Utilitarian in function, this collegiate infrastructure building has no active users. Often campus backdrop or seen as an active eyesore, how do you make a house for energy an icon?

The response to this challenge is a technical facade composed of precast concrete panels that preserves views of the equipment. Seemingly random at first glance, the ordered facade of two-hundred panels is based on repetition, efficiency, and function; utilizing just nineteen panel types.

Working in collaboration with a glass manufacturer, the design team created the first exterior use of dichroic film, a metallic inner layer that alters the wavelength and therefore the color of light passing through. The result is a dynamic showcase that changes with the time of day, season, and location of the observer.