Sanyo, one of Japan’s largest electronics companies, has come up with an innovative and beautiful architectural design that allows a large solar power facility to exist within Japan’s need for clean aesthetic. The Solar Ark, in Gifu, is over 1,000 feet wide and 120 feet tall. The Solar Ark’s outer surfaces are covered with more than 5,000 active solar panels which generate over 500,000 kilowatt-hours of green energy in ideal weather conditions.

The Solar Ark’s subtle design and unique features make it a truly stunning example of eco-architecture .The Solar Ark has a gentle curved design that turns up at both ends. A modified space frame and cantilever engineering make it lightweight yet exceptionally strong, so it is capable of withstanding typhoon winds and earthquakes.