Acetate and nitrate film requires optimal conditions for permanent retention and can easily burn if not protected properly. BFI knew they needed to store your movies in the best condition, so Edward Cullinan Architects asked to conduct a feasibility study and offer recommendations. The London-based firm BFI suggests that construction of new facilities to consolidate its collection rather than try to renovate one of its existing facilities. The new warehouse was completed in 2011 and breaks new ground in terms of capacity, storage conditions, green building and energy efficiency. The resulting wine has a simple design and the necessary research and intensive collaboration between the architect, engineers, experts in the film and the BFI. The warehouse stores of 460,000 square meters 3000 film cans to -5 ° C and 35% relative humidity. In order for this not to cost an arm and a leg on energy bills, the design team came up with a system that uses 4 industrial chillers, 4 floors dehumidification and air conditioning units 12 and as heat recovery and a long tight, insulated and very watertight enclosure. Precast concrete construction provides a very stable environment and can maintain temperatures below freezing for 3 consecutive days of summer, although it was light. For the amount of air conditioning needed in the warehouse stores BFI using relatively low amounts of electricity and serve as a striking example of what is possible. Arup Fire Engineers helped with the design for the building could withstand combustion temperatures nitrate film and keep the heat is distributed to the rest of the collection or environmental control systems. In addition, the building has a sedum blanket living room system, a wildflower meadow, ditches to provide a sustainable drainage system, a bat and a hanger measures to protect Great crested newt, badgers and nesting birds construction activities. BFI movie stores are expected to achieve 'Excellent' BREEAM rated. Edward Cullinan Architects + Through Images © Edmund Sumner ArchDaily Note: This index is a leading indicator of new Commercial Real Estate (CRE) inversión.De AIA Architecture Billings Index turns positive after four straight months of declines on the heels of a period of weakness in the design activity, Architecture Billings Index (ABI) boomed in August. ... The American Institute of Architects (AIA) reported the August ABI rating was 51.4, after a weak score of 45.1 in July. This score reflects an increase in demand for design services (any score above 50 indicates an increase of turnover). The rate of new research projects was 56.9, well above a reading of 53.7 the previous month. "Based on the poor economic conditions in recent months, this shift in demand for services design is a surprise, "said AIA Chief Economist Kermit Baker, PhD, Hon. AFP. "Many companies are still struggling, and continue to report that customers are struggling to get funding for viable projects, but we may have reached the bottom end of the cycle." Click on graph for larger image gráfica.Este gallery chart shows the Architecture Billings Index since 1996. The index rose to 51.4 in August from 45.1 in July. Anything above 50 indicates expansion in demand for services arquitectos.Nota: This includes industrial and commercial facilities such as hotels and office buildings, multifamily residential, hospitals and schools and other instituciones.De according to the AFP, there is an "approximate nine to twelve months lag time between architecture and turnover of the construction costs" in nonresidential construction. Therefore the contraction suggests further declines in CRE investment in early 2012, but possibly flattening of 9 to 12 months (data for only one month). Blogs de otros