AntarcticaAdmiralty Bay, King George Island, 2013Research facilities

Light as a snowflake, lay the spaces for the new Stationin the Keller Peninsula at Admiralty Bay. StandardISO-containers are placed on a rigid podium with theleast required “footprints”. The basic units of the stationare formed by double rows of seven containers that canbe connected to one another at the ends by couplingelements. The envelope made of multilayered ETFElaminated sheets help to minimize the wind resistance,whilst the space between them is used to mount PVCpanels which generate a climatic buffer zone betweenthe outer walls of the container and the externalenvironment. The superstructures of the containers areused as they are and the corner-castings are connectedwith one another and also to the podium. Firstly, thebase framework for the containers made of speciallystabilized steel elements are constructed. The cast steelcontainer corners are pre-mounted on these corners ofthe superstructure. Subsequently, the floor beams in thelongitudinal direction are constructed. On these beams,the container floors made of multiple layers of timberwith a special protective coating are mounted. The wallsof the containers are made with corrugated steel plates.Finally the roof of the containers and the ...

AntarcticaAdmiralty Bay, King George Island, 2013Research facilities

doors are mounted. The internal construction, theenvelope and the technical infrastructure conform tothe requirements of the station. In this case, theclimatically optimized envelope plays a special role.Due to the modular structure of the containers, theconstruction time on site can be reduced to aminimum.

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Client: Marinha do Brasil / Instituto de Arquitetos doBrasil - IABTypology: Research facilitiesGross floor area: 3,000 m²Procurement documentation: CompetitionService phases (HOAI): 1