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Buro HappoldTen Years in North Europe

Ten Years in North Europe

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Acknowledgments

This book marks ten years of practicefor Buro Happold in North Europe –ten years that would not have beenpossible without the collaboration ofour clients whom we are extremelyfortunate to have worked with over thelast decade, our working partnershipwith architects, constructionprofessionals and contractors withwhom we have collaborated with overthis period and of course our staff who have worked with the practice.Without all of these contributors, noneof our success in the region wouldhave been possible.

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When I joined the practice over twentyyears ago, I was fortunate enough towork with our founder, Ted Happold, as a graduate engineer in Bath. Workingwith Ted provided a perfect opportunityfor a young engineer to learn anddevelop his skills in the built environmentand develop the appreciation ofarchitecture and engineering.

Ted Happold died in 1996, but hisinfluence on the firm is enduring andremains core to our values andprinciples. Ted Happold was a Quaker,and his deep sense of humanity andprinciples can still be found in much ofthe work undertaken by the firm. Tedwas a man with ideas and had aninspiring ability to convey them and tosolve problems. It is not possible toforget the lengthy and often incredibly

funny descriptions he would give of a problem recently solved, or hisinfectious enthusiasm for findingalternative solutions to other seeminglyintractable problems. He also dealt ascapably with business matters as withtheoretical and creative questions.

It has been a privilege to act ascustodian of these values and tocontinue the growth of the practice inthe region. This book has provided anexcellent opportunity to look back atsome of our great projects over the last ten years and share some of theseexperiences with our clients, friends,colleagues and fellow professionals.

Roderick Manson

Partner and Regional Director

Buro Happold

Glasgow

Ed inburgh

Be l fas t

Copenhagen

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Foreword 06

The First Decade 10

Project Review

The Tannahill Centre 16

Theatre Royal 18

St Andrews International 20Centre

Tolbooth 22

Tramway 24

Urban Outfitters 26

ERCO 28

Urquhart Castle Visitor’s 34Centre 34

Pitlochry Festival Theatre 36

Royal Lyceum Theatre 38

Hopetoun House 40

Eastgate Arts Centre 42

National Park 44Gateway Centre

Danish National 46Opera House

Anchor Mills 52

The Galeri Caernarfon 54

Robin House, Balloch 62Children’s Hospice

Glenturret Distillery Centre 68

New Scottish Parliament 70

Glasgow Audi 72

Perth Concert Hall 78

THGL Studios 84

The Aqualibrium Centre 86

The Wright Business Centre 92

BAA Car Parks 94

Edinburgh’s Telford College 96

Royal Botanic Garden 102Edinburgh

Alsion Campus at Syddansk 104University

Clydebank Re-built 110

University of Edinburgh 114Projects

Royal Commonwealth Pool 120

Queens University Belfast 122Projects

The Calyx, Scotland’s 128National Garden Gateway

Hazelwood School 130

European Patent Office 132

University of Strathclyde 134Projects

Stirling Sports Village 138

John Wheatley College 140

Ravenscraig Regional 142Sports Facility

Queen Margaret University 144

Riverside Museum, Glasgow 146Museum of Transport

The Museum of Liverpool 152

Dundee City Council 158Headquarters

Forth Ports Hub Masterplan 160

Loch Lomond and the 162Trossachs Headquarters

Children’s Discovery Centre 164

Wexford Council Offices 166

Greenock Arts Centre 168

Everton FC Stadium 170

New Gateway Centre 172

Sectors 174

Awards 176

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Contents

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Foreword

The first time I met Rod Manson he told me about his plans to make Buro Happold’s Glasgow office thehub for its northern European activities.I was impressed by his ambition. Itwas refreshing to talk to someone thatimagined a future in which Scotlandwas at the centre of a network ofnorthern economies, rather thanfloundering on the edge.

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The first time I met Rod Manson he told me about his plans to make Buro Happold’s Glasgow office the hub for its northern European activities. I was impressed by his ambition. It wasrefreshing to talk to someone that imagineda future in which Scotland was at thecentre of a network of northern economies,rather than floundering on the edge.

In just over a decade Manson hasmoved a long way towards realising his ambition. The Glasgow office, which was set up with two staff in 1996, now employs more than 150.Since the millennium Buro Happold has opened offices in Dublin, Edinburgh and Belfast and last year it set up shopin Copenhagen. The practice is nowworking on the design of some of themost significant new buildings inScotland, Ireland and Denmark.

They have been working with Danisharchitects in the UK, Northern Irish

architects in Scotland and with Scottisharchitects exporting their design talents.Wexford Council Offices, in Ireland byGlasgow–based NORD, engineering byBuro Happold, will shortly go on site.

The benefits of having internationallyrecognised engineering firms, like Buro Happold, operating in Scotland are obvious. Not only does the localconstruction industry benefit from theirwide-ranging expertise but the localeconomy benefits from the export ofengineering skills. Their presence alsohas implications for the Scottishengineering profession and for architects.In the past engineers living in Scotlandwould often move abroad in pursuit ofchallenging commissions. Today, with the help of increasingly sophisticatedinformation technology, buildingmanagement systems and new air links,engineers can be based in Scotland and provide ‘hands-on’ services acrossNorthern Europe and beyond.

Ten years ago architects in Scotlandoften complained that, with a few over-subscribed exceptions, they struggledto find engineers that could providethem anything but the most perfunctorydesign solution. Since then a number of the internationally recognisedengineering practices, (most of whichthemselves came out of Ove Arup in the 1960s and 1970s) have set up inoffices in Scotland.

Buro Happold chose precisely the rightmoment to set up a North Europe office inGlasgow. Public sector spending on publicbuildings, schools and higher educationcolleges and hospitals and a very buoyantresidential market has meant that theconstruction sector in the UK, Scotlandand Ireland has witnessed a decade ofgrowth. Between 2000-2005 GrossAdded Value provided by the constructionsector to the Scottish economy increasedby 37%. The sector currently employsmore people than manufacturing.

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As construction has grown, buildingservices have become an increasinglyimportant chunk of capital expenditure.Driven by the increasing demands forenergy efficiency set out in the BuildingStandards and Planning Guidance, thedesign of services is no longer the poor cousins to structural design. Theenvironmental control of a building isnow a central feature of the early stagesof design. In this context Buro Happold,which is was founded on the idea of acreative partnership between engineersand architects, has flourished.

In its early years, Buro Happold’sGlasgow office tended to becommissioned as services engineers,working alongside other structuraldesigners. Working with Richard Murphythey designed the services for a numberof multi-use arts projects: Stirling Tolboothin 2002, the Eastgate Art Centre inPeebles in 2004 and the award winningGaleri Caernarfon in 2005.

Today they are often commissioned to provide a full range of engineeringservices including the structure, services,fire and sustainability performance. Theirworkload seems to involve increasinglysophisticated building programmes,such as Robin House, a children’shospice, designed by Gareth Hoskinsand the Aqualibrium, Cambeltown byPage\Park. Both projects combine aswimming pool alongside other verydifferent functions.

Buro Happold’s structural engineers areworking with Zaha Hadid, 3XN and HOKon the design of complex geometries.At the same time working with practicesthat produce very restrained buildings inwhich the structure and services mustcontribute to the clarity and simplicity ofthe architecture.

Increasingly Buro Happold, like many multi-disciplinary engineers, isbeing asked by clients to focus on

sustainability. They have recentlydelivered an ‘Excellent’ BREEAM ratingon the plans for Dundee City CouncilHQ by Reiach and Hall and they areexploring innovative, sustainable timbertechnology in both the design of theRoyal Botanics visitors centre with Ted Cullinan and the Loch Lomond and Trossachs HQ with Page and Park. At Telford College, Buro Happoldworked with HOK on the design of a lightweight ETFE translucent roof,structural technology pioneered byfounder Ted Happold.

The practice remains strongly committed to the approach adopted by Ted Happold, who is probably bestknown for the central role that he playedin the design of the Pompidou Centrealong side Piano and Richard Rogers. In 1971 it was, reportedly, Happold thatpersuaded Rogers and Piano to enterthe competition.

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Happold embodied the idea of‘comradeship’ within the design teamand was committed to the idea thatprofessional practice, research andeducation should all go hand-in-hand.He set up practice with seven partnersin 1976, while running Bath’s School of Engineering and Architecture. Thebusiness now has 20 offices and amulti-million pound turnover, butHappold’s sense of public responsibilitylives on.

“The Engineer, inspired by the law of Economy and governed bymathematical calculation, puts us inaccord with universal law. He achievesharmony,” wrote Le Corbusier inTowards a New Architecture 1923. “The engineering aesthetic, andarchitecture, are two things that marchtogether and follow on one from theother,” he added capturing the creativetension between architect and engineer.

85 years on that sense of sharedambition between architect andengineer is still central to the creation of good architecture. Today’s engineersoften seem more at ease than architectsin a development industry in which theprocess is often as important as theproduct. At a time when architecture isoften treated as a discrete, self-sufficientadd-on in the development process, itsreassuring to meet, and work alongside,engineers like Buro Happold that takearchitecture very seriously.

Penny Lewis

Penny Lewis is the Editor of

Prospect, the Scottish architecture

magazine and the website

www.architecturescotland.co.uk.

She is the Scottish correspondent

for A10 and writes on a freelance

basis for UK and international

publications. She is author of

Curious Rationalism, a mono-graph

on the work of Gordon Murray

and Alan Dunlop Architects.

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The First DecadeCare, Value and Elegance

Looking back over a decade of Buro Happold projects in the north of Europe, working initially in Glasgowbut more recently in Edinburgh, Belfastand now Copenhagen, a couple ofthemes become clear.

Care for the environment is a key noteringing through all these projects.

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Whether it is as a major feature to meetclient demands, such as in the buildingdesign for the Syddansk Universitywhere we had to outperform DanishBuilding Regulations on energy use by30%, or simply as ‘part of the package’,low energy buildings are always apriority for Buro Happold. Our work onthe Glasgow Museum of Transport is a good example of the latter. Theclient’s primary demand here is forunobtrusive services, but our engineershave worked hard to identify ways toincorporate low energy heating andlighting systems to meet this particularlychallenging brief.

Collaboration is the other thread runningthrough all these projects. Whether it is

internally when the practice is deliveringmore than one discipline, or externallythrough how our staff deal with clients,architects, contractors and all the othermembers that make up a successfulproject team, effective collaborationplays a key role. This emphasis oncommunication and engagement withproject partners is vital both to thesuccess of all these projects and tohow Buro Happold does business.

