Hugh Broughton Architects and Ramboll design aerodynamic Antarctic research centre
Construction has begun on the Discovery Building for the British Antarctic Survey's research station in Antarctica, designed by Hugh Broughton Architects and Ramboll with NORR and Turner & Townsend.
The operations centre is being built at the Rothera Research Station on Adelaide Island, which is the base for British research in Antarctica and acts as the capital of the British Antarctic Territory.
It is being completed by a team made up of contractor BAM, architecture studios Hugh Broughton Architects and NORR, as well as engineering consultants Ramboll, Turner & Townsend and Sweco. Called the Discovery Building, the facility will contain a wide range of functions within a single aerodynamic structure that will face into the prevailing wind. A wind deflector will be built along its roofline.
This deflector is designed to channel air over the building, creating higher speeds down the facade not facing the wind, which will minimise snow accumulation around the structure.
"It is the first time a snow and wind deflector has been used at this scale in Antarctica," said Hugh Broughton Architects.
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