Transsolar is an international climate engineering firm determined to create exceptional, highly comfortable indoor and outdoor spaces with a positive environmental impact. We believe that the very measures taken to create remarkable architecture can simultaneously enhance human experience and minimise resource use. To us, sustainability is not separate from design, but an indispensable component that enhances the experience of the built environment.

After our founding in Stuttgart in 1992 Transsolar quickly became known for introducing the concept of integrated climate responsive design in Germany, bringing in increasing collaborations with the world’s top architects. In North America our collaborative style has earned our projects many AIA Honor and COTE Top Ten awards; a recent high point is the 2015 AIA Institute Honor for Collaborative Achievement. Today our nearly 50 engineers distributed between offices in Stuttgart, Munich, New York, and Paris have contributed to over 2,000 projects in 122 countries.

We believe that the built environment is more than the physical building. Our approach explores all factors affecting the occupant experience. Indoors or outdoors, a climate is continually changing. We respond with dynamic solutions that work with this natural variability, not against it. While our toolbox is ever-growing with simulation models, custom software, tailored engineering analysis, and physical experiments, we recognize that technology alone is not the answer. We are pioneers in implementing passive design strategies, and pride ourselves in their application in built, significant projects, both large and small.

Our product is a process. We ask difficult questions, challenge convention and propose new solutions, and thoroughly test ideas. Each project requires both sharing our knowledge and generating new ideas – ultimately creating unique experiences, but always achieving the same goal: High Comfort, Low Impact.