The spirit of collaboration is not confinedto project work, of course, and in thecourse of the decade we’ve madesome good friends as the business hasgrown. We began in the Glasgow office,which opened with just two staff in 1996(and now employs more than 150), but

increasing numbers of projects inEdinburgh and Belfast led to officesopening there in 2006. The Edinburghteam in particular has subsequentlyseen rapid growth, expanding from theinitial team which established the office,to more than 50 in 2007.

We moved into our Glasgow designstudio in 2001, at Four Winds in PacificQuay in Glasgow. This former steam-powered hydraulic pumping station wasbuilt in 1894 to power cranes unloadingships at the adjacent Price’s Dock. The building’s octagonal chimney wasinspired by ‘The Tower of the Winds’ at the Acropolis in Athens and featureseight sculptured panels representing thefour winds, giving the building its name.

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The First DecadeCare, Value and Elegance

With the help of some advice fromDEGW, this new studio has created theperfect workspace to allow collaborationamongst all our consultants in an openplan environment.

It was a logical move to establish anotheroffice, in Denmark in 2007. Home tosome of the architects we are workingwith the most at the moment, as well assome of our most prestigious projects of the last decade, Copenhagen is asensible first step onto mainland NorthEurope – and hopefully not our last.

The growth in staff numbers has beenmatched by the increasing range ofdisciplines Buro Happold offers in North Europe. The practice’s Specialist

Consulting services are particularly well represented, forming a major part of what Buro Happold can offer, in addition to the core disciplines of structural and building servicesengineering. The specialist servicesinclude: fire engineering, computersimulation and analysis of the internalenvironment, infrastructure andenvironment, sustainability andalternative technologies, lightingtechnologies and inclusive designservices to ensure building accessibilityfor all. As buildings become ever morecomplex, these services becomeincreasingly important and add greatlyto the practice’s multi-disciplinarycapabilities.

Also, and perhaps more importantly, the real achievement linking the projectsin this book is the use of the core valuesat the heart of every Buro Happoldproject – the principles of care, valueand elegance which founder TedHappold set out as key to everything the practice does when he set it up in1976. There are many other projects we would have liked to have includedbut it is hoped that the chosen selectioncan provide a good example of the type and nature of our work.

When we established the Glasgow office some 20 years later, it was with a similarly small group of determinedengineers, keen to make a difference to the quality of buildings going up in

Four Winds

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the region. As established by Ted, we used the ingenuity, innovation andcourage to work differently and now we are able to push these core valuesmuch further afield.

During this period, we have worked with some of the most creativearchitects in the region and indeed haveseen the general appreciation of bothsustainability and creative designsolutions become much more significantin the drive to create better projects tomatch our clients and users’ higherexpectations. As engineers, we feelrewarded when we are able to influencethe design of projects and work closelywith the team to provide integratedsustainable solutions.

In addition, the last decade has seen ahuge opportunity to work in the globalarena from our base in the region andthis is demonstrated through the localdelivery of our range of current projectsacross Europe and the Middle Eastbeing delivered locally.

The principles set out by Ted, that haveserved us so well for the last decade,will continue to inform and guide ourwork, helping us to maintain our positionat the cutting edge of building design.We look forward to the next decade ofBuro Happold innovation, collaborationand inspiration, in buildings andinfrastructure right across North Europe.

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Project Review

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The Tannahill CentrePaisley, UKCompletion: 1996

The Tannahill Centre in Ferguslie Park caters for the needs of both the localcommunity and the corporate world under one roof. The space includes a familycentre, community forum, housing association office and shops.

Buro Happold worked with the architects to create a comfortable environment inthis versatile facility integrated with the structural form and by installing under floorheating, a natural ventilation strategy for the overall building and specially designedlighting solutions that utilise natural light whenever possible. This people-friendlytechnology ensures a contemporary and welcoming feel to the Centre, helping itto become the hub of the local community. The Centre was awarded the ScottishEnterprise Regeneration Award in 1996.

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Client: Ferguslie Park Civic Centre

Architect: James Cunning Young and Partners

Disciplines: Building services engineering, structuralengineering, ground engineering, civil engineering

Value: £8m

Scottish Enterprise Regeneration Award 1997 – Winner

RIBA Award 1997 – Winner

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Theatre Royal Glasgow, UKCompletion: 1997

The Category A listed Theatre Royal in Glasgow provides high quality entertainment in a setting that combines traditional style withcontemporary sophistication.

Buro Happold provided structural and buildingengineering services during the upgrade to the 1,700-seat auditorium, which improvedaudience facilities while incorporating a largerorchestra pit and chair store.

By working with the architect to design a newspecialist lighting system, illumination levels andenergy efficiency have been vastly improvedwhile maintaining the period style. A new firedetection and alarm system was also installed,ensuring the comfort and safety of theaudience. These innovations led to recognitionin the 1998 National Lighting Awards.

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Client: Theatre Royal Glasgow

Architect: LDN Architects

Disciplines: Building services engineering,structural engineering

Value: £3m

National Lighting Design Awards 1998 – Commendation

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St Andrews International CentreSt Andrews, UKCompletion: 2000

Sited opposite the 17th fairway of the world famous St Andrews golf course, this four-storey rotunda was designed as a visitor and exhibition centre, completewith first class members’ club services, including bars, sauna and gym facilities.

The steel-frame of the structure, which is particularly prominent at the entrance,helps give the building a luxurious, high quality feel. Now part of the University of St Andrews, the International Centre is home to its School of Management and isattended by 200 Masters students. The main postgraduate research area is on thetop floor, where study takes place beneath a spectacular circular skylight, completewith a unique mosaic detail.

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Client: St Andrews International Ltd

Architects: Davis Duncan Partnership

Disciplines: Building services engineering,structural engineering, civil engineering, groundengineering, highway road design, waste water,computational simulation and analysis (CoSA)

Value: £8m

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TolboothStirling, UKCompletion: 2002

The £5m Heritage Lottery-fundedtransformation of Stirling’s historic Tolbooth into a music and arts venue was an extremelyambitious project. The challenges includedcreating ventilation techniques in order tocomply with rigorous acoustic criteriathroughout the 200-seat auditorium.

A key feature was to integrate the lighting,sound and IT systems without compromisingthe existing building fabric. The venue hascontributed significantly to the local community,hosting a year-round programme of concerts,while focusing on education and training foryoung people.

The Tolbooth was awarded the Crown EstateCommission’s Conservation Award at the 2002 Stirling Prize for architecture.

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Client: Stirling Council

Architect: Richard Murphy Architects

Disciplines: Building services engineering, computational simulation and analysis (CoSA)

Value: £5m

Civic Trust Awards 2003 – Winner


RIBA Crown Estate Commission Conservation Award 2002 – Winner

Dundee by Design Award 2002 – Winner

Scottish Enterprise Dynamic Place Award 2002 – Winner

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TramwayGlasgow, UKCompletion: 2001

Work to improve the Tramway arts venue, in South Glasgow, consisted ofrefurbishing the existing building to improve facilities for – and the comfort of – both audience and performers alike. Buro Happold provided structural andbuildings services engineering design for the project, which also includedexposing the original tramlines, neatly linking the contemporary venue with the building’s history.

Sightlines within the auditorium were dramatically improved with the removal of internal columns. Internal conditions have been greatly improved throughingenious use of ventilation and daylighting, linked with renewable energygeneration. The stable spaces on the first floor were also turned into a café bar, rehearsal and workshop areas.

The Tramway won the Scottish Design Awards Best Public Building Category in 2001 and Grand Prix 2001.

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Client: Glasgow City Council

Architect: Zoo Architects

Disciplines: Building services engineering,structural engineering, ground engineering,computational simulation and analysis (CoSA)

Value: £4m

Scottish Design Awards 2001 Architecture Grand Prix – Winner

Scottish Design Awards 2001 Best Public Building – Winner

GIA Awards 2000 – Arts Award – Winner

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Urban OutfittersGlasgow and DublinCompletion: 2002 and 2003

Buro Happold provided a variety of services for these quality retailoutlets in Dublin and Glasgow. Both branches required significantwork to maintain the Urban Outfitters identity, integrating with itsother 25 flagship stores in the United States and across Europe.

The Glasgow store fit-out took place behind the listed facade ofan old stock exchange building and saw installation of new floors,feature staircases and platform podiums. The Dublin store hasexposed ventilation and cable ducting to create an edgy, urbanfeel, exemplified in the client’s request for exposed concrete andno suspended ceilings.

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Client: Urban Outfitters, Glasgow

Architect: Pompei AD

Disciplines: Building services engineering,structural engineering, fire engineering design andrisk assessment (FEDRA), computational simulationand analysis (CoSA), design management (DM)

Value: £5m in total

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ERCO – East Renfrewshire Council OfficesBarrhead, UKCompletion: 2002

From the outset, the headquarters of East Renfrewshire Council, in Barrhead near Glasgow, was designed to be an exemplar low energy office building. Withgovernment policy so strongly in favour of sustainability, this three storey office hadto very clearly demonstrate that good design, minimal energy consumption andvalue for money, all-important on a publicly-funded project, can sit happily together.

Having been engaged to provide both structural and buildingservices engineering, Buro Happold’s team was ideally placedto meet the client’s aspirations. This is exemplified in theextensive use of exposed structural concrete to help moderateinternal temperature changes. By using as much as possible of the thermal mass of the reinforced concrete frame, alongwith natural ventilation, no mechanical cooling is required tomaintain comfortable working conditions all year round.

This was all verified by Buro Happold’s computationalsimulation and analysis group (CoSA), which produced adynamic thermal model of the building to assess the strategy.The work illustrated the great advantage of using the concreteas a thermal store. As concrete heats slowly, it keeps a roomcooler for longer during hot summer days. Providing there is a

heat purge overnight to reduce temperature gains made in theday, this process can be repeated daily. The concrete’s slowtemperature change also helps heat introduced in winterremain in the building.

