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World Sustainability Centre, Sustained Connectivity
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World Sustainability Centre in Afsluitdijk is an exemplar of connectivity. Forging connections to the immediate regional and global
community beyond, the Centre must engage professionals and academics
conceptually and pragmatically, it must do likewise with the general public.
This requires that the Centre operate on a somewhat iconographic level,
capturing the imaginations of passersby, offering a unique educational
experience and perspective on local ecologies. To this end, the landscape and
architectural forms present an exhilarating and progressive investigation into
emerging technologies while offering a flexible enough environment to accommodate
the rapid pace of change inherent in resource conservation research. The Centre
must define itself as an agglomeration of many entities with common interests
and therefore cannot be reflected in a simple, single structure.
This
proposal recommends that three initial and critical connections to the broader
community be considered by the Centre. Firstly, connections must be made with
universities and technical institutes globally. The Centre is envisioned as a
‘mixing-pot’ for all these educational interests, providing an interface
between academic research and the efforts of professionals, the second critical
link. Lastly, we understand the Centre
as both a place of natural ecologies and beauty as well as an emblem for the
progressive thinking. This proposal
envisions natural systems restored to act not only as a buffer to the Wadden
Sea, but also as an educational and recreational landscape actively programmed
by the Centre and accepted as a new node in the Dutch national park system. Through
a series of floating piers constructed in the Wadden Sea, temporary exhibitions
themed around emerging sustainable strategies and technologies are made
possible with their integration into the natural landscape carefully
considered.
Embracing
Lake Ijssel is a very actively programmed area including a marina and guest
accommodations area, an outdoor amphitheatre and an agricultural research
garden. Transportation access to the site is focused on energy-efficient
shuttle buses and watercraft that bring visitors from various remote parking
lots for automobiles, some located within minutes from the Centre and others
located off-site near Zurich.
A Centre
worthy of the global participation that this new culture of invention and
education will attract must provide superior facilities and environs for its
users. The office structure is defined
as a set of open research clusters or groups. The aim is for complete openness
and collaboration between various disciplines and groups. There is no
distinction made between the facilities of academics and professionals as it is
envisioned that they will work side-by-side. Each research cluster is composed
of open office space, shared private offices, conference rooms, a research
laboratory, restroom facilities and storage. The size of each research group
can expand or contract based on an incremental system. In order to maximize
social interaction between the various groups, vertical circulation systems are
placed in common interior garden areas that accommodate informal gathering.
The
Centre features an iconic observation tower that sits boldly over the submerged
lecture hall. The tower presents an opportunity to view the Centre and the
surrounding landscape in a spectacular fashion. Visitors begin their ascent in
the main lobby of the tower where a cafe, gift shop and large exhibition hall
are located. Upon arriving on the observation platform via the elevator,
visitors then begin an interactive descent through the structure, constantly
confronted with unique framed views of the landscape. The tower presents a large surface area that
can be investigated as a means of energy-production or as an armature for the
cultivation of organic food products, in essence, a vertical farm.
Several
key features include a high-performance, operable metal façade shading system
that responds in its articulation to the building’s orientation relative to the
sun. Façade panels alternate between solid panels (solar), perforated panels
(glare and sun control) and void panels (view apertures). Additionally, all
hard and soft surfaces including the roofs are optimized for rain water
collection and filtration and the lake is used as a heat sink for the cooling
system, eliminating the need for specific conventional mechanical equipment.
World Sustainability Centre in Afsluitdijk is an exemplar of connectivity. Forging connections to the immediate regional and global
community beyond, the Centre must engage professionals and academics
conceptually and pragmatically, it must do likewise with the general public.
This requires that the Centre operate on a somewhat iconographic level,
capturing the imaginations of passersby, offering a unique educational
experience and perspective on local ecologies. To this end, the landscape and
architectural forms present an exhilarating and progressive investigation into
emerging technologies while offering a flexible enough environment to accommodate
the rapid pace of change inherent in resource conservation research. The Centre
must define itself as an agglomeration of many entities with common interests
and therefore cannot be reflected in a simple, single structure.
This
proposal recommends that three initial and critical connections to the broader
community be considered by the Centre. Firstly, connections must be made with
universities and technical institutes globally. The Centre is envisioned as a
‘mixing-pot’ for all these educational interests, providing an interface
between academic research and the efforts of professionals, the second critical
link. Lastly, we understand the Centre
as both a place of natural ecologies and beauty as well as an emblem for the
progressive thinking. This proposal
envisions natural systems restored to act not only as a buffer to the Wadden
Sea, but also as an educational and recreational landscape actively programmed
by the Centre and accepted as a new node in the Dutch national park system. Through
a series of floating piers constructed in the Wadden Sea, temporary exhibitions
themed around emerging sustainable strategies and technologies are made
possible with their integration into the natural landscape carefully
considered.
Embracing
Lake Ijssel is a very actively programmed area including a marina and guest
accommodations area, an outdoor amphitheatre and an agricultural research
garden. Transportation access to the site is focused on energy-efficient
shuttle buses and watercraft that bring visitors from various remote parking
lots for automobiles, some located within minutes from the Centre and others
located off-site near Zurich.
A Centre
worthy of the global participation that this new culture of invention and
education will attract must provide superior facilities and environs for its
users. The office structure is defined
as a set of open research clusters or groups. The aim is for complete openness
and collaboration between various disciplines and groups. There is no
distinction made between the facilities of academics and professionals as it is
envisioned that they will work side-by-side. Each research cluster is composed
of open office space, shared private offices, conference rooms, a research
laboratory, restroom facilities and storage. The size of each research group
can expand or contract based on an incremental system. In order to maximize
social interaction between the various groups, vertical circulation systems are
placed in common interior garden areas that accommodate informal gathering.
The
Centre features an iconic observation tower that sits boldly over the submerged
lecture hall. The tower presents an opportunity to view the Centre and the
surrounding landscape in a spectacular fashion. Visitors begin their ascent in
the main lobby of the tower where a cafe, gift shop and large exhibition hall
are located. Upon arriving on the observation platform via the elevator,
visitors then begin an interactive descent through the structure, constantly
confronted with unique framed views of the landscape. The tower presents a large surface area that
can be investigated as a means of energy-production or as an armature for the
cultivation of organic food products, in essence, a vertical farm.
Several
key features include a high-performance, operable metal façade shading system
that responds in its articulation to the building’s orientation relative to the
sun. Façade panels alternate between solid panels (solar), perforated panels
(glare and sun control) and void panels (view apertures). Additionally, all
hard and soft surfaces including the roofs are optimized for rain water
collection and filtration and the lake is used as a heat sink for the cooling
system, eliminating the need for specific conventional mechanical equipment.
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