Greenwich Peninsula Low Carbon Energy Centre by C.F. Møller Architects

Greenwich Peninsula Low Carbon Energy Centre
Greenwich Peninsula Low Carbon Energy Centre
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C.F. Møller Architects, artist Conrad Shawcross and developer Knight Dragon have completed a major new art and architecture collaboration for the Greenwich Peninsula Low Carbon Energy Centre.

Greenwich Peninsula Low Carbon Energy Centre
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The Greenwich Peninsula is one of London’s major urban development areas, including over 10,000 new homes, over 300,000 m2 of office space and the conversion of the former Millennium Dome into the indoor arena renamed The O2.

Greenwich Peninsula Low Carbon Energy Centre
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Committed to sustainability
The Greenwich Peninsula Low Carbon Energy Centre houses technically advanced boilers and CHP that provide heat energy to the businesses and homes due to be built on the Peninsula in the coming years and is part of the Peninsula’s Sustainability Strategy. The Energy Centre is the largest new build residential heat network in Europe, saving 15,000 – 20,000 tonnes of carbon every year.

Greenwich Peninsula Low Carbon Energy Centre
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Sculptural landmark
The 3000 m2 Greenwich Peninsula Low Carbon Energy Centre, situated in a prominent location at the entrance to the peninsula, adjacent to the Blackwall Tunnel Approach, is a highly visible and important new landmark that demonstrates the applicants’ and stakeholders’ commitment to sustainable and affordable energy for all. Heat energy will be distributed via a District Heating Network (DHN) from the Energy Centre to each plot across the development.

Greenwich Peninsula Low Carbon Energy Centre
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Sculptural landmark
Designed by British artist Conrad Shawcross, the cladding of the 49 metre high stack tower unites sophisticated engineering and complex optic research to create an impressive sculptural concept on a huge scale:

Greenwich Peninsula Low Carbon Energy Centre
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The cladding for the structure is formed of hundreds of triangular panels that fold and flow across the surface of the tower forming complex geometric patterns that visually break up the flat planes to create an uneven, sculpted surface that plays with the vanishing points and perspective.

Greenwich Peninsula Low Carbon Energy Centre
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The panels are perforated so as to exploit the phenomena of the Moiré Effect, and at night an integrated lighting design produces a shifting series of ‘compositions‘ lit from within the structure. The work of art by Conrad Shawcross is named ‘The Optic Cloak*

Greenwich Peninsula Low Carbon Energy Centre
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Prepared for the future
To demystify the process of energy generation, the Energy Centre’s machine room and flexible ancillary office accommodation is supplemented with a Visitor Centre offering an interactive educational experience for prearranged groups of visitors.

Greenwich Peninsula Low Carbon Energy Centre
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Construction started in 2015, and has completed in 2016, and the building footprint further allows for flexibility in adopting new energy technology over the building’s substantial lifetime.

Greenwich Peninsula Low Carbon Energy Centre
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Simultaneously with the Energy Centre, C.F. Møller has also designed one of the new housing developments within the Greenwich Peninsula site for the site-wide developer Knight Dragon. Source by C.F. Møller.

Greenwich Peninsula Low Carbon Energy Centre
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  • Location: Millenium Way, Greenwich, London, UK
  • Architect: C.F. Møller Architects
  • Landscape architect: C.F. Møller Landscape
  • Artist: Conrad Shawcross
  • Engineering: Environmental: Buro Happold
  • Infrastructure: Ove Arup &Partners
  • Client: Royal Borough of Greenwich and Knight Dragon
  • Size: 3000 m2
  • Year: 2016
  • Photographs: Mark Hadden, Courtesy of C.F. Møller
Greenwich Peninsula Low Carbon Energy Centre
Photo © Mark Hadden
Greenwich Peninsula Low Carbon Energy Centre
Photo © Mark Hadden
Greenwich Peninsula Low Carbon Energy Centre
Photo © Mark Hadden
Greenwich Peninsula Low Carbon Energy Centre
Photo © Mark Hadden
Greenwich Peninsula Low Carbon Energy Centre
Photo © Mark Hadden
Greenwich Peninsula Low Carbon Energy Centre
Photo © Mark Hadden
Greenwich Peninsula Low Carbon Energy Centre
Photo © Mark Hadden
Greenwich Peninsula Low Carbon Energy Centre
Photo © Mark Hadden
Greenwich Peninsula Low Carbon Energy Centre
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