The building services design includes mixed mode ventilationsystems combining displacement ventilation and openingwindows. Other energy-saving features include a link betweeninternal lighting and external daylight conditions so as to makethe most of natural lighting and therefore cut energy costs. 3

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Centrally located roof level plant space providingfresh air intake, supply and heat recovery

Central high level extractto roof plant space

High level mechanicalextract ventilation

Typical perimeterradiator heating

Fresh air supply through floorgrilles from raised floor plenum

Openable windows provide additionalseasonal fresh air intake

Typical perimeterradiator heating

Openable windows facilitates singlesided ventilation for perimeter offices

Natural ventilation enters reception/circulation spacethrough main entrance doorway and is extractedinto plant space at high level

Natural Ventilation of PerimeterOffices and Reception

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The building structure is based on a 6m by 7.5m grid ofreinforced concrete with flat slab floors. This maximises floor-to-ceiling height and gives a large, open working space with onlyminimal visual barriers. The unbroken run of the concrete soffitsalso aids airflow throughout the building, contributing to thenatural ventilation scheme and meeting the client’s request for a bright, healthy workspace.

Upon completion, the BREEAM assessment resulted in a ‘very good’ rating, confirming that the design had successfullydelivered the sustainable and low energy building requested bythe client.

This project was an excellent demonstration of Buro Happold’sability to give a holistic view of a design to meet the client’s needs.

With structural and building services teams working closelytogether, and backed up by the practice’s CoSA and fireengineering groups, the Glasgow office delivered a stylish and functional low energy office building, at very little additional cost.

A post Occupation Evaluation (POE) has been undertaken tomonitor user satisfaction, energy consumption and comfort. The study has assisted in the fine tuning of the building andassisted to further reduce energy consumption.

The building has been rated BREEAM Very Good.

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Client: East Renfrewshire Council

Architect: Reiach and Hall

Disciplines: Building services engineering,structural engineering, ground engineering, fire engineering and risk assessment (FEDRA),computational simulation and analysis (CoSA),BREEAM consultant (SAT)

Scottish Design Awards 2004 Best RegenerationProject – Commendation

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Urquhart Castle Visitor’s CentreNear Inverness, UKCompletion: 2002

This new visitor centre at Urquhart Castle, one of Scotland’s largest castles andmost popular tourist attractions, was designed to have minimal impact on itsimmediate environment; the beautiful banks of the Loch Ness.

Minimising its broader environmental impact was a key part of the brief for Buro Happold, which provided the building services engineering design. Thesolution includes a natural ventilation system that works in tandem with underfloorheating to provide highly efficient heating. Daylighting panels were installed in theopen areas to maximise the use of natural light, while energy-efficient lamps havebeen installed throughout.

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Client: Historic Scotland


Disciplines: Building services engineering,computational simulation and analysis (CoSA)

Value: £4m

Gold Green Tourism Business Scheme GTBS Award – Winner

Saltire Society Awards 2002 – Commendation

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Pitlochry Festival Theatre Pitlochry, UKCompletion: 2002

The Pitlochry Festival Theatre project to upgrade the venue from a setting forfamous summer gatherings, to all year round opening, saw the creation of a newrestaurant and much improved auditorium.

The restaurant incorporates a structural steel frame, exposed precast slabs, fullheight glazed facades and controlled natural ventilation, providing comfortableyear-round dining facilities overlooking the picturesque theatre grounds and River Tummel.

Extensive work took place to overcome the difficulty of building an extension at a riverside location, while improvements to the auditorium and foyer ensure the whole theatre has a contemporary, comfortable atmosphere.

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Client: Pitlochry Festival Theatre


Disciplines: Building services engineering,structural engineering, computational simulationand analysis (CoSA)

Value: £2m

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Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, UKCompletion: 1996

The Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh city centre was relatively unchanged since construction in 1883, until Buro Happold was commissioned to upgrade theinternal conditions. A fast-track design process was developed for an upgrade tothe environmental conditioning systems, as internal comfort levels were seen as amajor problem at the theatre.

The auditorium was remodelled and a new air supply delivery system introduced,backed up by Victorian-style radiators at stalls level and high-level radiant panelsabove the stage to provide additional warmth. This was combined with a newbuilding energy management system and refurbishment of all hydraulic and airbased systems to comply with modern design criteria.

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Client: Royal Lyceum Theatre Company


Disciplines: Building services engineering,structural engineering

Value: £2m

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Hopetoun HouseSouth Queensferry, UK Completion: 2004

Hopetoun House in South Queensferry is one of the finest stately homes in theUK. Buro Happold was commissioned in 1997 to undertake a full survey of all thebuilding services requirements for the restoration of the building.

Following the survey, a full feasibility and management plan for the restoration waswritten in order to apply for funding. Among the issues covered were improvementsto the electrical system, installation of fire detection equipment and assessment ofthe risks due to asbestos onsite.

The detailed improvement plan required great care and sympathy in order tomaintain the 17th Century architecture, funding was awarded to upgrade the northwing and ballroom areas first.

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Client: Hopetoun House Preservation Trust

Architect: Ian Begg Architects

Disciplines: Building services engineering

Value: £25m

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Eastgate Arts CentrePeebles, UKCompletion: March 2004

The project to transform this disused church in Peebles into a multi-function art centre included an entire internal renovation. The design was developed to create a contemporary interior within an historic exterior, complete with anauditorium, stage and audience facilities and thereby delivering the new EastgateArts Centre.

Key elements of the development were diversion of the existing utilities in order to create space for an outside café area, and improving energy efficiency throughinstallation of new heating and passive cooling systems. One side of the buildingwas removed and substituted with a completely new entrance displaying the theatrewithin – all of which took place with the main gothic facade remaining untouched.

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Client: Borders 1996 Company Limited

Architects: Richard Murphy Architects

Disciplines: Building services engineering,environmental engineering, computationalsimulation and analysis (CoSA)

Value: £4m

Scottish Enterprise Dynamic Place Awards 2005 – Commendation

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National Park Gateway CentreLoch Lomond Bay, UKCompletion: 2001

The Gateway Centre on the banks of Loch Lomond is a key part of a sizeable butsensitive development of the bay. The centre contains exhibition and retail spacesas well as offices for the Park Authority, all in an attractive, single storey structurefronted by glass walls providing spectacular views of the Loch.

Best practice in sustainability was used throughout the design, extending to theuse of recycled construction materials as well as highly efficient building services.

Ground and shore conditions on the site provided particular challenges for Buro Happold’s geotechnical and civil engineers but the project was delivered ontime and in budget to an excellent build quality.

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Client: Loch Lomond Park Authority

Architects: Bennetts Associates

Disciplines: Structural engineering,ground engineering, civil engineering

Value: £2m

Civic Trust Award 2003 – Winner

Dynamic Place Award 2003 – Winner

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Danish National Opera HouseCopenhagen, DenmarkCompletion: 2005

This state of the art opera house, which opened in January 2005 on an island inCopenhagen harbour, was a true test of Buro Happold’s multi-disciplinary skills.

Structurally, the design, by renowned Danish architectsHenning Larsens Architects, presented many challenges, notleast the striking 35m of cantilevered roof projecting above thefoyer. This also plays a role in the buildings services by helpinglimit solar gain in the fully-glazed foyer. The building containsmore than 1,000 rooms, including the main stage andauditorium, five adjacent stages, rehearsal spaces for operaand ballet as well as offices, catering and service spaces. The build process, which took less than three years, madegreat use of pre-cast concrete panels with high quality finishes.

Air cooled by concrete mass plays a key role in maintaining a comfortable environment for the audience in the mainauditorium. This is the key space in the building andperformances within it will provide most visitors with theirmajor, lasting experience – hence the extremely close attention paid to audience comfort.

Fresh air is pumped into a plenum beneath the auditoriumseating, having been pre-cooled on its route through theconcrete structure, before being discharged through floor-mounted grilles on each of the 1,400 seats. Environmentalconditions on the stage and in the orchestra pit were also

tackled, with separate air handling units (AHUs) dedicated toeach area. This is vital for the orchestra pit which, with 110musicians and their individual lamps, generates an intense heatload which needs to be moderated to preserve the acousticperformance of instruments affected by excessive humidity.

The stage AHU introduces a relatively small amount of cool air to the lowest 2m of the 25m-high space, effectivelyreducing the considerable temperature gains that occur during performances.

Cooling for the building’s services comes from the harbourwater, via a system set up to be used in two ways, dependingon weather conditions. Water is either sent through a heatexchanger connected directly to the cooling system in coldweather when the harbour is around 7°C, or it is used to drawwaste heat from the condensers directly, so avoiding anyefficiency drop caused by a heat exchanger.

But the real test of this building has been in the quality of itsperformances in the main auditorium, described by its musicaldirector as ‘world class’. Proof that some well consideredmulti-disciplinary thinking can hit all the right notes!

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Foyer and Auditorium – Summer Environmental Strategy

Foyer and Auditorium – Winter Environmental Strategy

Motorised rooflight openingsopen to promote the removalof air from the foyer using thenatural stack effect principle

Prevailing wind assists removalof hot air from foyer

Fresh air enters foyer naturallyto cool and ventilate the spaceusing the natural stack effectprinciple via motorised windowopenings

External shading provided toreduce direct solar heat gain

Fresh air is provided to cloakroomarea using wall mounteddisplacement ventilation

Exhaust air is removed at high level

Fresh air enters space at high levelvia moveable nozzles with extractremoved at high level through ceiling

Summer sun

Summer sun

Winter sun

Winter sun

Low temperature hot watertrench convector at low levelto offset fabric heat loss

Finned tube convector at highlevel to reduce fabric heatloss and prevent down drafts

Finned tube convector locatedalong edges of roof lights toprevent down draughts

Fresh air is heated and entersspace through air plenums underseated areas using displacement-ventilation principle

Fly-tower heavily insulated to reduceheat loss and minimise the generationof down draughts

Air returns via the rear of eachbalcony and at ceiling level above

Fresh air enters space at high levelvia moveable nozzles with extractremoved at high level through ceiling

High-level outlets to provideventilation to upper foyer areas

Underfloor heating provided inground floor foyer and cloakroom

Tempered fresh air enters spaceusing floor void and displacementventilation principle

Fresh air provided via tickleventilators in facade

Fresh air is cooled to offset solarand occupancy heat gains andenters space through air plenumsunder seated areas usingdisplacement ventilation principle

Air returns via the rear of eachbalcony and at ceiling level above

Fly-tower heavilyinsulated to reducesolar heat gain

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Client: A.P.Møller and Chastine Mc-Kinney Møller Foundation

Architect: Henning Larsen Architects

Disciplines: Building servicesengineering, structural engineering, fireengineering design and risk assessment(FEDRA), computational simulation andanalysis (CoSA)

Value: £150m

BSJ Building Services International Consultant of the Year 2005 – Commendation

United States Institute of Theater TechnologyMerit Award – 2005

Award of Merit, International Illumination Design Awards 2007– Winner

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Anchor Mills Paisley, UKCompletion: 2005

Known as the Domestic Finishing Mill, this complex project saw the full restorationof Anchor Mills, a disused textiles finishing mill in Paisley, Scotland.

