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HENGQIN SUPERCOMPUTING CENTRE, GUANGDONG AEDAS & GDAD
MEADOWBANK PUBLIC SCHOOL & MARSDEN HIGH SCHOOL, AUSTRALIA WOODS BAGOT
Meadowbank Public School and Marsden High School – home to more than 2,500 students of all ages in Meadowbank, north-west Sydney – recently opened its doors. Designed by Woods Bagot, the development is part of a “new breed of education facilities” funded by the NSW Government. Spaces to encourage play, collaboration, connection to nature and learning underpin the architects’ design for the schools. They commented: “It was the school’s location, an undulating topography punctuated with trees that predate western colonisation, that defined its structure.” Within this existing network of trees, the schools have been organised into twinned, two-storey buildings which frame a central hill of libraries covered by gardens. Every level of teaching “opens directly to nature” and a series of connected open-ended courtyards create protected areas for collaboration, performance and outdoor learning. Other environmental considerations include access to natural daylight, views to nature, and surrounding district landmarks including the nearby Parramatta River. Designed and built during the two years of lockdown, offsite manufacturing and the use of local suppliers dramatically reduced waste, embodied energy and revived local manufacturing industries.
MIDTOWN BUS TERMINAL, MANHATTAN FOSTER + PARTNERS & EPSTEIN
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced that Foster + Partners and Epstein will “jointly assist in developing the agency’s vision for a reimagined, state-of-the-art midtown bus terminal.” The replacement project will have expanded capacity to accommodate commuter bus growth through 2050 and intercity buses that currently pick up and drop off on the streets surrounding the outdated terminal. The proposed project will also provide new off-street capacity for buses waiting their turn to pick up and drop off, as well as for storing buses between the morning and evening rush periods. The new terminal will be designed to provide a “best-in-class customer experience that serves the region’s 21st century public transportation needs, while enhancing the surrounding community and allowing for the removal of intercity buses from local streets.”
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As a “pioneer” among advanced intelligence computing platforms, the Hengqin Supercomputing Centre is being built in three phases, and is set to be one of the largest AI computing centres. Phase Three is jointly designed by Guangdong Architectural Design & Research Institute (GDAD) and Aedas design team, led by executive director Kelvin Hu. Located on Huandao West Road at the base of Xiaohengqin Mountain, the landscape and greenery provide “thriving scenery.” Taking inspiration from energy circuits and ecological growth, the design “emphasises geometry and movement, expressing an architectural language that is sleek and neo-futuristic,” said the architects. The linear facade is inspired by integrated circuits, and “shapes the architecture with simple geometric form to create an atmospheric facade.” Metal plates mimic “dense lines on circuits,” and the design also has details and lighting features to light up the area as a “shining technological cube” at night. The blocks in the middle adopt facade mullions and double insulating glass to create a stick glass curtain wall facade that enables sunlight to “penetrate and blur the border to the exterior surroundings.” It is anticipated that the project will be completed and ready for use in 2023.
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