Green Lighthouse, Denmark by Christensen & Co Architects
August 25th, 2010 - Posted in Sustainable Design
The architecture building, that seamlessly merge the form or fields of architectural design, construction structure engineering of architecture and creativity innovation technologies into one amazing and beautiful exciting building, takes a holistic approach to architecture, architectural lighting design, healthy interior design and decoration environment and sustainability.
Designed and completed by Christensen & Co Architects with the spectacular architecture design of sundial-shaped structure, the Green Lighthouse to the Faculty of Science facilities that located at the University of Copenhagen is the first carbon neutral building in Denmark. The fact that 75% of the reduction of the energy consumption is the direct consequence of architectural design of buildings. Sustainable design is not a question of stuffing the architecture design building with brazen, expensive high-tech gadgets, but that it starts with good old fashioned common sense. That is the reason of the CO2 neutral public buildings are possible with great sustainable architectural design and architecture design planning.
interior design Green Lighthouse sundial shaped structure
Green Lighthouse interior Sustainable design building
To achieve carbon neutrality, many green design features were incorporated to reduce energy use and provide a holistic and healthy indoor environment for students and faculty. The green sundial building itself was oriented to maximize its solar resources, while windows and doors are recessed and covered with automatic solar shades to minimise direct solar heat gain inside the Green Lighthouse building. Plentiful daylight and natural ventilation are provided by means of the carefully placed VELUX skylights, Velfac windows and the generous atrium. Finally, sensibly integrated state-of-the-art technology has been applied: heat recovery systems, photovoltaic panels, solar heating, LED lighting, phase change materials, geothermal heat are just some of the technologies that are seamlessly integrated into the building.
interior Green Lighthouse daylight and natural ventilation
interior Green Lighthouse spiral staircase design
The green beacon building in Copenhagen is going to serve as a showcase for sustainable building at the UN’s Climate Conference here in Copenhagen in December later this year. Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation, Helge Sander states; “Everyone who has had a share in the Green Lighthouse project has every reason to be proud. It is a stylish, exemplary, climate-friendly construction, which will help focus the attention on Danish know-how during the forthcoming climate summit. At the same time, the building can serve as inspiration to other universities and builders, while also contributing to the construction industry’s knowledge base of sustainable building solutions”.
exciting building Green Lighthouse interior design
The parties involved in the project are the Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, the University of Copenhagen, the City of Copenhagen and the window producers VELUX and VELFAC.
exterior architecture Green Lighthouse building facade
