Contents Inhalt Sommario

1 European Charter for Solar Energy in Architecture and Urban Planning 14 Editor's foreword Thomas Herzog 17 Considerations on solar architecture Wilfried Wang 18 Prefatory remarks by a member of the scientific committee Gerhard Hausladen 20 Principles for Solar Construction-the Path to Norbert Kaiser Solar Standards

Housing • Wohnungsbau • Edifici per abitazione

Haien Housing Complex, Bern CH Atelier 5, Bern 50 Housing Development, Passau D Hermann Schröder, Sampo Widmann, Munich 52 Beck Apartment Building, Lenzburg CH Metron Architekturbüro AG, Brugg 54 Housing Complex, Götzis A Karl Baumschlager, Dietmar Eberle, Norbert Schweitzer, Werner Wertaschnigg, Bregenz 56 Osuna Housing, Seville E Pilar Alberich Sotomayor, Angel Diaz Dominguez, Jaime Lopez de Asiain, Seville 58 Housing Development, Brünnerstrasse- A Arge - Martin Treberspurg, Georg Empergergasse, Vienna Reinberg, Erich Raith, Vienna 60 Stadlau Housing Complex, Vienna A Arge - Martin Treberspurg, Georg Reinberg, Erich Raith, Vienna 62 Apartment Building, Allotting D Demmel + Mühlbauer, Munich 64 Settlement of Low Cost Housing, Florence 1 Paolo Puccetti, Florence 65 Urban Restoration, Kalenderpanden, Amsterdam NL Loof & Van Stigt/Energiebedrijf, Amsterdam 66 Hostel for Youth Educational Institute, Windberg D Thomas Herzog, Munich 68 Multiple-Dwelling Block, Perlach, Munich D Doris & Ralph Thut, Munich 70 Low-Energy House, Stuttgart D Kilian + Hagmann, Stuttgart 72 Houses with Zero Energy Heating, Trin CH Andrea-Gustav Rüedi-Marugg, Chur 74 Terrace House Prototype, London GB Bill Dunster, London 76 House in the Hillside, Aldrans A Horst Herbert Parson, Innsbruck

Education & Research Buildings • Bildungsbauten • Edifici per la formazione e la ricerca

80 Triple Sports Hall for the School in Kinkplatz, Vienna A Helmut Richter, Vienna 82 Lycée Polyvalent, Fréjus F Sir Norman Foster and Partners, London 84 Sports Centre, Odenwald School D plus+, Peter Hübner, Neckartenzlingen 86 Vice-Chancellor's Office, Académie des Antilles F Christian Hauvette, Paris, Jerome et de la Guyane, »La Boìte à Vent«, Martinigue Nouel, Martinigue 88 International School, Lyon F Jourda & Perraudin, Lyon 90 University of Trondheim N Henning Larsen, Copenhagen 92 Professional Training Centre, Herne-Sodingen D Jourda & Perraudin, Lyon 94 New Development for the University of Ulm D Steidle + Partner, Munich 96 Queen's Building, De Montfort University, Leicester GB Short*Ford and Associates, London 98 Science and Technology Park, Gelsenkirchen D Kiessler + Partner, Munich Office Buildings • Bürogebäude • Edifici per uffici

102 Office Building, Athens GR Alexandras N. Tombazis and Associates, Athens 104 The Ionica Building, Cambridge GB RH Partnership, Cambridge 106 PowerGen Headquarters, Coventry GB Bennetts Associates, London 108 Commerzbank Headquarters, Frankfurt a.M. D Sir Norman Foster and Partners, London 110 debis Headquarters, Potsdamer Platz, Berlin D Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Genoa/Paris 112 Offices and Housing, Potsdamer Platz, Berlin D Richard Rogers Partnership, London 114 Ludwig Erhard Haus, Stock Exchange, Berlin D Nicholas Grimshaw and Partners, London 116 Bianchi Palace, Bioclimatic Restoration, Perugia I Francesca Sartogo, Massimo Bastiani, Valerio Calderaro, Rome 117 Centre for Renewable Energy Sources (C.P..E.S.), Athens GR Nikos Fintikakis, Athens 118 Lloyd's Register of Shipping Headquarters, Hampshire GB Richard Rogers Partnership, London 120 UNESCO Workshop, Vesima I Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Genoa/Paris

Double Fac,ade Systems • Doppelfassaden-Systeme • Sistemi a doppia facciata

122 Double Fagade for an Office and Housing D Steidle + Partner, Munich Development, Munich 124 Double Facade for Düsseldorf City Gate D Petzinka, Pink und Partner, Düsseldorf 126 Double Facade for RWE Headquarters, Essen D Ingenhoven, Overdiek und Partner, Düsseldorf

