Discover terraXcube

Explore terraXcube in a 360 VR tour

In this 360° 3D virtual tour you can take a peek inside terraXcube, a lab for simulating the Earth’s most extreme climates. For the best experience, we recommend you use a VR viewer.

terraXcube is a research infrastructure built by Eurac Research at the NOI Techpark in Bolzano/Bozen. Its multiple climatic chambers simulate the Earth’s most extreme climatic conditions to study their influence on humans, ecological processes and technologies.

In terraXcube, researchers test the relationship between environmental stresses and the physiological and ecological responses of humans and nature, as well as the effects of these stresses on material and product performance.

From storms atop the Himalayas to extreme arctic cold to the scorching heat of the North African deserts, all of the Earth’s climates—pushed to their extremes—can be found at Eurac Research’s terraXcube. Its versatile climactic chambers can house equipment, machinery, plants and other organisms, as well as small and large products for extended periods of time.