Issue 09
 

By Chris Sullivan

Bringing daylight into laboratories is a mixed bag for architects. Like any other occupants, lab researchers tend to prefer sunny, inspiring workplaces - with a view, preferably. But ambient conditions inside research spaces must be precisely calibrated, ruling out variable solar loading and light levels.

So how did architects at Gould Evans and Lord Aeck Sargent take a best-practice biotechnology / nanotechnology facility for Arizona State University and "turn it inside out," giving scientists stunning views of the hot Sonoran desert through clear glass curtain wall - and giving visitors a tantalizing window into cutting-edge, cross-disciplinary research? The short answer is solar control, say the designers, a system of custom-designed Nysan sun louvers from Hunter Douglas. The result - The Biodesign Institute - stands as a scientific showplace and an impressive new eastern gateway to the campus. More >

Learn how leading architects are using solar control solutions to plan and construct sustainable buildings. Join the editors of Ecostructure for "The Art of Solar Control: New Technologies for Sustainability," a panel discussion at the Greenbuild conference in Atlanta. See applications of louvers, screens, and shading systems that help green architecture take shape. RSVP here >

Time: Wednesday, November 9
Location: Omni Hotel at CNN Center, Atlanta

Brazil: Circuit Esportivos Equip.
Architect: Couto & Vasconcelos

UK: Eden Project
Architect: Nicholas Grimshaw & Part.

Germany: Ruhrfestspiele Theatre
Architect: Auer + Weber + Part.

Netherlands: Grotius Bridge
Architect: Zwarts & Jansma


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