The Category A listed Mill was built around 1886. Although it remained intact, ithad suffered as a result of a variety of rather crude alterations over the course oftime and was identified in 1995 as being in a serious state of disrepair. Evidentand rapid deterioration resulting from years of neglect, vandalism, theft, wateringress and fire damage meant that the structure was considered to be seriouslyat risk. There had never been a greater opportunity to turn this massive exampleof inner city blight and decay into a wonderful regeneration and buildingconservation proposal for the centre of Paisley than was promoted by thecollective and concentrated efforts of the Phoenix Trust.

Buro Happold’s approach to the restoration work ensured minimum intervention to the historic fabric of the building and used traditional construction methodswhere possible. Extensive testing of the building structure found that, after someminimal repairs, it was suitable for use without major strengthening works.

The result is a building sympathetic to its original design, but now incorporating a large atrium, naturally ventilated car park, small business units and qualityapartments.

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Client: Phoenix Trust/Persimmon Homes

Architect: James F Stephen Architects

Disciplines: Structural engineering, buildingservices engineering, fire engineering designand risk assessment (FEDRA), computationalsimulation and analysis (CoSA)

Value: £16m

Scottish Design Awards 2007 Structural Design Award – Commendation

Saltire Awards 2006 – Commendation

Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors Awards – Highly Commended

Scottish Awards for Quality in Planning 2005Development on the Ground Award

Fire Safety Engineering Award 2004 – Winner

GIA Design Award 2006 – Winner

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The Galeri CaernarfonCaernarfon, UKCompletion: 2005

Known as the Galeri to its many users, the Creative Enterprise Centre inCaernarfon is a unique multi-purpose building. Incorporating a 400-seat auditoriumfor cinema or theatre, an exhibition area, recording studios, conference and evenwedding facilities in one four storey structure, the Galeri is also in an exceptionallocation – the Menai Straits and views of Anglesey in front, and Snowdonia behindit is surrounded by some of the best countryside in north Wales.

It is a building intended to be used all day long, hosting arange of performances and exhibitions, from the traditional to the avant-garde, throughout its many facilities. All of whichensures the Galeri is buzzing for much of the night too. Yet, partly thanks to its stunning location, it also manages to attract corporate business, providing excellent conferencefacilities for firms looking to meet up away from the office.

Buro Happold designed the building services for this award-winning venue, working with Richard Murphy Architects.Versatility is key to the services strategy, which in the case of the main auditorium, means the ability to adapt to a widerange of uses and floor layouts. As well as straightforward

performances on stage, the auditorium has retractableseating which means all types and sizes of shows can beheld in front of a standing audience, if required.

This results in a highly changeable heat load, met by aresponsive comfort system using displacement ventilation tocontrol the temperature of the space. All the necessary airhandling units on the exterior of the building have beenspecified with enhanced corrosion protection, due to theharsh coastal environment. 3

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Other rooms present equally challenging demands, includingthe Art Space gallery, small rehearsal rooms and offices, ashop, café bar and a restaurant. As well as ventilating thesespaces, many – the main auditorium and recording studiosincluded – have to be acoustically insulated so nobackground noise disrupts performances or recordings.

In the many smaller rooms on the building perimeter, naturalventilation is used to provide fresh air to these spaces.

As well as being a success in its own right, Galeri hashelped boost development of the arts and creative industriesin the region and initiated the quayside redevelopmentprogramme currently underway in Caernarfon. Quite anachievement for a small theatre, but testament to how goodbuildings can help change communities for the better.

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Fresh air inlet to roof levelplant space for ducteddistribution to studios below

High level exhaust fromplant space louvres

Central high level extractwithin each studio

High level motorised windowactuators allow natural ventilationby controlling intake/expell of air

Fresh air is fed down centralrisers from plant space and isducted into below seat plenums

Fresh air inlet to roof level plant space

Main exhaust air removedat high level throughacoustically lined baffle

Fresh air is cooled to offset solar andoccupancy heat gains and enters spacethrough air plenums under seated areasusing displacement ventilation principles

Central circulation space naturally ventedand open to high level walkway betweenroof plant areas

Fresh air enters foyer naturally to cooland ventilate space using the naturalstack effect principle

Central distribution riser carriessupply and extract to each studio

All perimeter office space to utilisesingle sided ventilation by use ofopenable windows

Perimeter offices and conferencefacilities sit in front of studio spaceas shown above

Main AuditoriumCentral Foyer AreaStudio 1 and Studio 2

Supply Supply Extract

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Client: CEC Caernarfon

Architect: Richard Murphy Architects

Disciplines: Building servicesengineering, fire engineering design andrisk assessment (FEDRA), computationalsimulation and analysis (CoSA)

Value: £8m


Roses Award Best Public Building Bronze Award 2006 – Winner

Scottish Design Awards 2006 ArchitectureGrand Prix – Winner

Scottish Design Awards 2006 Best Building for Public Use – Winner

High level exhaust fromplant space

Air returns at the rear of eachbalcony and at ceiling level

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Robin House, Balloch Children’s HospiceBalloch, UKCompletion: 2005

Some buildings just have to deliver more than simply four walls and a roof. The Robin House children’s hospice in Balloch, near Loch Lomond, is one suchproject. Every aspect of the Robin House design is special and the Buro Happoldteam – providing civil, structural and geotechnical engineering as well as buildingservices design – rose to the challenge to create a graceful yet sensitive building,which opened in 2005.

Robin House is a hospice for terminally ill children, providingaccommodation for youngsters and their parents as well asmeeting and seminar rooms, catering and administrationfacilities built around a large, central play area. The hospicehas to be a place where families can relax, with expert careon hand, to help children make the most of each day – hence the emphasis on making the building a fun place to be.

The client, the Children’s Hospice Association Scotland(CHAS), chose a six acre greenfield site for Robin House, a beautiful unspoilt location within the boundaries of aNational Park. As such, careful consideration had to be paid to the design and construction process in relation to the site’s surroundings.

Consequently, most of the building is single storey with atimber facade, but running above the main entrance area isan undulating roof structure, also known as the ribbon roof.This organic wave-form adds a degree of playfulness whilereplicating the outline of the surrounding trees and rollingcountryside. It is made up of four long, curved roof plateswhich are aligned so each profile overlaps its neighbour,creating glazed eyelets between plates that allow natural light into the space below. 3

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Natural ventilationto bedrooms

Each ribbon of ‘wavy roof’ formed in timbersupported on pairs of curved steel beams

Main plant room

Play ‘cones’ help to support glazedroof to courtyard space

Higher levels of insulation reducesheating energy consumption

Sustainable materialsconsidered where possible

Mechanical ventilation only to hydrotherapy pool, kitchen,bathrooms, seminar room and‘land-locked’ areas. Naturalventilation elsewhere

Roof to pool hall formed from laminatedveneered lumber using monocoqueconstruction spanning 12 metres

Overhanging eaves reducesummer overheating on southfacing rooms


‘Mechanically assisted’natural ventilation todeeper plan spaces


Bespoke ‘pool benches’ on glazedperimeter supply air to pool hall

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Hydrotherapy plant room

‘Gull wing’ column supports roof

Environmental section through bedrooms

Environmental section through play space

Frosted windows allow daylightfrom play space into bathrooms

Glazed roof to play space utilises solar tint/reflectivecoating to avoid summer over heating, roof structurealso provides some shading

Structure of cone utilised to house extract ventilationfrom cones. Make-up air from play space

Mechanical supply to playspace. Extract via corridorsand bathrooms

Underfloor heatingin play space

Overhanging eavesto reduce solargains in summer

Good daylighting incorridors via rooflights,reducing energyconsumption

Mechanical extract ventilation fromtoilets and bathrooms. Make-up airvia transfer grilles from corridors

Trench heatingin bedrooms

Underfloor heatingin corridors

LST radiatorsin bathrooms

Natural ventilationto bedrooms Bedroom

Corridor

Toilet/bathroom

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Client: Children’s Hospice Association of Scotland

Architect: Gareth Hoskins Architects

Disciplines: Building servicesengineering, structural engineering,ground engineering, fire engineeringdesign and risk assessment (FEDRA), computational simulationand analysis (CoSA)

Value: £8m

The Civic Trust Awards 2007 Health and Wellbeing Award – Winner


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CHAS also asked for an energy efficient building with lowmaintenance requirements and so natural ventilation hasbeen adopted where possible. Underfloor heating wasinstalled in many of the large areas, including the central playand dining areas, creating a warm environment without theintrusive, bulky radiators.

This is backed up by solar shading created by overhangingeaves introduced to the many parts of the building that havefull-height glazing.

Although a complex and challenging project to work on, Buro Happold’s multi-disciplinary team worked together toovercome problems with proactive solutions. The end resultis an elegant, naturally ventilated building which blends insensitively with its surroundings and provides a bright andinspirational home from home for its residents.

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Glenturret Distillery CentreCrieff, UKCompletion: 2002

Glenturret Distillery is the most visited distillery in Scotland, and is renowned for its Famous Grouse whisky. Buro Happold provided multi-disciplinary services tocreate the House of Grouse Visitor Centre, which houses the Famous Grouseexperience. It features heritage collections, exhibition spaces, audio visual works,a tasting bar and a programmed tour around the working distillery.

The project involved refurbishment of the distillery manager’s house, to make the Pavilion, and design of a new structure to connect this to the distillery. The Pavilion utilises a natural ventilation strategy for cooling while all its heatingsystems were designed to have minimum impact on the space. The visitor centrewas completed from initial concept to full commission in a twenty month period,during which full whisky production was maintained.

The project features one of the most complex multi media interactive shows inEurope and received a BAFTA award in the multi media cinemagraphic category.

The resulting transformation allows visitors to learn about Glenturret’s long historyin a modern, comfortable setting within Scotland’s oldest distillery.

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Client: Highland Distillers

Architect: Land Design Studio

Disciplines: Building services engineering,structural engineering, ground engineering

Value: £2.5m

BAFTA award in the multi media cinemagraphic category – Winner

Marketing Brand Design Awards 2003, Best Brand Experience – Winner

Visit Scotland 5 star rating – Winner

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New Scottish ParliamentEdinburgh, UKCompletion: 2005

Constructed from a mixture of steel, oak andgranite, the complex Scottish Parliament Buildinghas been hailed as one of the most innovativedesigns in the UK.

