Steven Holl Architects : Linked Hybrid
Welcome to another edition of Green Tuesdays here at architecture.MNP! This week we’ve got a video [in two parts] featuring the Linked Hybrid project by Steven Holl Architects. A few of the project’s notable green features include:
-green roofs
-bicycle storage [although, its in Beijing - so that was a given]
-600 geothermal wells to heat & cool the building
-a recycled gray-water pond
-green-space made up of 5 distinct ‘mounds’ created using soil displaced by the underground parking provided for the project – the 5 mounds are meant to speak to historical Chinese culture, and represent the Zen view of the cycle of life : a mound for childhood, adolescence, middle age, old age, and a mound of eternity – each with programmatic elements linking to the others
…and its simply pretty siiick. I just hope it isn’t another sponge building in the making.
Related posts:
- Steven Holl: Sliced Porosity Block
- furniture by Steven Holl
- Steven Holl @ ArchLeague, 2008
- Steven Holl : NYU Department of Philosophy
- LPA Architects: The Chestnut Residence
Posted: August 14th, 2007
at 6:00am by orangemenace
Categories: architecture, featured ninjas, green arch, housing, urban/master planning, videos
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[...] So, this project is just siiick – on some futuristic, super-dynamic looking green design. The Sino-Italian Ecological and Energy-Efficient Building (SIEEB) at Tsinghua University in Beijing was designed to maximize both passive + active solar efficiency – using a push/pull effect in the stacking of floors to create overhangs and setbacks for passive solar, and an impressive photovoltaic system consisting of over 1,000 square feet of PV panels. [...]
SIEEB Solar Energy-Efficient Building at architecture.MNP
2 Oct 07 at 12:00 pm