Davies Alpine House by Wilkinson Eyre Architects, United Kingdom
Designed by Wilkinson Eyre Architects, Davies Alpine House is high-tech glasshouses of Kew in the tradition of the innovative that provides a balanced, sustainable design, energy-efficient growing environment for a world-renowned Kew’s collection of alpine plants. The Davies Alpine House that conceived as two back-to-back arched shape is both the landmark and a welcoming gesture towards visitors to the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew (a UNESCO heritage site), in London, United Kingdom. The glass house’s height of the two back-to-back arched structures which create a stack effect, ensures efficient thermal updraught to expel warm air at the top of the building structure.
Additional environmental control is provided by a unique shading solution, a fan-shaped cloth provides protection from sunlight that similar to a peacock’s tail. Underground, air is conducted through a concrete labyrinth where it cools down before being reintroduced at the bottom of the greenhouse.
Davies Alpine House by Wilkinson Eyre Architects in London United Kingdom
Glasshouse at Royal Botanic Gardens in London
Two back to back arched building structures of Davies Alpine House
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