=\"https:\/\/mccoymart.com\/post\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/lava_02.jpg\" alt=\"lava_02\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"lava_03\" src=\"https:\/\/mccoymart.com\/post\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/lava_03.jpg\" alt=\"lava_03\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"lava_04\" src=\"https:\/\/mccoymart.com\/post\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/lava_04.jpg\" alt=\"lava_04\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"lava_05\" src=\"https:\/\/mccoymart.com\/post\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/lava_05.jpg\" alt=\"lava_05\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"lava_06\" src=\"https:\/\/mccoymart.com\/post\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/lava_06.jpg\" alt=\"lava_06\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After winning the competition in 2016, Lava\u00a0(Laboratory for Visionary Architects), has started work on\u00a0the redesign of an energy storage tower\u00a0for Stadtwerke Heidelberg (SWH) in Heidelberg, Germany. The main objective of the development was to work extensively on the facade of the structure. At length\u00a0solar analysis and wind tunnel testing were done to check the effectiveness &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mccoymart.com\/post\/energy-storage-tower-germany-lava-breaks-stereotypes\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Energy Storage Tower in Germany by LAVA breaks stereotypes&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.10 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Energy Storage Tower in Germany by LAVA breaks stereotypes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Read about Laboratory For Visionary Architects, which has started work on\u00a0the redesign of an energy storage tower\u00a0for 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