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San Marino World Trade Centre,San MarinoNorman Foster and PartnersCo-architects: Studio AntaoArman Tugnawat 11110014 | Divya Khandelwal 11110020 | B.ARCH IV1

Project: San Marino World Trade CentreClient: Gruppo Gecos. Spa RiminiLocation: San Marino, SM 47890, ItalyArchitects: Norman Foster and Partners, (Co-architects: Studio Antao)Surface Built:13,000 square meters , (with another 12,000 square meters of parking and plaza space.)Date of Project:1999-20042

Conceptual SketchesGreen Roof-trails

The structure is organised on 12 levels with a number of different uses, from executive offices to commercial space and parking.

Two blocks of executive offices rise eight levels above the plaza.

The Foster design is sensitive to the culture of climate and place.

The building draws on the vernacular of this wine-growing region, incorporating such touches as a pergola or plant-covered roof trellis to cover the car parking facilities, providing both natural shade for the vehicles and an attractive visual shield.

Serves the development, but also the larger local community.

The metal structure with its steel cables is one of the biggest of its kind in the world, and the architects intend it to provide a support for vines to create a "green hill" that will reduce the visual impact of the hundreds of cars that will park in the complex.

Special innovative technologies were used in the project Reduced environmental impact and high structural quality.

A form of concrete was used which, cast in formworks of steel sheeting, permitted construction of highly resistant pillars with very little bulk.

mobile aluminium sunshades to control sunlight entering the building, designed to adapt to changes in the sun's position.

Placement of artificial light sources to accentuate the aesthetics of the building skin and also to create places of interest and interaction.

Channel 4 Television Headquarters, London Richard Rogers (1990)

Channel 4 Television Headquarters, London Richard Rogers (1990) SERVICES ON OUTSIDECHANNEL 4HEADQUARTERS

RESIDENTIAL UNITSPUBLIC GARDEN

The design reinforces the existing street pattern, encloses a new public square, and creates a striking headquarters building which is light, energy efficient and rationally organized.

Two four-storey wings containing mainly office space are arranged in an L shape, which addresses the corner of the street with a curved connecting space

Channel 4 Television Headquarters, London Richard Rogers (1990) A triumph of day lighting, it uses a variety of prefabricated elements and materials . Metal skin, bright colors, bold graphics

The entrance, striking space in the building, is defined by the first hanging curved curtain wall, up to full height of the building

This atrium forms the main entrance space to the building with glazed walls that look through to the offices. Tiers of lightweight walkways at each level allow access from one wing to the other and animate the space.

These walkways are of concrete and punctured by glass lenses that serve to create a dynamic geometric pattern when viewed from below.Rogers s packed & instinctive composition

Channel FourContrast simple rectangular floor plan vs. complex, technically expressive exterior

The Channel 4 building is organised from the basement upwards, with the highly technical, service-heavy spaces located in the basement, proceeding upwards through four storeys above ground.12

Most complex piece of glass structural engineering the entire wall is supported by tie rods which arehanging( not dead loaded).

Vertical circulation elements are particularly celebrated, including exterior lifts and interior stairways

Basic interior elements incl. massive trusses remain same whatever the function design committed to idea of flexibility

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CONCLUSION

San Marino WTCIt is a energy efficient building by using both passive and active strategies while providing context enough justification through incorporating Vernacular features of wine growing region such as pergolas and plant covered roof-trails.CHANNEL 4 HEADQUARTERS creates a striking headquarters building which is light, energy efficient and rationally organized . The design is highly functional and with a sense of flexibility . Use of characteristic material glass & steel