dream. explore. discover

photographs, discoveries and other oddities from the adventures of Maggie Lan

[magatronik]

GLAMOS ONE |Swiss Glaciology Base Station GLAMOS ONE is situated on the fastest retreating glacier in Switzerland – the Great Aletsch glacier. This glacier is also the longest in Europe.

[magatronik]

GLAMOS ONE | Front Elevation

GLAMOS ONE | Triptych Section

GLAMOS ONE | Cutaway

GLAMOS ONE | Alone on the glacier

GLAMOS is currently only monitoring the glaciers annually and through satellite imaging, although that has provided a wealth of research. This project will enable GLAMOS to gain a more accurate insight into the movements and fluctuations of their glaciers. The building will be a base station to the glaciologists that will be working on the glacier site. It will enable a more interactive and educational approach to the understanding of glaciers and working alongside the University of Fribourg and Zurich, it will provide students with essential research material and equipment.

GLAMOS ONE | Swiss Glaciology Base Station GLAMOS is currently only monitoring the glaciers annually and through satellite imaging, although that has provided a wealth of research.

[magatronik]

Main Deck Level Plan

Upper Deck Level Plan

GLAMOS ONE | PLANS

[magatronik]

Glaciers in Switzerland and elsewhere are retreating due to the effects of global warming (Hoelzle et al. 2003). Switzerland’s glaciers have lost twelve percent of their ice volume since 1999. The water stored in Switzerland’s glaciers currently equates to about two thirds of the volume of Lake Geneva. – Providing Europe with 40% of it freshwater. Switzerland has an estimated 74 km3 of glaciers. Scientists have discovered that the 59 larger glaciers account for almost 88% of the ice volume, whereas about 24% is stored in the aletsch region alone. Over the last decade – the warmest for 150 years – Switzerland’s glaciers have lost 9 km3 of ice (-12%), including 2.6 Km3 (-3.5%) In the record-breaking summer of 2003 alone. These figures are all the more alarming as the climate continues to warm up and the temperatures in the Swiss alps are expected to increase by 1.8 degrees in the winter and 2.7 degrees in the summer by 2050.

GLAMOS ONE Glaciers in Switzerland and elsewhere are retreating due to the effects of global warming (Hoelzle et al.

[magatronik]

#henrymoore #burberry #makershouse #london #love #latergram #sculpture #art #tools (at Makers House)

[magatronik]

#makershouse #henrymoore #latergram #love #art #sculpture #burberry (at Makers House)

[magatronik]

#dohosuh #victoriamiro #art #lightbulb #love #latergram (at Victoria Miro)

[magatronik]

#dohosuh #passages #poser #latergram #art #love #cultureday #architecture (at Victoria Miro)

[magatronik]

#dohosuh #passages #architecture #cultureday #latergram #love #art (at Victoria Miro)

[magatronik]

#sirpetercook #archigram #80at80 #loveucl #architecture #bartlett (at The Bartlett)

[magatronik]

View this post on Instagram

#bonobo #livemusic #brixton #love #music (at O2 Academy Brixton)

[magatronik]

#thisislondon #love #sunset #construction #cranes #london #architecturephotography #architecturestudent (at London, United Kingdom)

[magatronik]

#sunset #london #ucl #bartlett #newbuilding #architectureschool #niceview (at The Bartlett School of Architecture)

[magatronik]

#starwars #rogueone #uniqloevent #love #stormtrooper #deathtrooper #darthvader (at Uniqlo 311 Oxford Street)

[magatronik]

#hanginthere #taxidermy #fox #latergram #poland #krakow (at MOCAK Muzeum Sztuki Współczesnej w Krakowie / Museum of Contemporary Art)

[magatronik]

🌚 #supermoon #love #moon #photography (at London Canary Wharf)

[magatronik]

#latergram #beautiful #concrete #unit14 #adventure #bartlett #travel #flaktower #vienna #austria #love #polaroid (at Vienna, Austria)