architects24.com Internat. Newsletter - 27 January 2012
Edition: AHR, Outstanding Buildings
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Chicago office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM)
Greenland Group Suzhou Center in Wujiang, China
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The Chicago office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM)has won the international competition to design the Greenland Group Suzhou Center, in Wujiang, China. The 358-meter supertall tower will become the defining visual landmark for both the new Wujiang lakefront development and for the city as a whole. Ross Wimer, SOM Design Director states, “This design is the result of a serious interdisciplinary collaboration in our Chicago office. Like a high performance car, the digital modeling of aerodynamics was critical to the shaping of the building.
The design team included structural and mechanical engineers from the very beginning and their input helped to define all aspects of the tower.”
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Aerial View © SOM / Crystal CG
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The 75-level building is designed to accommodate a complex mixed-use program on a 37,000 sm site. Sited along Taihu Lake in the Jiangsu Province of China, the building features a 30-story tall operable window corresponding to the hotel and residential floors, that helps drive the environmental performance of the development. The unique split-core configuration of the upper floors increases the efficiency of the building structure. It maximizes daylight penetration, facilitates mixed mode ventilation and acts as a fresh air supply source. The energy saving strategies include a high performance façade, utilizing cooler outside air for natural ventilation, natural light harvesting using daylight responsive controls, energy recovery systems, demand controlled ventilation, and an onsite energy center with combined heat and power plant.
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San Diego, California/USA
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Application techniques, performance and policy issues for achieving high performance buildings with deep energy savings are addressed at the ASHRAE High Performance Buildings Conference. It takes place 12-13 March 2012 in San Diego, California/USA, and features 50 presentations in 16 sessions.
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| The Low Energy Techniques Sessions for example cover net zero district vs. net zero buildings, the 50% Advanced Energy Design Guide for Small and Medium Office Buildings published by ASHRAE, biomimicry and high temperature cooling techniques. The conference features also three HPB case study sessions that include natural ventilation, net zero energy implementation, building controls, Germany's first LEED® Platinum building as well as schools, office buildings and a library.
A keynote speaker is President Ron Jarnagin.
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