Featured in Chinese Connection – 04-2010

Ecological eye catcher

Building integrated PV: Architects are discovering the advantages of photovoltaics as multifunctional building components that also look impressive. An impressive example of this is the entrance hall of the new hospital at Aalst, Belgium.

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pv magazine

17 Sep 2010

When you leave the city ring road and turn onto the Moorselbaan, the approach road, you can already spot it. The giant glass eye twinkles in the sunlight and points the way to the main entrance of the newly erected Onze-Lieve-Vrouw Hospital (OLV). Patients and visitors enter the building by way of a four-story hall. …

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