| Architect |
Peter Lorenz Ateliers |
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Date Built |
2011 |
| Location |
Rennweg &
Karl-Kapferer-Strasse |
| Description |
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This office building
on Rennweg in Innsbruck is home to
ASFiNAG, a company responsible for
planning, building and maintaining
Austria's motorway and expressway
system.
 The building features an interactive brise-soleil system of louvers that can be opened or closed to reflect the sometimes competing needs for privacy and daylight.   GKD, the company
that made the "Omega Divergence
sunshading exterior " say that
it, "... allows
for the reduction of direct
sunlight to the interior by
50%." They add
that, "... Several technology
advancements were featured with
the building’s design to reduce
its ecological footprint,
including a geothermic heating
and cooling systems eliminates
the need for fossil fuel energy
consumption by utilizing a
pumping system of groundwater
instead. "
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ASFiNAG,
Innsbruck, Austria
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