Buro Happold provided inclusive design advice toensure that a fully accessible building, in keepingwith the design concept, was achieved. Thephilosophy of inclusion was central to the projectdesign, with great importance attached not just toadhering to regulations, but to developing a buildingand culture that catered for the individual needs ofall the people who would use it.

The Scottish Parliament Building won theprestigious Stirling Prize for architecture in 2005.

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Client: Scottish Executive

Architect: Enric Miralles BenedettaTagliabue/RMJM

Discipline: Inclusive design

Stirling Prize 2005 – Winner


Scottish Design Awards 2005 Best PubliclyFunded Building – Winner

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Glasgow Audi Braehead, UKCompletion: 2004

When your client proudly uses the phrase ‘innovation through technology’ as its marketing slogan, you can be sure that it won’t settle for second best in thedesign of its latest showroom. Indeed, when architects SDA were approached bycar manufacturer, Audi, they were given the task of creating ‘a statement site forthe brand’, culminating in the world’s largest Audi centre, when it opened in 2004.

The building is not just about selling cars, although it doeshost a large showroom, it also houses: a museum, café withchildren’s play area, an art gallery, the 160-seater conferenceand events centre and a 23-bay service and repair shop. The centre is intended to be a modern way for people toenjoy buying a car, while reflecting Audi’s heritage of being at the forefront of technology.

Consequently, Buro Happold’s design work, which coveredstructural, building services and fire engineering as well ascomputational simulation and analysis by the CoSA team, ledto a structure that goes far beyond the norm for showrooms.

Perhaps the most eye-catching aspect of the building is its1,000m2 south west-facing glass facade. As well as being aspectacular statement in itself, specifying the facade design

and glass specifications required a great deal of analysis by Buro Happold’s CoSA team and its fire engineers.

The thermal, acoustic and solar performance of the glasschosen was all analysed using sophisticated software toinvestigate comfort, visual appeal, the resulting energyconsumption and how to keep it all condensation-free. Thevirtual model took into account all heat gains and losses aswell as internal air movement, including the impact of theoffice space on the first and second floors.

The building structure is based around a steel frame with themain facade curtain being supported by cast aluminium armsprojecting from the main elliptical supporting columns. 3

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Summer Environmental Strategy

Winter Environmental Strategy

Solar properties ofglazing reduce solargains in summer

Heating to office areavia perimeter radiators

Due to high infiltration rates in workshop, radiantheating system adopted to reduce heating costsand energy consumption

Radiant heating in workshop via gasfired radiant tube heaters

High air change rate inworkshop via regular openingof up and over doors

Fresh air to office areas viadisplacement and ceiling swirl outlets

Fresh air to showroomvia linear whirl outlets

Trench heating tofull height glazedfacades to offsetdowndraughts

Extractventilation

Showroom

High level ventilation extract

Cooling in office areas via displacementventilation and ceiling swirl outlets

Cooling achieved via chilled water system servedfrom air cooled chiller in plant well

Natural ventilation inworkshop via up andover doors

Cooling in showroom via linear whirl outlets. Occupiedspace only conditioned to reduce energy consumption

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Lighting was another challenge for the building servicesengineers, particularly in the showroom and events centrewhere the ceiling height is around 10m. Using standard highbay lighting was seen as too conventional for Audi so a row of twin-lamp uplighters suspended unobtrusively across thelength of the ceiling was selected. This is supplemented bymetal halide spotlights on the balconies, to pick out individualcars in the showroom.

The end result is a prestigious and unique structure for Audi, a new landmark for the local area and a showcase ofthe very best thinking in building design. Vorsprung durchtechnik, indeed!

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Client: Audi UK

Architect: SDA Architects

Disciplines: Building services engineering,structural engineering, ground engineering,fire engineering design and risk assessment(FEDRA), computational simulation andanalysis (CoSA)

Value: £7m

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Perth Concert HallPerth, UKCompletion: 2006

Perth’s new concert hall, which opened in 2006, is a fine example of how aversatile, well designed building can help transform a city, making a significantcontribution to its regeneration.

As well as providing world class concert facilities in theevening, the contemporary concert hall can be transformedinto a conference venue by day, acting as a focal point forwider efforts to develop the cultural and business activities in the Perth and Kinross region.

The hall is in the historic centre of the city, on a formerindustrial site. Its design, by architects Building DesignPartnership, is egg-shaped in plan, containing a 1,200-seatconcert hall at its heart, alongside a smaller room for recitalsor meetings and the full complement of front- and back-of-house facilities. Clever use of retractable seating andmoveable staging allows the main auditorium to have manyidentities, from flat floor to a theatre in the round bytransforming its layout.

The main structure of the hall is based around the auditoriumbox, made up of 300mm thick concrete walls, poured in situ. This provides primary stability for the whole building andthe expanse of exposed concrete (except where it has beenacoustically lined within the auditorium) plays a part in thebuilding services strategy, by reducing extremes of temperature.

Audience comfort and minimal noise levels duringperformances was another key concern for the client, who also stipulated a low energy design for the buildingservices. The resulting strategy won the Chartered Institutionof Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) Project of the YearAward in 2007. 3

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Extensive computational fluid dynamics modelling was used to analyse various ventilation concepts for the foyer andauditorium. This led to a strategy combining natural ventilationin the foyer, developed in conjunction with the architecture toinclude facade shading, and displacement ventilation withinthe auditorium. Use of the latter is reduced thanks to thethermal mass of the exposed structure – a unique feature for an auditorium – which helps keep the building cooler forlonger in summer.

As well as creating a striking new landmark for Perth, theconcert hall is delivering significant energy savings. Initialmonitoring shows that annual energy use is less than200kWh/m2, a figure well below industry standard, helpedparticularly by the use of natural ventilation.

While onstage events may provide artistic inspiration, theauditorium itself is an inspiration in its own right providing aninspiration of its own – proving that sustainable design can be built into buildings of all sizes and functions.

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Air returns via the rear ofthe stage at high level

Fresh air is cooled and entersthe multi-purpose room viaactive chilled beams integratedwithin the ceiling

Fresh air is cooled to offset solar andoccupancy heat gains and enters theauditorium through air plenums underseated areas using the displacementventilation principle

Prevailing windassists removal ofhot air from foyer

Fresh air is cooled to offset solar andoccupancy heatgains and enters theauditorium through a series of nozzlediffusers integratedwith the lightinggantries at high level

Summer sunHigh and low level motorisedwindow louvres open to promotethe removal of air from the foyerand provide natural ventilationand free-cooling

Foyer and AuditoriumSummer Environmental Strategy

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Client: Perth and Kinross Council

Architect: Building Design Partnership


Value: £15m

BSJ Building Services Project of the Year – Winner

RIAS Andrew Doolan Award for Architecture 2006– Shortlisted

British Construction Industry Awards 2006 – Regeneration Award Winner

Dynamic Place Awards 2006 – Commendation

Scottish Design Awards 2006 Best Building for Public Use – Commendation

The Dundee Institute of Architects Award – Winner


The Guild of Architectural Ironmongers/RIBA Awards

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THGL Studios London, UKCompletion: 2004

Based on the site of an 18th Century hospital in CoventGarden, THGL Studios has evolved into London’s pre-eminent centre for creative and media communities.

The Studios houses state of the art video and recordingstudios, inspirational restaurants as well as bars and officespace in a former hospital at the heart of London’s CoventGarden. The project to renovate the building saw theinstallation of up to the minute equipment to create thevery best film, video and sound recording studio facilities,while maintaining the original facade.

The resilience of the mechanical and electrical systemswas a vital requirement for the project and enabled thedesign to develop around these critical supplies. The main plant room, installed at roof level, was pre-fabricatedoff-site enabling the main systems to be assembled in a controlled environment resulting in excellent qualitymanagement.

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Client: THGL

Architect: Allies and Morrison

Disciplines: Building servicesengineering, computational simulationand analysis (CoSA)

Value: £25m

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The Aqualibrium CentreCampbeltown, UKCompletion: 2006

The Aqualibrium Centre – which contains a swimming pool and communityfacilities in a distinctive D-shaped building – is at the centre of a broaderregeneration project for Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute. Alongside the 25m-longpool, with its associated changing facilities and spectator area, sits a library,fitness centre, crèche and café with roof terrace.

Aqualibrium proves that good design isn’t the preserve of bigcorporations or experimental universities and puts valuablecommunity services into an award-winning, environmentallyresponsible building, accessible to all.

The main pool and the adjacent, smaller training pool are on the first floor with the library beneath. This presented thechallenge of coming up with a sufficiently strong structure,particularly given the varied quality of the ground at the site. As soil conditions were not sufficiently stable to build a groundbearing slab at ground level, a suspended slab was built,supported by beams that span the pile caps, driven 18mbelow the surface. The pool itself is supported by concretecolumns, poured in situ, above these pile caps.

The building structure up to the second floor level is madefrom reinforced concrete, with 200mm walls also poured insitu and left exposed internally to make use of its high levels ofthermal mass. The external surfaces have a layer of insulationcovered by a rendered finish, while the exposed surfacesinside have a high quality, smooth finish. The excellentinsulation provided by the concrete aids the building servicesstrategy, which uses a woodchip-fuelled biomass boiler as the main provider of heat.

Moving up the building, a mix of steel and timber provides the rest of the structure, which is topped by a lightweight,standing seam aluminium roof. 3

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Glulam roof rafters meet steelwork withsimple finger connection plate flange

Biomass boiler provides heat forbuilding from local sources

Crisp detailing and clean lines achievedby integration of services in internalwalls and soffits

Exposed concrete used todramatic effect in foyer andthroughout the building

Curved walls with large openingsformed in in-situ concrete

6 lane – 25 metre pool withmovable floor above plant room

External mound partially formed frompolystyrene moulds recycled after usein concrete construction

Detail A

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Client: Argyll and Bute Council

Architect: Page and Park Architects


Value: £8m

Scottish Award for Quality in Planning 2006

Scottish Design Awards 2007 NorthernExposure – Winner

Civic Trust Award 2007

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Glulam beam notched to facilitatesplice plate connection over column

Slice plate over column toconnect adjacent members

All top connections tobe countersunk bolts

Glulam timber beam to betorsionally restrained at columnsupport. Finger shims to beinserted to pack gaps betweenbeam face and column flange

Bracing to restrain columnand ensure torsional restraintto glulam beam

Beam end connection tospecialist subcontractorsdetails

Bearing plate to support timberglulam beam notched to suitbearing detail

Bracing member

6º taper

5º pitch

Section B

Column head restraint

Detail A

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The use of glued laminated timber sections across the widthof the pool adds a natural feel to the space which spans 22m.The wood was pre-cambered to resist the effect of loadingand laterally restrained to overcome compression due to winduplift forces which, given the exposed nature of the site, weredeemed to be significant.

