Vertical Village / Graft Lab
Graft Lab’s latest addition to Dubai, entitled Vertical Village, is a cluster of mix-use buildings that emphasize reducing solar gain and maximizing solar production. The buildings are self-shaded on the northern side and on the east-west axis to reduce long-angle sun penetration. Solar collectors on the south end automatically pivot to maximize solar-energy aggregation. The multi-use building, which is expected to earn a LEED Gold Certificate, offers an appealing aesthetic which will easily make its mark 0n Dubai’s dynamic skyline. The “futuristic” angular forms create a shared central space with large pools, while the compositional assemblage of the individual buildings form a cohesive whole.
More images after the break.
As seen on Inhabitat.
hahahaha, quite true, Chas, quite true. Never heard it put that way but I like the way you think!
Dubai = all posible land…
Dubai = 21 century’s Disneyland
Come on Graft! There is a global economic crisis going on… show some constraint, this is completely gratuitous.
Yea, come on Graft, this building is way to interesting to be designed now.
Im surprised that somone finaly came up with the idea of putting solar panels on a building in the worlds sunniest city. If we wait another 10 years we might even se a building that collects rain water.
So true soley, by the way, they should know that women are sustainable too
Yes indeed
i agree…! they are renewable energy..!
wat theee…….
Interesting, better than the usual wankitechture dross in Dubai.
The strange thing is that despite the abundance of sun, solar panels arent that effective in the Emirates due to the amount of dust/sand in the air – they require constant cleaning, which sort of negates their sustainable credentials seeing as you will need gallons of water to do it.
good point with the solar panels…oh the shame… could you imagine the work involved in cleaning it?… oh well, at least they are creating more jobs.
ВО Я ОХУЕЛ…!!!
well, i thought the comments postet on archdaily.com would be quite different to baunetz.de.
but not today. does this mean, the project is as bad as i think?
for the ones who want to figure out:
http://www.baunetz.de/meldungen/Meldungen-Wohnkomplex_von_Graft_in_Dubai_836507.html?backurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baunetz.de%2Fmeldungen%2Findex.html&action=kommentieren
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finally a discussion on archdaily that is somewhat amusing.
strangely reminds me of Zaha Hadid projects,especially recent ones in Egypt
outstanding building. support this one
so, no plans??
the less you show the more you have to hide!
all of you are judging this on bad imagery that is already showing a lot of mistakes and unconstructable elements. if the planning of the apartments is as better than the little shown here, wow, then i will be impressed!
and as mentioned before, solar pannels consume more energy in cleaning than they will ever produce!
lost in space…
perfect match for ET planet!
5:38 PM Jan 12th
http://www.archdaily.com/37512/vertical-village-graft-lab/