Aarhus Heated Conservatory Building, Hothouse Botanical Gardens Denmark, ETFE foil cushions images
Heated Conservatory at the Botanical Gardens, Aarhus
Hothouse in Jutland, Denmark design by formTL + C. F. Møller Architekten
14 Aug 2016
Greenhouse in the Botanic Garden, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark, by C.F. Møller is an International Architecture Awards Winner in 2016
International Architecture Awards 2016
9 Dec 2013
Hothouse at the Botanical Gardens in Aarhus, Denmark
Heated conservatory at the Botanical Gardens, Aarhus
Transparent roofing made of ETFE foil cushions with an interior pneumatic shading system planned by formTL and C. F. Møller Architekten
photo : Quintin Lake
Radolfzell, December 2013. The new tropical conservatory at the Botanical Gardens in Aarhus is like a drop of dew in its green surroundings. Its transparent dome set on an oval base extends the existing greenhouse built in 1969. A special feature of this structure is that is allows for the greatest interior volume with the lowest possible surface area, leading to high energy efficiency.
photo : Quintin Lake
The support structure consists of 10 steel arches, which fan out around a longitudinal and a transverse axis, creating a net of rectangles of varying sizes. formTL planned and designed a cover for these arches made mainly of double-layered ETFE cushions, which are affixed with biaxially bent profiles due to their complex structure. On the south-facing side, the cushions used were made with three layers, two of which were printed. Through changes in pressure, the relative positions of these printed foils can be adjusted. This can reduce or increase, as desired, the translucence of the cushions, changing the light and heat input of the building.
photo : Quintin Lake
Heated Conservatory at the Botanical Gardens, Aarhus – Building Information
Cushion surface area: 1,800 m²
Base area: 1,145 m2
Dimensions
– Rise of arches up to 17.5 m
– Span of arches up to 41 m
Materials
– Nowofol ETFE foil, strengths of 150 µm and 250 µm
– Biaxially bent cushion edge profiles made of aluminium
photo : Quintin Lake
Client: Universitets- og Bygningsstyrelsen (Danish University and Property Agency), Copenhagen (DK)
Architect: C.F. Møller, Aarhus (DK)
Steel load-bearing structures: Søren Jensen, Silkeborg (DK)
Foil cushion planning: formTL GmbH, www.form-TL.de
Fitter: CenoTec GmbH Textile Constructions GmbH, Greven (D)
Supplier: Nowofol Kunststoffprodukte GmbH & Co. KG, Siegsdorf (D)
photo : Quintin Lake
For further information on the Hothouse at the Botanical Gardens in Aarhus:
formTL ingenieure für tragwerk und leichtbau gmbh
kesselhaus, güttinger straße 37, 78315 radolfzell | germany
tel. +49 7732 946441 | fax +49 7732 946494 | info@form-TL.de
Hothouse at the Botanical Gardens in Aarhus images / information received 091213
Botanical Gardens Address: Midtbyen, Aarhus, Denmark
Greenhouses in the Botanical Garden is part of the Steno Museum, Aarhus University.
Phone Botanical Gardens in Aarhus:+45 89 40 27 55
Website: http://www.aarhus.dk/borger/natur-og-miljoe/Park-og-skov/Parker/Botanisk-Have.aspx
Location: Botanical Gardens, Aarhus, Jutland, western Denmark, northern Europe
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