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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