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Ngoc
Criteria for concept
                  development
• New for all: an attraction spot  UNIQUENESS!




                                                                                Iconic Value
• Contrast in surrounding area

• History/memory: keep the existing building layout (structure not known yet)

•A common language for the overall area: building & landscaping.

• View on the training area visible by public.

• Smart roof-ceiling system for incorporating daylight, keeping indoor temperatures
stable for the different thermal zones [materials+structure] via a buffer zone.

• Solar exploitation for the spaces surrounded by the rink.
Layout – structure - envelope –
    indoor climate – energy efficiency

•   Integration to existing structure?
•   Thermal zoning and envelope formation
•   North facing windows, diffuse light from roof openings
•   South facing openings + use of PV panels
•   Materials?
•   Rainwater collection and storage in a water tank
Will the wind be a problem? both for indoor & outdoor?
Is there a need to disrupt the wind here?
Adjustable daylight elements
Pixels                  Lines

         Curved lines
Problems Envelope

• How to tackle the double curved shape?

• Water draining?

• Production? There are a lot of elements that all has to complement the
double curved shapes

• Construction? How to design the elements

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XXL2013 - Team 2 - PinUp Presentation

  • 2. Criteria for concept development • New for all: an attraction spot  UNIQUENESS! Iconic Value • Contrast in surrounding area • History/memory: keep the existing building layout (structure not known yet) •A common language for the overall area: building & landscaping. • View on the training area visible by public. • Smart roof-ceiling system for incorporating daylight, keeping indoor temperatures stable for the different thermal zones [materials+structure] via a buffer zone. • Solar exploitation for the spaces surrounded by the rink.
  • 3. Layout – structure - envelope – indoor climate – energy efficiency • Integration to existing structure? • Thermal zoning and envelope formation • North facing windows, diffuse light from roof openings • South facing openings + use of PV panels • Materials? • Rainwater collection and storage in a water tank
  • 4.
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  • 12. Will the wind be a problem? both for indoor & outdoor? Is there a need to disrupt the wind here?
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  • 21. Pixels Lines Curved lines
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  • 29. Problems Envelope • How to tackle the double curved shape? • Water draining? • Production? There are a lot of elements that all has to complement the double curved shapes • Construction? How to design the elements