LOOFAH! – The Biodiverse Energy-Surplus Windscraper

 

Team

Name: Gero SUHNER

Nationality: German

Institution / Company:  Gero Suhner, Architect

 

Name: Wolf STUBBE

Nationality: German

Institution / Company: Wolf Richard Stubbe, 3D-Artist

 

-FINALIST of Manhattan Wildscraper Competition

 

Skyscrapers are stacked urban quarters. Urban planning theories could therefore be applied to architecture. LOOFAH!, a 75 floor energy-surplus high-rise, integrating Sponge City Concept and adding environmental as well as socio-economic values to its surrounding. 

Rainwater will be collected in the community garden on the rooftop, stored in the roof lake and then drained via microperforated exterior pipes, acting as trellises and irrigation for the green facade. Finally the water can percolate in the areas in front of the building, which are formed as overflow basins in case of heavy rainfall. The proportion of green area (excluding roof) is more than 40%, exceeding the required 20% for green cities, mitigating urban heat islands.

Downwind turbines and photovoltaics, integrated in the circumferential energy ring and as transparent thin-film modules in the glazing, produce energy. In addition to greening high albedo values of the exterior surfaces reduce cooling demand. 

Under the community garden is a public indoor botanical garden and below a panoramic restaurant/bar with a public section for brought-in food. Floors 73 to 6 contain apartments and offices. Floors 1 to 5 are co-working spaces for various uses. Ground floor includes public open spaces, an 800m² supermarket and the building entrance.

 

Image Credit 

Background photo for presentation (Hudson Yards, W 30th Street/11th Ave/ W 29th Street): www.architecturaldigest.com, Related/Oxford

 

#Ecosystem restoration, #Sense of belonging & Placemaking, #Green Roofs & Green Walls, # Urban Parks & Community Gardens, #Air quality & Heat Island Control

You may also like

We use cookies to give you the best online experience. By agreeing you accept the use of cookies in accordance with our cookie policy.

Privacy Settings saved!
Privacy Settings

When you visit any web site, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. Control your personal Cookie Services here.

These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems.

Cookie Name Duration Purpose
woocommerce_cart_hash session Helps WooCommerce determine when cart contents/data changes.
woocommerce_items_in_cart session Helps WooCommerce determine when cart contents/data changes.
wp_woocommerce_session_ 2 days Contains a unique code for each customer so that it knows where to find the cart data in the database for each customer.
  • woocommerce_cart_hash
  • woocommerce_items_in_cart
  • wp_woocommerce_session_

Decline all Services
Accept all Services