a thought on how any digging we initiate on the ground can be used to make a knoll facing the predominant wind direction with a wind turbine array at the top of the knoll. a smooth slope with the wind turbine at the top aids in increasing wind speed...
building functions (read earth sheltered labs./lecture halls/ workshops with sun pipes/skylights can then be integrated under this knoll...my intention was when you read the knoll from across the water the green of the knoll leads onto the green of the remaining site and of the surrounding environs like the biodiversity park...
This feature could also be made to work for the public realm (educating people about renewable energy through signs/ demonstrations etc) with solar panels on the south slopes of the knoll or tied in with the building centre/ informal sector activities.
i've been trying to demarcate a corner of site as an 'institutional marker' in each of my scheme ideas. the knoll could be a great way of doing this, and also respond visually to any intervention we make on the green belt outside.
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