3 CASE STUDIES – A DISCUSSION ON SUSTAINABLE AMBIENT Cover Image

3 STUDII DE CAZ – O DISCUŢIE ASUPRA AMBIENTULUI SUSTENABIL
3 CASE STUDIES – A DISCUSSION ON SUSTAINABLE AMBIENT

LONDON: CITY HALL, SWISS RE, THE SHARD

Author(s): Ştefan Mihăilescu, Marina Mihaila, Mihaela Grigorescu Zamfir
Subject(s): Architecture
Published by: Editura Universitară “Ion Mincu”
Keywords: architecture; design; community; public space; icon;

Summary/Abstract: The article puts into discussion the possible links between the architecture implant features in notable sites, and the characteristics of the public space, location, urban environment, urban body design and volumetric design, between the dimension and community perception on the new altimetry and city representation. If London City Hall is by definition a model for Thames pedestrian esplanade, and becomes a new landmark of the development milestone of 2000, it is also a building that targets the plus energy efficiency, getting to produce a surplus in some seasons. As design it is the contemporary landmark that diversifies the specific presence of the London Bridge. Swiss Re is itself a technological invention in every significance urban layer: it is a iconic landmark for the London downtown high developed area, on the opposite side of the Thames Riverview, and in the neighborhood of Building 42 and Lloyd’s Building. As a landmark, it physically replaces another building with a tragic end. Swiss Re Building design is in fact a license of the architect – Sir Norman Foster, and of the structural engineers from ARUP – as in the first example. The Shard is the newest icon of London signed by architect Renzo Piano (building inaugurated in 2012), situated on the opposite with Swiss Re building from the Thames, and closed to London City Hall. Actually the building is a macrostructure, and it doubles the existent landmarks height, having the characteristics of a vertical city.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 133-152
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: English, Romanian