This facility is the world's first thin-film photovoltaic factory, designed to accommodate new production technologies capable of producing one megawatt of solar modules per year. Kiss + Cathcart worked closely with Chronar PV to develop both the building design and the production line layout. The facility's public face is a two-story office block clad in patterned tile. Set behind this is a long whitewashed wall that screens the straightforward manufacturing and mechanical areas from view. The complex centers on a skylit entry hall topped by an array of photovoltaic panels, giving the building a memorable and appropriate image both inside and out.

Completed 1984.
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