Tall Buildings project 2008 Group 1b

Tall Buildings project June 2008 Group 1B in the SBE Nottingham. Helical Tower in Canary Wharf, design by Andy Chapman and George Christodoulou. The design is for a bioclimatic skyscraper.

"The 256m high Helical tower is mixed use, consisting of retail, co-working offices, business incubator, apart-hotel and residential apartments, with skycourts interfacing between 'villages'. Floorplates are optimised for natural light and ventilation, staggered and adjusted for each use. Each plate rotates 5 degrees to create a twisting tower. An atrium follows the twist a full 250 degrees, in an east to west path allowing direct sunlight into the helical atrium for each hour of the day. The core is the only straight vertical element, carrying primary circulation and services. Two helical maglev elevators follow the twist of the atrium. An exoskeletal diagrid lattice works with the core and floorplates to provide the structure. The helical form is ideally suited to resist resonant wind effects, and is completed by a massive Quiet Revolution wind generating turbine on the crown."
Joint Tall Buildings Prizewinner

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Tall
• Buildings
• Canary
• Wharf
• SBE
• Nottingham

[bond002]

what software did you use for the construction animation?

[maroudasp]

Sygxaritiria Synadelfe !!!!!

[ilnpbb]

This is fantastic. Kudos!

[DrThief]

Winner of the prestigious "Penis-Shaped Building Award 2008". Excellent work George and Andy, hopefully you can outdo yourselves with your 2009 entry for the competition

[homealone2005]

Thanks for explaining this. I hadn't a clue.

[dnicholsoncole]

they are not very tall by Chicago standards, but fifty stories is very tall for Europe and UK in particular. In Canary Wharf, there is a rule that no buildings shall be taller than One Canada Square (set by the ground landlord), although for student schemes, we dont hold them firmly to this. English Heritage seem to oppose all new Tall buildings, regardless of merit or context.

[yiorgos9]

Erm, the Helical tower is the equivalent of around 50 stories including the double- and triple- height sky-courts. The large helical turbine at the top adds about 60 metres to the tower.

[stevechaconjr]

How tall are we talking here? 40 maybe 50 stories "tall"--maybe. The buildings shown on the video seemed relatively short in height or levels. Interesting Vid though. Thanks.

[mimarinam]

Very nice and well determined ecological high-rise design. Loved it as an green-architect. Congrt.