Parliament Buildings • Parlamentsgebäude • Edifici parlamentari

130 New Parliamentary Building, Westminster, London GB Michael Hopkins & Partners, London 132 New German Parliament, Reichstag, Berlin D Sir Norman Foster and Partners, London

Public Administration Buildings • Öffentliche Verwaltungsbauten Edifici per l'amministrazione pubblica

134 German Foundation for the Environment, Osnabrück D Erich Schneider-Wessling, Cologne 136 Inland Revenue Centre, Nottingham GB Michael Hopkins & Partners, London 138 The Solar Wall, Toledo E Norbert Kaiser, Duisburg 140 Public Library, Pompeu Fabra, Mataró, Barcelona E Miquel Brüllet i Tenas, Barcelona

Cultural Buildings • Kulturbauten • Edifici culturali

144 Congress and Exhibition Hall, Linz A Herzog + Partner, Ihomas Herzog, Hanns Jörg Schrade, Munich 146 Cultural Centre, Remchingen D Helmut Striffler, Mannheim 148 Cardiff Bay Opera House, Wales GB Manfredi Nìcoletti, Rome 150 Museum of Natural History, Florence I Design team at the University of Florence 151 Exhibition Pavilion, Stuttgart D Jockers + Partner, Stuttgart 152 New Acropolis Museum, Athens GR Manfredi Nicoletti, Lucio Passarelli, Rome 154 Shelter for Archaeological Site, Santorini GR Nikos Fintikakis, Athens 155 Restoration of Historic Baths, Rhodes GR A. Paraskevopoulou, N.Zarifis, A. Angelopoulos, Rhodes 156 Youth Forum (JUFO), Möglingen D plus+, Peter Hübner, Neckartenzlingen 158 Buddhist Retreat Centre, Holy Island, Scotland GB Andrew Wright and Consultants, London 160 Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cyltural Centre, Noumea F Renzo Piano Building Workshop, (New Caledonia) Genoa/Paris Transport Facilities • Verkehrsbauten • Edifici per trasporti

164 Motorway Service Station, Lechwiesen Herzog + Partner, Thomas Herzog, Hanns Jörg Schrade, Munich 166 RAC Regional Centre, Bristol GB Nicholas Grimshaw and Partners, London 168 Bahnhof 2000, Station Roof, Berlin D von Gerkan, Marg + Partner, Hamburg

Urban Planning • Siedlungswesen /Städtebau • Pianificazione urbana

172 Urban Regeneration, Gas-Kerameikos, Athens GR Nikos Fintikakis, Yannis Polyzos, Athens 174 Urban Regeneration, Saline-Ostia Antica, Rome I Francesca Sartogo, Joachim Eble, Massimo Bastiani, Valerio Calderaro, Rome 176 Solar Village, ParcBIT, Majorca E Richard Rogers Partnership, London 180 Solar City, Linz-Pichling A Sir Norman Foster and Partners, London, Herzog + Partner, Munich, Richard Rogers Partnership, London

Materials, Products, Systems • Materialien, Produkte, Systeme Materiali, Prodotti, Sistemi

196 Double Glazing K-PLUS FLACHGLAS AG, Gelsenkirchen 197 Heat Insulating Triple-Glazing VEGLA Vereinigte Glaswerke GmbH, Aachen 198 Superwarmglass iplus 3x INTERPANE, Lauenförde 199 Transparent Glass Constructions - LITEWALL Eckeltglas, Steyr 200 Louvred Glass Facade - glastec 450 Glastec GmbH, Inning/Stegen 201 Micro-Sun Shielding Louvre Siemens AG, Traunreut 202 Translucent Heat Insulation made from Glass - Schott-Rohrglas GmbH, Bayreuth HELIORAN™ 203 Translucent Thermal Insulation Facade Systems Okalux Kapillarglas GmbH, KAPIPANE, KAPILUX Marktheidenfeld-Altfeld 204 Solar Facade Element SolFas Ernst Schweizer AG, Hedingen 205 Intelligent constructions Seele GmbH, Gersthofen 206 Glass Louvred Sunscreening System Josef Gartner & Co., Gundelfingen 207 Daylight Systems Huppe Form GmbH, Oldenburg 208 Facade-Integrated Solar-Air Systems GRAMMER KG Solar-Luft-Technik, Amberg 209 Photovoltaic System: Synergy Facades SCHÜCO International KG, Bielefeld 210 High Efficiency Solar Cells BP Solar, Berlin 211 Astron Vacuum Heat Pipe Collector ELCO Klöckner Heiztechnik GmbH, Köln 212 Membrane Structures Koch Hightex GmbH, Rimsting/Chiemsee

Appendix • Anhang • Appendice

215 Building with regenerabie raw materials such as wood Michael Volz 222 Index of Names 223 Photo credits