If You Build It …
Cool. Very cool.
One of the good things to come out of the whole global warming discussion is the creative focus that is being applied across all disciplines toward creating more efficient ways to achieve various results.
Whether it’s manufacturing, architecture or urban planning, some very smart and talented people are looking for better ways to do all these things.
The building pictured above is a design for a mixed-use building in Khanty Mansiysk, Siberia.
(And, yes, I did give up trying to spell the city and just copied-and-pasted it into this post.)
According to the article in World Architecture News:
The concept is driven by a progressive environmental strategy that is expected to establish new benchmarks for the region. Set high on a hill in a densely wooded area, the tower rises above two podium buildings each facetted like a cut diamond, reflecting and refracting natural light to illuminate the interior. At the summit, a viewing platform and restaurant offer panoramic views over the city. The development will take advantage of a number of sustainable energy strategies and key to the energy performance of the building are its atria, designed to facilitate solar gain and to encourage daylight to permeate the complex. A sensitive insertion into the landscape, the design ensures that much of the site remains in its natural condition.
Our ability to think is what will ultimately carry the day and allow us to continue to flourish as a species. Even in Siberia.
Too cool for school
global warming, climate change, Siberia, cool buildings, green building, architecture
March 8th, 2010 at 4:42 am
I just sent this post to a bunch of my friends as I agree with most of what you’re saying here and the way you’ve presented it is awesome.