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European Green Architecture
Chiswick Park
Rogers
Conditions for Green Architecture
• Green Party
• Kyoto Accord
• European Union
Eight Case Studies
bldgs completed by 1998Images courtesy of Therese Peffer
ComerzBank, FrankfortFoster & Arup
1997
Tallest in Europe—56 stories
Nine 4-story skygardens
200 meter atrium
Green Party influence
Design competition
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Skygardens spiral up
around atrium…
SW-facing—Mediterranean
NW-facing—Northwest
E-facing—Asian
German code:All workers
within
7.5 meters of
window to
exterior or
atrium
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Three skygardens share
each atrium segment…
Natural ventilation scheme
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Operable windows…
Dimmers and Sensors control lights
Influenced his Swiss Re
Building in London…
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Basler & Hofmann, ZurichAngelil/Graham/Pfenninger/Scholl
1996
First Phase of mixed-use project
Adjacent to light rail station
Three-story w/basement
B&H office, Phase I
North façade
South façade
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Exterior roll-down shades
(all windows)
Motorized horizontal glass
louvres on south façade
(SHGF = 0.48)
May block or bounce light…
Only upper floor
is toplighted…
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…and it has a green roof
Eurotech Building Materials & Technology CenterThessaloniki, Greece
Alexandros Tombazis & Associates
1997
Display of building materials
Shaded toplighting
Natural ventilation
Solar hot water
Narrow Building plan
under structural grid
Large parking lot
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NE Façade
Natural Ventilation inlets
into basement
North Air-Lock Entry
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Roof monitor clerestories
face due south…
…grid shift!
Both clerestory and perimeter windows are operable…
Display areas are
lighted from above
and ventilated from
below…
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Green parking
Black and gray
water treatment
AVAX Construction Office, AthensAlexandros Tombazis & Associates
1998
5-story office (+ 3-stories below grade)
Very narrow plan (5–15 meters)
Motorized fritted glass louvres (E-facing)
Natural ventilation
East façade @ 10:30
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East Façade 10:30
Noon
Fritted louvres open
…and closed
Center window operable
Shades close from
bottom up
Very narrow section
All windows E-facing
Breezeway entry level
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Three ice tanks
Air-to-air heat pump
makes ice at night—used
with fan-coil chiller by day
Typical floor plan—all offices and
conference rooms are daylighted
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Brick wall/concrete ceiing thermal mass used with
night ventilation…
Some PVs installed…
and racks for more
for shaded roof terrace
BRE (British Research Establishment)Walford, England
Feilden Clegg Bradley Architects
1997
3-story office
Motorized fritted glass louvres (S-facing)
Stack ventilation
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Set up for
daylighting, natural
ventilation, and
solar stack
ventilation
North façade
Operable clerestories
South façade is complex…
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Motorized horizontal fritted
glass shading
devices/lightshelves…
Glass block walls of stack
ventilators heat air and
allow daylight
penetration…
Amorphous silicon PV
wall at coffee shop
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Entry atrium is daylighted,
features recycled brick…
Former building on site was
96% recycled…
Wave form ceiling
integrates daylighting,
indirect electric lighting
(T-5 fluorescents), and
HVAC ducts…
Top floor is bathed in light from north-facing clerestory…
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Inland Revenue CenterNottingham, England
Sir Michael Hopkins w/Arup
1996
7 building campus
Shading
Stack ventilation
7 building campus
Near train station @ city center
Adjacent to canal-side bike path
Interior vegetated courtyards
Pedestrian-friendly interior
roadways
Staff tent provides
physical activities
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Facades dominated by shading,
lighting, and ventilation
strategies …
Manual and BMS control of
louvres…
Mass
Lightshelves
Controls
Operable windows
Shading
Mixed mode
displacement
ventilation
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Wave form ceilings
in offices
Glass block towers highlight
natural ventilation strategy…
Tent covers top of
stack vents
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Nottingham Castle &
Robin Hood…
Queen’s Building, DeMonfort
UniversityLeicester, England
Short Ford & Associates
1993
UK Green Building of the Year 1995
Daylighting
Natural ventilation
SE Façade
Complex building plan
Studios
Lecture halls
Offices
Concourse
Courtyards
Difficult site
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Concourse topped
with skylight…
Electrical labs are
separated by courtyards
to enhance daylighting
and ventilation…
NE Elevation
Accommodate both daylight and wind flow…
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Electrical labs have
lighting windows and
view windows
NE Elevation
To courtyard
NW Elevation
SW Façade
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Mechanical labs
are daylighted
and naturally
ventilated…
Studio is daylighted and
naturally ventilated…
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Ventilation towers serve multiple purposes…
Ventilation towers and
daylighting fixtures are of
heroic proportion…
Auditoria are daylighted
and naturally ventilated…
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Coventry Library
Short & Associates
And they’re still building them…
John Hope Gateway, RBGE
The Crystal by Siemans