Design of the library also required a large column-free space and so spans of up to 13m are incorporated into thestructure. These spans, which incorporate 750mm deepstructural ribs, also provide support for the fitness centre andchanging areas above.

By putting design quality first, Aqualibrium illustrates that wellconsidered buildings can, when made available to everyone,make a positive change to the local community.

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The Wright Business Centre Glasgow, UKCompletion: 2005

This new two storey managed business centre operated by Greater EasterhouseManaged (GEM) Workspaces, has two floors of lettable office space incorporatingcommunal and ancillary facilities including meeting rooms, a conference suite anda small café with seating.

The building form is divided into three main components, a glazed block centredaround a double height atrium, a brick and aluminium clad wing containing themajority of office accommodation, and a single storey conference block clad invertical aluminium rainscreen panelling. The large rooflit atrium, looking onto thecafé space and through to a walled garden, has been designed to foster a newbusiness community, and through the placement of core shared facilitiesencourage interaction amongst the different users.

The environmental strategy provides natural ventilation throughout the flexibleoffice spaces and uses the central atrium to provide excellent daylighting andstack exhaust ventilation.The offices have a shallow plan to maximise daylight and make best use of single sided natural ventilation. The steel frame supports a cantilever with the first floor overhanging the ground floor providing solar shadingto the ground level.


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Client: Greater Easterhouse Managed Workspace

Architect: Elder and Cannon

Disciplines: Building services engineering,structural engineering, ground engineering,civil engineering, quantity surveying, fireengineering design and risk assessment(FEDRA), computational simulation andanalysis (CoSA), acoustics

Value: £4m

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BAA Car Parks Glasgow and Edinburgh airports, UKCompletion: 2002 and 2004

Buro Happold provided multi-disciplinary engineering services for a five-storey,2,000-space car park at Glasgow airport in 2002. The design combineseconomical and functional use of materials and a reduced number of columns in each floor, creating a more open, welcoming and safe environment.

This was achieved without having to install additional escape routes and stairwellsthanks to extensive analysis of fire hazards and evacuation procedures. Thisshowed that the design could safely incorporate a reduced ‘safe travel distance’from the centre of the car park in the event of emergency.

Thanks to the success of the Glasgow project, Buro Happold was employed tocreate a new car park based on the same model for Edinburgh airport.

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Client: British Airport Authority

Architect: Reid Architects

Disciplines: Structural engineering,building services engineering, traffic andtransport engineering, fire engineeringand risk assessment (FEDRA), inclusivedesign (IDS)

Value: £30m total

Safer Parking Award Park Mark™ 2005 – Winner

UK Car Park of the Year 2005 – Winner

Nominee European Parking Awards 2005 – Best Design Category

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Edinburgh’s Telford CollegeEdinburgh, UKCompletion: 2006

The new home for Telford College in Edinburgh, which opened in 2006, is a building worthy of the great Scottish civil engineer after whom it is named.Using the very latest materials and building design thinking, this £50 millionproject combines the best possible educational facilities with some innovativeenergy-saving features.

The 29,000m2 building incorporates four previous campussites into one on a brownfield development as part of theregeneration scheme for Edinburgh’s Granton area, on theoutskirts of the city.

The Buro Happold engineering team was tasked withproviding state of the art learning facilities for up to 21,000students and 600 staff, all engaged in a wide range of topics;from computing to hairdressing to plumbing.

Public and circulation areas have to be first class too, in terms of offering clear paths around the building as well asproviding opportunities for comfortable, collaborative studyand socialising.

The client requested the site has a low environmental impactand so natural ventilation, backed up by large amounts ofexposed structural concrete to help reduce swings in

temperatures, and extensive use of natural daylight helpreduce energy consumption.

The latter part of this strategy provides a feature for the mainentrance area, which is topped by a light and impressivecurved ETFE foil roof. This is supported by timber archeswhich, as well as having a very low embodied energy to help reduce the building’s carbon footprint, add a stylish and natural feature to the space.

Coming up with an effective fire safety strategy was anotherkey task for the Buro Happold team. Great use of smokemodelling using computational fluid dynamics software andsimulations of evacuation behaviour demonstrated that variousarchitectural features (including having atria in four locations,use of open balconies and the central link bridge) wouldpermit quick exit in the event of a fire. 3

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Saw tooth roof lights to maximisedaylight to studio spaces

Four story high ‘wind posts’ withpinned details top and bottom

Hybrid precast / insitu concrete teachingblocks with exposed ribbed slabs

Link bridge – high level trussessupport three levels of walkwaysby suspension system

Glulam timber arches supportingsecondary tubular steel frame

ETFE foil cushion roof with variabletranslucency to control solar gain

Learning resource centre withexposed concrete frame – flat slabsand circular precast columns

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Client: Telford College

Architect: HOK

Disciplines: Structural engineering,ground engineering, civil engineering,traffic engineering, fire engineeringdesign and risk assessment (FEDRA)

Value: £50m

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Each atrium has a natural smoke and heatexhaust ventilation system that ensuresconditions inside remain tenable by directingsmoke outside, thus keeping air quality andvisibility tolerable for long enough toevacuate the building.

Traffic planning and modelling were alsocarried out by Buro Happold engineers, inclose collaboration with the architect HOK,to develop an appropriate transport modelaround which facilities were then designed.

The end result of the biggest publicly-funded further education college to be builtin the UK since the 1970s is a primarilynaturally lit and ventilated, friendly andfunctional building, providing an exemplarynew home for Telford College.

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Royal Botanic Garden EdinburghEdinburgh, UKCompletion: ongoing

Creating a new visitor centre for the BotanicGarden in Edinburgh has involved designing abuilding that works as an entrance as well as an exhibition and educational space for thebeautiful gardens.

Timber will be used extensively within the building, creating a natural feel to a contemporarybuilding which helps it blend in with its organicsurroundings. Use of timber will drastically reducethe embodied energy of the building and thecarbon dioxide created during construction.Sustainability is a key feature of the design andgreat care is being taken in choice of materials to ensure long life and an efficient structure whilereducing its environmental impact.

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Client: Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Architect: Edward Cullinan Architects

Disciplines: Structural engineering, groundengineering, civil engineering, planning supervision

Value: £10m

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Alsion Campus at Syddansk UniversitySonderborg, DenmarkCompletion: 2006

Following the completion of work on the Danish National Opera House, Buro Happold were part of the winning team in the international designcompetition for the new Campus at Syddansk University.

Engineers working on this project to create a new suite offacilities for the University of Southern Denmark, were set anunenviable task: to beat the energy consumption targets inDanish Building Regulations by 30%.

As well as meeting this challenging demand, there was anequal imperative to deliver quality. The aim of the £30 millionproject was to relocate the university’s base to Sonderborg insouth-western Denmark, where it now acts as the focal pointfor the university’s six sites. Consequently, it contains a strikingstate of the art concert hall as well as a science park, takingup around half the floor space of the 20,000m2 development.

As the Buro Happold team was providing building servicesand structural engineering design, it was ideally placed tomeet these challenges. The design also required great use of glazing, so Buro Happold’s specialist facade and acousticteams were brought in to maintain an effective building in

terms of heat gain and flexibility of the internal environment.Fire engineers made up the final part of the Buro Happoldteam, ensuring the safety of the building’s many large openspaces within the building.

In line with the architectural intentions and the low energyaspirations, the building structure is mainly concrete, which is exposed wherever possible to act as a thermal buffer.

The teaching blocks in the building include large cantilevers, of up to 12m. A combination of steel and concrete acts as a permanent formwork, supporting the cantilever whilepreserving the open structure of the end walls, allowing greatviews out and excellent day lighting. The main columns of the steel frame are 500mm by 500mm steel boxes filled withconcrete, while the 300mm-thick concrete floors transferhorizontal forces back to the central cores of the building. 3

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Auditorium – Summer Environmental Strategy

Auditorium – Winter Environmental Strategy

Summer sun

Winter sun

Heated freshair supplied to stage areafrom low leveldiffusers

Fresh air is heated and enters spacethrough air plenums using thedisplacement ventilation principle

Convector heaters alongfoyer facade to offsetheat loss and to preventdown draughts

Extract ducts return air toplantroom where heat is recovered

Heavily insulatedbuilding to minimisesolar heat gain

Cooled freshair supplied tostage areafrom low leveldiffusers

Fresh air is cooled to offset heat gains andenters space through air plenums using thedisplacement ventilation principle

Main supply duct

Extract grilleslocated in ceiling Extract ducts return

air to plantroomAir ducted under balconies

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Client: Syddansk University

Disciplines: Building services engineering,structural engineering, fire engineering andrisk assessment (FEDRA) computationalsimulation and analysis (CoSA), acoustics

Value: £35m

International Design Competition 2003 – Winner

RIBA European Awards 2007 – Winner

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The heating and cooling strategy of the building worksaround natural ventilation, following Buro Happold’s computeranalysis of the internal environment. As well as thetemperature-damping effect of the exposed concrete andsolar shading on the glass walls, chilled beams will controltemperatures inside the building. Automatic windows areopened at night to facilitate night cooling, so reducing energyusage to cool the structure.

Thanks to the close co-operation between all these teamsand their strong project leadership, the building design hasmet all its targets and now provides an exemplary workingbuilding for the university.

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Clydebank Re-builtClydebank, UKOverview

Clydebank Re-built is an Urban Regeneration Company (URC); an organisationdedicated to developing the area – its economy, environment, buildings andsociety. It has been designated a pathfinder regeneration company by theScottish Government, one of only five in Scotland. Clydebank Re-built’s aim is to position Clydebank as a creative, distinctive and successful regional centrewithin the Glasgow Metropolitan area and improve the quality of the builtenvironment to make Clydebank an attractive, secure and welcoming place.These values are very consistent with Buro Happold’s approach to design.

