Behnisch Architekten clads energy laboratory in translucent polycarbonate

Translucent polycarbonate panels encase the concrete and timber laboratory at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, by Behnisch Architekten.
Located on the northern campus of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), the lab occupies a site formerly used for solar energy experiments.
Its corrugated plastic cladding and distinctive irregular roof echo the industrial buildings that surround it.Behnisch Architekten divided the space into two, in order to combine an area for laboratory