Nord-europäischer offener Ideenwettbewerb (auch für Studenten) | 09/2014
“Prologis 2030 Design” Design the future for logistics buildings
1. Preis
Doreen Kruschina Planung + Baumanagement
Architektur
Fluxo interactive architecture
Architektur
Visualisierung
Erläuterungstext
1. Sustainable Site Selection
Starting off from today´s organization in logistics we cast a view into a possible future of the industry.
„Spaces in Germany are almost as rare as in Japan. Furthermore politics play an important role in the land trade and the development of logistic projects.“ (zit. Moghadam)
The sustainability of a site will more and more be characterized by an optimized land use.
We suggest a bridge structure that can utilize existing roads and helps save undeveloped/nature spaces.
The proximity of rail transport is feasible as many railroad tracks run along freeways.
The linear structure of the construction is indefinitely expandable.
2. Flexible Use
„You know, when we were young we thought we were cool by just wearing those sneakers with the 3 stripes. That doesn´t do the job anymore (…) Nowadays logistic halls have to be built in a way that allows the tenant a much more flexible use. Logistic companies have to compile the products individually and sometimes they join in in the actual production. (…)
The truth is that it is all but easy to buy land in Germany (…) We do own almost 2.Mio m2 of storage spaces in Germany and our property gains in value every day”.(zit. Moghadam).
The dominant feature of a logistic hall is the grid with a minimal percentage of columns. This guarantees the highest flexibility, i.e. addition or disassembly and re-erection at another site.
3. Scarcity of Resources
The building envelope must protect from weather but offer a high thermal comfort at the same time. It is supposed to be light-weighted and constructed in a resource-saving way. Textile membranes make this possible and offer various opportunities for branding such as light design and printing. Integrated PV-elements enable the façade spaces to contribute to energy production. Security aspects can easily be solved due to the exposed position and clearly defined access organization.
Loading technology itself will develop. New systems of containers and semitrailers, change from road to rail and into the logistic centres like the Cargobeamer will make this possible.
3. Energy
The building has to be heated and cooled. It needs energy and can as well produce it.
Its availability makes an efficient energy storage necessary.
Heating/Cooling
Solar heating and cooling is provided with a gas absorption heat pump and seasonal ice storage tank.
The ice storage tank being a heavy construction finds a submerged position for example under the access ramp.energy organization.
Basic temperature control is provided by a `chaotic ventilation´ that results in an balanced overall temptation. High cooling loads often correlate with high solar radiation, cooling load peaks with the maximum gain of PV-collectors. Thermal run cooling devices can convert heat into cold. Solar cold can be generated in combination with solar-thermal collectors. Thus electrical energy can be replaced by solar heat und electric peaks can be cut off. This results in lower investment costs and more competetive energy tariffs.
Starting off from today´s organization in logistics we cast a view into a possible future of the industry.
„Spaces in Germany are almost as rare as in Japan. Furthermore politics play an important role in the land trade and the development of logistic projects.“ (zit. Moghadam)
The sustainability of a site will more and more be characterized by an optimized land use.
We suggest a bridge structure that can utilize existing roads and helps save undeveloped/nature spaces.
The proximity of rail transport is feasible as many railroad tracks run along freeways.
The linear structure of the construction is indefinitely expandable.
2. Flexible Use
„You know, when we were young we thought we were cool by just wearing those sneakers with the 3 stripes. That doesn´t do the job anymore (…) Nowadays logistic halls have to be built in a way that allows the tenant a much more flexible use. Logistic companies have to compile the products individually and sometimes they join in in the actual production. (…)
The truth is that it is all but easy to buy land in Germany (…) We do own almost 2.Mio m2 of storage spaces in Germany and our property gains in value every day”.(zit. Moghadam).
The dominant feature of a logistic hall is the grid with a minimal percentage of columns. This guarantees the highest flexibility, i.e. addition or disassembly and re-erection at another site.
3. Scarcity of Resources
The building envelope must protect from weather but offer a high thermal comfort at the same time. It is supposed to be light-weighted and constructed in a resource-saving way. Textile membranes make this possible and offer various opportunities for branding such as light design and printing. Integrated PV-elements enable the façade spaces to contribute to energy production. Security aspects can easily be solved due to the exposed position and clearly defined access organization.
Loading technology itself will develop. New systems of containers and semitrailers, change from road to rail and into the logistic centres like the Cargobeamer will make this possible.
3. Energy
The building has to be heated and cooled. It needs energy and can as well produce it.
Its availability makes an efficient energy storage necessary.
Heating/Cooling
Solar heating and cooling is provided with a gas absorption heat pump and seasonal ice storage tank.
The ice storage tank being a heavy construction finds a submerged position for example under the access ramp.energy organization.
Basic temperature control is provided by a `chaotic ventilation´ that results in an balanced overall temptation. High cooling loads often correlate with high solar radiation, cooling load peaks with the maximum gain of PV-collectors. Thermal run cooling devices can convert heat into cold. Solar cold can be generated in combination with solar-thermal collectors. Thus electrical energy can be replaced by solar heat und electric peaks can be cut off. This results in lower investment costs and more competetive energy tariffs.
Beurteilung durch das Preisgericht
The work presented here is a convincing, successful proposal for integrating a logistics building into its surrounding countryside. Raising the hall on pillars over the motorway not only makes the building appear lighter, but also takes into account the growing problem of finding land for new structures and the need for such halls to be close to the city. Additionally, it serves to reduce traffic noise and its prominent location gives it an extraordinary spatial presence. Its light, elegant features and innovative materials such as carbon fibre and reinforced polymer mark this construction as being architecturally special in the field of logistics buildings. The transparency of these future-oriented materials allows daylight to flood the interior. The media façade is an aid to anchor the company in its environment and can also be used as advertising space.
The diversity of the many potential uses and excellent accessibility are further outstanding features of this building. Standard loading ramps are used for loading and unloading. Goods can be loaded and unloaded on the other side of the building at the same time. Here goods of varying sizes can be loaded onto trucks, cars and even trains. Direct access to the motorway and a rail siding permit direct, rapid delivery to the final consumer - a convincing example of intermodal transportation.
Overall, the author succeeds in designing a building that is unique in its fundamental approach and architectural design, one that is unusual in the logistics world, that enters into an interesting dialogue with its surroundings and is also imaginable in the urban context. The author has succeeded in presenting a design that is “out of the box”.
The diversity of the many potential uses and excellent accessibility are further outstanding features of this building. Standard loading ramps are used for loading and unloading. Goods can be loaded and unloaded on the other side of the building at the same time. Here goods of varying sizes can be loaded onto trucks, cars and even trains. Direct access to the motorway and a rail siding permit direct, rapid delivery to the final consumer - a convincing example of intermodal transportation.
Overall, the author succeeds in designing a building that is unique in its fundamental approach and architectural design, one that is unusual in the logistics world, that enters into an interesting dialogue with its surroundings and is also imaginable in the urban context. The author has succeeded in presenting a design that is “out of the box”.