The future of building technology is here and itâ € ™ s full of holes. The Swiss cheese exoskeleton CDR Shell, the first sustainable mixed-use condominium in Miami, Florida is a hyper-intelligent skin while providing efficient building structure, thermal mass for insulation, shading for natural cooling, terrace enclosures, induced by the turbines to generate energy, and galleries to congregate at the ground level.
COR, represents a dynamic synergy between architecture, structural engineering and ecology. The design is revolutionary not only in terms of sustainable, but in visual impact. The impression of this building is the arrest, even in light of the current architectural trend of the uneven, nonlinear characteristics of the explosion in recent architectural landscape.
The building rises 400 feet, and seems to float above the city as an ethereal and futuristic being marked by a multitude of holes Swiss cheese round, which sometimes join to form a bubble of life-in-pond effect.
The architect of the credits the developer for being receptive to the unusual design in which the building structure is both the skin and an opening to keep wind turbines. CDR Oppenheim notes that evolved from an architectural complex, which includes a careful analysis of your site.
The surprise of the functionality comes from its conception and vision in creating an efficient building sustainable energy. Oppenheim says building no physical visits as opportunities to provide dual use € "for example, the skin of the CDR is only coating that provides an armature for wind turbines, the protection of the sun and forms an arcade on the ground.
Rising 25 floors above € ™ s Miami Design District, COR extracts power from its environment using the latest advances in wind turbines, solar photovoltaic technology and hot water generation. With an estimated completion date of 2010, COR is 480,000 meters square, with 113 housing units ranging in size from 700 to 2,000 square feet, priced from $ 300,00 to 1 million. COR will have a cafà ©, 2 restaurants, offices and live work galleries.
Sustainable architecture design is to create minimal impact on the environment and makes the most intelligent of the worldâ ™ € s declining resources. Sustainability and green design also includes the creation of healthy indoor environments.
Water is becoming the new frontier of concern, through both the density and drought. Green and sustainable elements in COR include water harvesting, capturing rainwater and roof run-off in tanks, using filtration systems in the recycling of greywater produced from washing machines, dishwashers and other appliances and business use of light, and filtering for use again as irrigation.
The wind farm on the roof of the CDR generating energy to reduce dependence on electricity and energy saving through the production of solar hot water. Energy efficient appliances with Energy Star features will generally use less water. LED lighting is used instead of incandescent, natural light will flood through the glass inner energy efficient and multiple use outside the building thermal mass available for insulation and shading of outdoor terraces and kitchen.
CDR has been received with applause. Adopted unanimously by the Urban Design Review Board of the City of Miami, The project represents the ideals promoted by the Miami Mayor Manny Diaz for their properties of green and ecologically sustainable sound design. Oppenheim is part of the Mayor diaza € ™ Green Committee.
Oppenheim said that this project can represent solutions to global warming concerns, declining resources such as land and water, and competition for fewer resources. Certainly shines through the new frontier of sustainability.
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