Car park in Vallastaden, Lindköping

Colour comes to the sustainable quarter

With a vision of a neighbourhood for both man and nature, it is no wonder that we were asked to provide a large car park in Vallastaden with our energy-producing façade - the SolTech Facade.

The car park has charging posts for over 300 electric cars and is home to both a recycling centre and broadband hub. It requires a lot of energy to have this all under one roof. Our solar cells enable the building to lower electricity prices and become more self-sufficient. But our mission was also to create a façade that communicates Vallastaden’s vision of a neighbourhood on the leading edge.

The result was a semi-transparent, multi-colour façade that reflects the beautiful sunlight during the day and at night illuminates with the help of lamps — all while integrated solar cells produce renewable energy throughout the year.