COLLOCATIONS OF GLASS ASSEMBLIES
Greenhouse - Large Food Research & Production Facility
PROJECT CREDITS
PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT
PIYUSH PANCHAL
DESIGN & DOCUMENTATION
ARCHIMELIOR SPACES
PHOTOGRAPHY
ROVESHOTS
DESIGN NARRATIVE
This project proposes a sustainable and ecological complex in which they overlap activities that range from exhibiting, growing and breeding of plants from all over the world in a large food research and production facility. These glass chunks are transparent and modifiable prototype that generates the necessary climate for the survival of the plants that yield food. The main structure sits on a box shed with different volumes as per the massing of the chunks. They intersperse opaque and translucent parts which has different environments as per the program. The main characteristic of this greenhouses is a buffer between outside and inside, providing a freer life.
Contrary to conventional greenhouses, this proposed design explores the glass modulations which intends to have vertical farming like a giant vitrine by the way it has been cut and shaped particularly creates an inverse relationship between the intensity and duration of light exposed to set the right aperture which plays a major role in controlling the duration of sunlight intensity for a period in a day. Insulated and Heat strengthened glass block most infrared rays, allowing only sunlight to pass through, with completely glazed spaces while maintaining thermal comfort for the occupants and energy efficiency. These new vision glass technology opens to different possibilities of greenhouses as a more plausible option, to create hybrid spaces with closed and opaque areas or open and transparent areas.
The pictorial idea of framing that emerged the modern construction logic recognizes the tectonics not just as a stage in the evolution of an architectural concept, but rather as an integral part of the design process. This was necessary to create barriers that deal with sunlight, water, air, temperature, and sound that create tertiary support for the architectural materials of the Façade and connect the Façade to the Structural Skeleton of the building.
The way mullion travels through the façade challenged its planarity and dimensional limits, as well as its assumed intrinsic fragility and non-load bearing capacity. This way it creates an aesthetic opportunity like gleaming steel and glass structure that is commonly found in our city centers. The connections between the different steel parts are made with sleeve connections and glass with silicon joints to achieve a continuous appearance in the juxtaposition of the ordering systems. Overall, this choice leads to a clean appearance of the greenhouse and a high-transparency facade.