Clydebank Leisure CentreCompletion: ongoing

The Clydebank Leisure Centre forms part of the ClydebankRe-built urban regeneration project on the banks of the River Clyde at Queen’s Quay, and will replace the currentPlaydrome Leisure Centre. The development comprises a1.8m deep, 25m swimming pool, a 1m deep learner pool and a leisure pool complete with flume and wave machine.Dry sports facilities includes a fitness centre, a six-court sports hall, a 20m climbing wall and associated changing and circulation areas.

The pool access is at first floor level, to create an undercroft for the pool. This will enable easy access for future inspectionand any maintenance required to the pool structure. The spaceunder the pool can be increased in height to create a plantroom containing all the pool-related plant equipment. Thesports hall is accessed at ground floor level.

The building has been designed to provide an energy-efficientsolution, using the natural form of the building to provide goodenvironmental protection for the various zones, together withenergy-efficient systems to meet the base load demandswithin the building. 3

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Client: Clydebank Re-Built

Architect: Kennedy Fitzgerald & Associates

Disciplines: Building services engineering,structural engineering, ground engineering, fire engineering and risk assessment (FEDRA),computational simulation and analysis (CoSA),specialist lighting design (LiT)

Value: £15m

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Clydebank CanopyCompletion: ongoing

Clydebank is a natural wildlife haven. The river, canal andmudflat areas downstream are well-known bird habitats,attracting a wide range of domestic and foreign species. Thecanopy is an opportunity to announce this aspect of this areato locals as well as to strangers. To this end, the canopy isdesigned to mirror a swan in flight taking off from the canal, astwo long cantilevering wings span out from a central supportingbody structure, creating an evocative and delicate covering tothe bridge.

The canopy is designed to allow full operation of the originalbridge, and to minimise the obstruction to pedestrians duringits construction. The full steel and tensile wire structure can beinstalled in one piece from the back of a lorry using a crane,and lowered onto its new concrete pad foundations.

The canopy shall be covered in a PTFE tensile fabric, andshall be brought to life at night using feature colour lighting to its underside. Its colour will change as the temperaturechanges throughout the year, in a form of animated weatherannouncement.

Clydebank Canopy

Architect: RMJM Architects

Disciplines: Bridge and structuralengineering, specialist lighting design(LiT), engineering services

Value: £250,000

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Cart Street Residential ProjectCompletion: ongoing

Cart Street Residential Project involves the creation of fortysustainable and low energy housing units, designed to provideaccommodation for the Clydebank Housing Association.

The project is a key site at the gateway to the strategicQueens Quay Masterplan. This prominent location lies at afocal point immediately opposite the new Clydebank Collegeand Enterprise and Learning Centre, and will perform thecritical role of connecting these new waterfront developmentswith the town’s existing built fabric. The development of thesite is therefore of crucial importance in setting the standardon the riverside for design quality and confidence, as well asintegrating the waterfront with the town.

The project is being designed to meet the new ScottishTechnical Standards Section 6, fulfilling demanding energyand carbon emission benchmarks. It will adopt best practicein the integrated engineering design philosophy.

Residential Project

Architect: Elder and Cannon Architects

Disciplines: Building servicesengineering, structural engineering,ground engineering, sustainability and alternative technologies (SAT)

Value: £5m

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University of Edinburgh ProjectsEdinburgh, UKOverview

Buro Happold’s collaboration with the University of Edinburgh started with a designcompetition win on the new Informatics School on the Potterrow site, as part ofthe Bennetts Associates and Reiach and Hall team. The winning entry focused onproviding a sustainable and low energy design solution, meeting the client’s brieffor a low carbon rated, flexible building that provided comfortable accommodationfor the Informatics School and with BREEAM Excellent credentials.

This relationship has been further galvanised by our work on the refurbishment of the Adam Ferguson Building, a challenging project to provide 21st centuryaccommodation within a grade A listed building.

More recently Buro Happold has been involved in the Centre for RegenerativeMedicine on the Little France campus, where the opportunities allow the creationof a sustainable building in accordance with new Edinburgh City Council planningcriteria, whilst providing a world class biosciences facility.

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Architect: Bennetts Associates and Reiach and Hall

Disciplines: Structural engineering,building services engineering, fireengineering design and riskassessment (FEDRA), computationalsimulation and analysis (CoSA),specialist lighting design (LiT)

Value: £60m (Phase 1 and Phase 2)

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New Informatics School – Potterrow DevelopmentCompletion: 2008

Buro Happold engineers played many roles in this dramatic,yet functional inner city redevelopment. As well as deliveringstructural and building services engineering, a host of thepractice’s specialist consulting services were brought in,including fire engineering and computational simulation andanalysis of the internal environment as well as the sustainabilitygroup acting as BREEAM assessor.

The £60m building forms a new home for the University ofEdinburgh’s Informatics department, incorporating 12,000m2

of accommodation and a basement car park.

Sustainability was key; fitting in with the university’senvironmental policy led to great use of recycled materials in the building and the integration of the structural fabric (in particular, its thermal mass) into the building servicesstrategy using moderating effect of the large amounts ofexposed concrete in the design.

But perhaps the biggest low energy measure is a combinedheat and power (CHP) plant to provide both heating and

cooling services for the entire campus as well as meeting itsdemand for electricity. This highly efficient technology uses thewaste heat from the gas-fired engine, to drive a water heatingsystem. While the electricity generation side produces1.6MWe into the private mains supply, its by-product feedsinto the hot water system for all the campus buildings, withback up from two boilers.

An absorption chiller unit is also in the new energy centre,supplying cooling services via underground pipelines to twoother buildings as well as the Potterrow development.

Another key aspect of the building’s design was the need toallow further development, as and when funding becomesavailable; there is a flexibility to the structure that allows furtherconstruction projects to be simply added on.

Thanks to the commitment of the Buro Happold engineers, theuniversity has a structure that not only exemplifies best practicein terms of building form and function, and can also act as a firmfoundation for future developments. By then, the class-leading,low energy engineering design implemented at Potterrowshould have become the norm for all construction projects.

The building has been rated BREEAM Excellent.


Disciplines: Building servicesengineering, fire engineeringdesign and risk assessment(FEDRA), computationalsimulation and analysis (CoSA)

Value: £14m

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Adam Ferguson BuildingCompletion: ongoing

The building is in the heart of the University of Edinburgh’scampus and is surrounded on all sides by built up areasexcept for George Square itself. The refurbishment andredevelopment of the existing building will include theformation of a new upper and roof level accommodation and creation of a new lecture theatre at podium andbasement level. The refurbished building will house theManagement School and Economics Department, as well as lecture theatre space and computing areas.

The majority of the building will be devoted to office typeaccommodation, to suit the requirements of the universityteaching staff.

The brief for the redeveloped Adam Ferguson Building hastwo key elements that provide direction for the environmentalengineering design, namely the desire to provide acomfortable working environment while being environmentallyresponsible and maintaining the existing structure and facadeof the building whilst improving the overall performance of thebuilding envelope.

The university participates in the UK Carbon Emissions Trading Scheme, which has created an incentive to produce a building that makes maximum use of passiveenvironmental conditioning methods. The university has alsoshown a commitment to achieving a ‘Very Good’ BREEAMrating on this project.


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Centre for Regenerative MedicineCompletion: ongoing

The Centre for Regenerative Medicine will be a flagshipdevelopment for the University of Edinburgh, symbolising the most advanced technologies now available in stem cellresearch, development and manufacture. The building will be designed to the highest standard and quality using theprinciples of social, economic and environmental sustainability,which will allow the university to attract the most qualified andnotable scientists in this field.

The three main elements of the building will include a stem cellproduction or translation unit, research labs to accommodateapproximately 150 researchers and an ‘incubator unit’, i.e.labs which can be let to companies starting up in this field.

Social, administrative and very specialised lab supportaccommodation will also be incorporated into the building.

The new facility will be one of the first buildings located on the campus for the Centre for Biomedical Research at Little France, adjoining the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh andUniversity of Edinburgh medical school and research institute.

Architect: Sheppard Robson

Disciplines: Building servicesengineering, structural engineering,ground engineering, fire engineeringdesign and risk assessment(FEDRA), computational simulationand analysis (CoSA)

Value: £50m

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Royal Commonwealth PoolEdinburgh, UKCompletion: ongoing

This Grade A listed Royal Commonwealth pool in Edinburgh has twice playedhost to the Commonwealth Games – once in 1970 and again in 1986. It is nowundergoing a £25m refurbishment and upgrade.

The project involves replacing the three existing pool tanks with state of the artpools that meet the requirements of modern competitive swimming and diving.The client’s aspiration is to make it a centre for excellence in diving, in response to Scotland’s successes in the pool at the last Olympic Games. In addition, theclient has a strong emphasis on environmental sustainability.

Water is conserved by using water saving appliances. Waste water from theshowers will be recycled and used for toilet flushing. Further greywater recycling isimplemented by recycling filter backwash and returning it back into the circulatingwater. It is proposed that a 1000m2 solar roof will generate 458,000kWh saving87,000kg/CO2 from entering the atmosphere.

A woodchip biomass boiler will meet the thermal base load, avoiding PVC where possible and recommendations have been made that products containingformaldehyde be excluded. Energy monitoring meters in the foyer detailing waterand energy savings will be provided.

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Architect: S & P Architects


Value: £30m

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Queens University Belfast ProjectsBelfast, Northern IrelandOverview

Our appointment on the new library project, the largest single building project tohave been procured on campus in recent times, has led to the development of a strong relationship with the client team at Queens University Belfast. The newlibrary has created the opportunity to provide a sustainable, low energy designsolution within a more conventional building envelope, with state of the art facilitiesfor the users, that achieves excellent levels of daylighting and comfort in a safeand secure environment. The links with Queens University Belfast has continuedwith our work on the Mathematics building and the Guidance Centrerefurbishment on campus.

New LibraryCompletion: ongoing

Queen’s University Belfast’s new library will be a world away from the original of 1845. Whilst book storage and study are still central to the building, the Sir Anthony O’Reillylibrary will also meet essential needs for computer usage,electronic storage of data and group study rooms. There will be 2,000 study spaces, in a variety of formats, includingindividual desks with internet access as well as smallenclosures. It is much bigger than the current library and has 1.5m books for its 24,000 students, previously one million books catered for 6,000 students.

