The tent-like superstructure would rise to 450m, and form a breathable "second skin" and thermal buffer for the main building, shielding the interior spaces from Moscow’s weather. This second skin will be sealed in winter to minimise heat loss, and opened in the summer to naturally cool the interior. The building would be integrated into a new park, which would provide a range of activities throughout the year, with cross country skiing and ice skating in the winter.[2]
It is stated to have a multitude of cultural, exhibition, performance, hotel, apartment, retail and office space, as well as an international school for 500 students.[2]
The building would be powered by built-in solar panels and wind turbines.[3] The site would also feature on-site renewable and low-carbon energy generation.[2]
As of 2009, construction has been postponed due to the global economic crisis.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Island
Sir Norman Foster’s mountainous 27 million square
feet spiraling “city within a building” will cost $4 billion
and it is scheduled to be built within next 5 years. Conceived as a
self-contained city within a city, it features a rich mix of buildings
including museums, theatres and cinemas, to guarantee that it is a
major new destination for the whole of Moscow. The Crystal Island is
1,500ft high, can house up to 30,000 residents, and offers panoramic
views over Moscow from a viewing platform at its apex.
This structure will also incorporate a number of sustainable
design features into the overall scheme. The exterior facade will be
solar responsive and will include solar panels which, along with wind
turbines, will generate electricity for the huge tower. Natural ventilation
will be provided thanks to numerous strategically placed large atriums.
The internal environment will also have dynamic enclosure panels slotted
into the structural framing that will allow daylight to penetrate deep
into the heart of the structure; the panels will also be controlled
to modify temperature inside the building – closed in winter
for extra warmth and opened in summer to allow natural ventilation.
Energy management is at the heart of this structure, several on-site
renewable and low-carbon energy generation projects are planned.
http://www.globalpeacefoundation.org/CrystalIsland.html
Moscow planners have approved Lord Foster's design for the world's
biggest building - likened by critics to an alien spacecraft and a
"dahlia stuck in a string bag". The British architect's £2bn "city
within a city", Crystal Island, will be built on the banks of the Moscow
river, with a total floor area of 2.5m square metres, making it the
largest enclosed space ever to be constructed.
Crystal Island's steel
mega frame is to feature a "smart skin" to buffer against extreme
temperatures and is expected to contain 3,000 hotel rooms, 900
apartments and a school for 500 pupils. Its 620m-wide base will taper to
a spire almost 500 metres high, giving it the form of a vast
transparent wigwam.The design was passed despite stiff resistance in planning meetings. Aleksei Klimenko, a leading member of Moscow's expert council on architecture, said it would overshadow a Unesco-protected church in the nearby Kolomenskoye district. The building was too Oriental-looking and resembled a "dahlia stuck in a string bag", he told Radio Svoboda, adding: "If this goes ahead, all that will be left is to build a gold statue of Buddha 30 metres away." Other problems included the density of heavy metals at the site, leached from nearby factories, he said.
Yuri Bocharov, an arc hitect who voted against the project, said: "This idea of Foster's has been wandering all over the world, why does it have to settle on us? It looks as if extra-terrestrials have landed in a flying saucer." The building "contradicted the spirit of the city", he added.
Many would beg to differ. A Moscow building boom has sent huge steel and glass structures flying up on every skyline. The oil and gas boom has spawned a passion for brash and monumental architecture. Foster is involved in half a dozen big projects in the country, including the Russia Tower - which will be Europe's tallest skyscraper - being built in the new Moskva-Siti business district.
Several city planners praised the Crystal Island development, which will be situated four miles from the Kremlin on the Nagatino peninsula and is due to be finished in 2014. Moscow's mayor, Yuri Luzhkov, said the innovative design differed from the "cubes and squares" of other foreign architects.
Foster yesterday predicted that the building would become "a year-round destination for Moscow and a sustainab le, dynamic new urban quarter". He added: "It is a paradigm of compact, mixed-use, sustainable city planning, with an innovative energy strategy."
The architect's partnership said daylight would be able to penetrate deep into the interior of the "tent", with external panels opened in summer and closed to preserve heat in winter, when temperatures in Moscow can drop to minus 30C. Terraced on the outside of the building will be a series of gardens, and the whole structure is to be set in a landscaped park. The building will house three theatres, an Imax cinema, offices, a museum, two observation decks and underground parking for 14,000 cars.
"At the beginning I understood I'd been shown some kind of Christmas tree," admitted Alexander Kudryavtsev, president of the Moscow Architectural Institute. "But then I thought that such a splendid construction is a fitting demonstration of contemporary technology and all our achievements. This tower could become the symbol of Moscow in the 21st century."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jan/04/architecture.uk
pertama nemu ni gambar.. kereeeeeen boos.. apaan nih? desainnya canggih. ternyata setelah cari tau.. ini canggihnya canggih. karena bukan cuma desain bagus doang. konsep green buildingnya dapet. standing applause dah buat om norman foster *sok kenal banget sih fa.emang om mu*
supeerrrrrb cool pokoknya.. tapi apa hubungannya sama christmas tree? hem~ berharap ada yang bikin bangunan monumental yang islami,yang dari analogi tentang islam juga..
nb: sebenernya belom baca semua keterangan yang aku sertain disini sih..hehehe LOL
