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 Located in Chicago's Loop, Aqua is a separate building that sits amongst a pile of boxes of standard glass. The building has an inspired way into Lake Michigan and the Chicago River, which manifests itself in the front of the balconies on the surface ripple. The waves however are not random and were a carefully calculated addition he found many difficulties in their integration. Each floor plate is unique Aqua ultimately, making the building quite complicated. Inconsistent floor plates also created variations in the size of the unit - while some people may have a balcony of 12 meters wide, others just a few inches that extends from the feet. The balcony overhangs not yet have a purpose an environment. Not only the shadow apartments hot summer sun, but also protect the building from wind power - one of the most difficult aspects of skyscraper engineering. The undulating facade effectively mitigates the Chicago winds, its breakdown to the extent that the construction of Thet does not require a tuned mass damper to stabilize it against wind vibration and rocking. And even if it is small for some units, each floor to 82 minutes can make claim to a balcony - something that normally can not be given more than sixty stories high winds. Web arquitectuta










