New Dutch Pavilion with Solar Power

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New Dutch Pavilion with Solar Power

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Dutch firm Paul de Ruiter Architects have releashed a novel student pavilion for the Netherlands’ Erasmus University that aims to go zero energy while creating a comfortable, light filled hub for the campus. The design features a hybrid roof system that captures daylight and solar energy with an array of light harvesting tubes. Passive cooling and state of the art heating systems increase energy savings even further.

The clean look of a circle in a box aesthetic keeps the building light and open, creating an inviting atmosphere for students to meet and study in. The architects explain that the unique roof system uses an ‘intelligent solar system’ which directs daylight into the interior while reducing solar heat gain and producing clean energy. That’s a pretty neat trick if they can pull it off.

The open interior makes full use of that daylight with a central interior atrium that offers plenty of places to crash. A theater, café, and work centers are tucked along the sides and on a second floor. The entire ground level is flanked with a full story glass façade that makes the building transparent. The pavilion is heated and cooled with a ground source heat pump coupled with a radiant tube concrete core that cuts energy consumption. Add natural cooling, night flushing, and copious daylighting and the student pavilion may very well ace the zero energy test.