June 21, 2007 | Broadcast
High-rise Ventilation
Torre Cube by Carme Pinos, Courtesy Tropolism
The Torre Cube in Guadalajara, Mexico, by Carme Pinos (who worked and collaborated with the late Enric Miralles) is an office building with natural ventilation. Offices are arranged in staggered prismatic volumes supported by three curved concrete cores. The atrium and openings between the volumes create a natural ventilation effect. In addition, there is a double skin to the building: the offices are enclosed by glass and are shaded by a sliding wood panel system. These panels can be manually moved to create optimum shading for different work environments and times of day/year. – Architecture.mnp via Tropolism
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JJ is the co-founder of 5ft Creatives and is presently enrolled as a graduate student at the Yale School of Architecture.
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