Biomimétisme. DARCH - SUAT - News. Future Laboratory villes. BLOCK Research Group. TEK Cube Building in Taiwan/ BIG Architects. TEK is a public building in Taiwan that uses a form and highly mixed program to encourage a large cross section of users. Designed by BIG Architects, the 57 meter cubed building has an open section, or ‘street’ to allow full public access through the building. The access rises and dilates near the top of the building and opens onto a rooftop garden. The roof is to be a public park and informal performance area. Radiating from the street will be hotel, retail, office, restaurants, etc, with no particular formal arrangement. The building is an expression of a city bock packed into a more vertical system.
To commemorate the 9th Annual Skyscraper Competition, eVolo is publishing the Limited Edition Book "eVolo Skyscrapers 2" which is the follow-up to its highly acclaimed book “eVolo Skyscrapers”. -> EVOLO SKYSCRAPERS 2 - Limited Edition Book. Eco Boulevard in Vallecas. WAG » Ephemeral structures in Athens: The Tower of Winds. ‘Ephemeral structures’ competition for the Athens Olympics Year: 2003 Project description: Ecological urban intervention Estimated contract sum: £150,000 (5 towers) This popular design proposal was originally developed as a competition entry for the Athens Olympics. The brief asked for ‘ephemeral’ structures that would facilitate hosting urban street events. We identified shaded and cooled places as the most valued spaces in summertime Athens. Our proposal was a mobile kevlar fabric cooling tower, which can be erected in 30 mins. Helium is pumped into a torus ring, inflating it to form the top of the tower, which lifts to above the pollution level in Athens.
Water is then pumped up small veins sewn into the fabric of the tower, and weeps out of holes to run down the inside skin. This scheme offered additional benefits to the city. Designed with engineers Atelier One and environmental engineer Professor Brian Ford of WSP environmental.