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Green architecture is an emerging field that seeks to add to the sustainable building idea of the green revolution, which means energy efficient and often very modern looking. With all the earthquakes that have happened in recent years it’s no wonder that earthquake safe energy efficient buildings would be desired as well. OFIS Architectures new Trent Tower is one such example, which boasts not only solar collectors for power, but also a good degree of earthquake stability.
The outer skin of the towers is made of a green shading material to keep the sun out during the summers, and can also have plants that will grow over the mesh for additional cooling. During the winter a series of embedded pipes transmit heat into the building to provide heating. And finally the inner structure uses a system of concrete support poles and composite columns which are fairly earthquake ready. It’s nice to see more green architecture counter all the potential problems modern buildings face, aside from the purely energy based ones.
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