Friday, March 9, 2018

Honeycomb shading keeps Bro Ole Scheerens skyscrapers naturally cool in Singapore

Büro Ole Scheeren recently completed DUO, a pair of sculptural glass towers in Singapore’s Kampong Glam neighborhood. The striking mixed-use development is partly wrapped in a honeycomb facade designed to promote solar shading and to accentuate the curved facades. The concave facades also help create a cooling microclimate by channeling winds towards the lushly landscaped parks below. In addition to its eye-catching appearance, DUO also marks a historic joint venture development...

from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building https://inhabitat.com/honeycomb-shading-keeps-buro-ole-scheerens-skyscrapers-naturally-cool-in-singapore
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