The building is also home to the information servicesdepartment and a computer server room, all delivered to a low energy brief –a significant challenge for Buro Happold’sbuilding services team, backed up by colleagues in fireengineering, lighting, IT and computer simulation and analysis.

Central to the building’s low energy philosophy is the use ofpassive temperature control in open plan spaces, validated by the work of the Computer Simulation and Analysis groupwhich also carried out extensive thermal dynamic modelling tooptimise glass and ventilation design. This ensured optimiseduse of daylight, reduced heat loss and solar gain throughcareful selection of the glass used in windows and facades. 3

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New Library

Architect: SBRA Architects/RobinsonPatterson Partnership

Disciplines: Building services engineering,fire engineering and risk assessment(FEDRA), computational simulation andanalysis (CoSA), specialist lighting design (LiT)

Value: £30m

Environmental strategy is developed on the basis ofmixed mode ventilation techniques, combing floordisplacement systems and natural ventilation,completed with exposed concrete soffits

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Summer Ventilation Strategy

Winter Ventilation Strategy

Vents fully open in summer –extract plant does not operate airmovement provided by stack effect

Ground floor cellular spaces extractedmechanically into base of atrium

Vents closed in winter. Main extractplant operates to remove heat fromtop of atrium and recover

Roof mounted fans transfer stale, warmair into main atrium for heat recovery

Air intake forbasement plantarea

Ground floor cellular spaces extractedmechanically into base of atrium

Trickle ventilationfor cellular offices

Extracted airdischarged after heathas been recovered

Single sidedventilation forcellular officespace

Air intake forbasementplant area

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Cooling has been generated through the use of innovativeground water bore holes, the first such installation of this sizeand scale in Northern Ireland.

Conditions during peak occupancy are moderated by largeareas of exposed concrete which help dampen big swings in temperature which, along with a night-cooling strategy,reduce the need for mechanical cooling.

Close attention has been paid to the control strategy of theheating and cooling systems to incorporate heat recoveryfrom the computer room as well as use of a Ground SourceHeat Pump (GSHP). This low energy system exploits therelatively stable temperature of the soil a few metresunderground to provide heating or, in reverse, cooling.

Energy consumption is backed up by ensuring an airtightbuilding construction to reduce heat loss or gain, as well as controlling lighting operation by presence detection, thus eliminating wastage through lights being left on in empty rooms.

The result will be a mixed-mode building, with naturalventilation where possible, backed up by displacementventilation and cooling via the large expanses of concretebeams in deep plan zones. This all helps this bold, yetenvironmentally sensitive library provide the very best facilities for education in the 21st century.


New Mathematics BuildingCompletion: 2007

The new Mathematics Building forms an integral part of the Estates Masterplan, enhancing the wider campus andcreating a physical environment capable of supportinglearning and teaching for future generations.

The environmental engineering has enabled a low energydesign to be developed and the adoption of passiveventilation and excellent daylighting has informed the massing,orientation and form. Exposed thermal mass enabled theindoor climate to be established during peak occupancyperiods and a night cooling strategy has been incorporatedwithin the building design.

New Mathematics Building

Architect: SBRA Architects/Robinson Patterson Partnership

Disciplines: Building services engineering, fire engineering and risk assessment (FEDRA),computational simulation and analysis (CoSA),specialist lighting design (LiT)

Value: £5m

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New Guidance CentreCompletion: 2007

The new Guidance Centre at Queens University providesguidance facilities for students ranging from disabilityservices through to finance.

Buro Happold provided building services with the adoptionof a mixed mode ventilation system that maximised the use of passive ventilation where practical and assistedmechanical ventilation where only required.

New Guidance Centre

Architect: Robinson Patterson Partnership

Disciplines: Building services engineering,computational simulation and analysis (CoSA)

Value: £3m

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The Calyx, Scotland’s National Garden GatewayPerth, UKCompletion: ongoing

Located at Cherrybank in Perth, The Calyx is intended to be a celebration ofgardening and a national showcase for the best in modern horticulture. Featureson the 25-hectare site include a rockery, terraced orchard and numerous themedgardens and water features, as well as the National Heather Collection.

Glass and ETFE foil cushions will be used extensively in the main visitor centre tohelp merge the building with the outside space, providing views of the stunningsurrounding gardens.

The Calyx is intended to be the first carbon-neutral and low energy project of thisscale in the UK and will source all its supplies from local producers.

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Client: The Cherrybank Trading Company

Architect: Nicoll Russell Studio

Disciplines: Building servicesengineering, structural engineering,fire engineering design and riskassessment (FEDRA), computationalsimulation and analysis (CoSA),sustainability and alternativetechnologies (SAT)

Value: £30m

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Hazelwood School Glasgow, UKCompletion: 2007

This school, in the Dumbreck area of Glasgow, provides a sympathetic, high-quality, enriching and inclusive learning environment for children with severesensory impairments. The first of its kind in Europe, it allows each child to reach their full potential.

The environmental design strategy allows the pupils to comfortably make use oftheir classroom facilities without noise or solar glare, and achieves a low energysolution. Natural ventilation provides fresh air and cooling via a system of openingvents integrated into the structure, allowing air into the occupied area, whichexhausts at high level.

Artificial lighting complements the good natural light provided by extensive northglazing. The teacher has complete control over the light sources, providing theflexibility required. Underfloor heating was chosen as it avoids protrusions on thewall surfaces and minimizes warm air loss, as well as the risk of germs spreadingin radiator convection currents.

The structural form needed to be modular to allow an economical design, whilstaccommodating the architectural layout. A series of glulam timber frames radiateout from the setting-out points, with timber rafters between supporting the ceilingsand roof. Buro Happold also worked with the architects to develop new internalstreets with areas specifically designed to provide sensory and tactile cues to help children identify their immediate environment.

The project has been rated at SEAM Excellent.

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Architect: Gordon Murray and Alan Dunlop Architects

Disciplines: Building services engineering, structuralengineering, inclusive design, ground engineering, fireengineering design and risk assessment (FEDRA),computational analysis and simulation (CoSA),specialist lighting design (LiT)

Value: £7m

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European Patent OfficeThe Hague, The NetherlandsCompletion: ongoing

When completed, the new competition winning European Patent Office buildingwill be 16 storeys high, with 13 floors of office space housing three departmentson each floor, all arranged around two big green canyons.

The office floors house the very purpose of the project, new workspaces foraround 1200 people. Much consideration has been given to designing optimalworking space to maximise the productivity and quality of life for the EPO staff.Thermal comfort, daylight, air quality, operable windows and artificial light havebeen incorporated to improve health, productivity and employee satisfaction in the workplace.

Workspaces will be individually monitored with individual room controls andoperable windows in each office to allow everyone their personal choice oftemperature and fresh air.

The office floors are designed to balance functional efficiency, energy efficiency,and employee productivity with minimal maintenance requirements.

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Client: European Patent Office


Disciplines: Building services engineering,structural engineering, ground engineering,fire engineering and risk assessment(FEDRA), computational analysis andsimulation (CoSA)

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University of Strathclyde ProjectsGlasgow, UKOverview

Buro Happold have worked with the University of Strathclyde for more than eightyears. Recently selection as the multi-discipline engineers on the new BioscienceBuilding on Cathedral Street followed by the appointment to the new Sports and Health Sciences Buildings has enabled the relationship to develop at astrategic level and thus provide a more holistic approach to campus wide issues,such as energy and infrastructure. This collaboration is further strengthened by Buro Happold’s appointment to the consultant framework with Sheppard Robson.

New Biosciences BuildingCompletion: ongoing

The new Biosciences building will see the expansion of theexisting John Arbuthnott building to accommodate the newlycreated Strathclyde Institute for Pharmacy and BiomedicalSciences on a single site. This will allow the institute to operateas one, cohesive department. Currently the BiomedicalSciences at Strathclyde comprises of five separatedepartments housed in three buildings across two campuses.

The engineering challenge is to produce the high quality and flexible laboratory and ancillary spaces such a visiondemands, while ensuring that the building, the first new

development in the Strathclyde University Masterplan, sets a benchmark for sustainability.

It is generally recognised that in the 21st century thebiosciences are destined to undergo a dramatic transition to a higher level of quantitative precision. The ultimate (and still distant) goal is to understand living systems in terms of properties of their constituent molecules. Achieving this will require an emphasis on quantitative and integrativeapproaches that draw on skills, expertise and instrumentationfrom a wide range of disciplines including the arts, physicalsciences, mathematics, engineering and computation.


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Architect: Sheppard Robson

Disciplines: Building servicesengineering, structural engineering,ground engineering, civil engineering,fire engineering and risk assessment(FEDRA), computational analysis andsimulation (CoSA)

Value: £25m

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Architect: Kennedy Fitzgerald and Associates

Disciplines: Building services engineering,structural engineering, ground engineering, fire engineering and risk assessment (FEDRA),computational analysis and simulation (CoSA),acoustics, specialist lighting design (LiT)

Value: £30m

New Sports and Health Sciences BuildingsCompletion: 2007

The new Health and Sports Sciences buildings will provide the university with a state of the art facility that enhances the current curriculum.

The facility will include a full range of facilities, including a six laneswimming pool with spectator capacity, pool changing and storagerooms, a six court sports hall with storage and bleacher seating, a five-a-side sports hall and multi-activity area, fitness and specialistfitness suite, treatment and assessment rooms, a specialistacademic teaching room, a dance studio, a climbing wall andsquash courts.

Support facilities include administration and office accommodation,café, foyer and reception areas.

It is the intention that the building will be rated BREEAM Very Good.

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Stirling Sports VillageStirling, UKCompletion: ongoing

The new Stirling Sports Village is situated on a 137 acre site on the north eastedge of Stirling and will comprise of a mixed use leisure and sports development.

The proposed facility will be purpose built as a regional sports facility as part of SportScotland and the Scottish Executive’s National and Regional SportsFacility Strategy.

The new sports village will be capable of hosting local, regional and nationalsports and leisure events and act as a support facility for international events.The facility has also been designed to accommodate cultural and other events.

The integrated engineering solution has allowed a flexible and low energy,sustainable environment to be created and facilities have been created for aSports Hall with 12 badminton courts, swimming pool (25m x 6 lanes), learnerpool (100m2) and leisure water pool (100m2). Health and fitness facilities areprovided, including provisions for an aerobics and dance studio. The NationalCurling Academy and a national standard ice pad have been incorporated withinthe design, with provisions for a fixed seating area. Further accommodation isprovided, including rehabilitation and sports injury facilities, outdoor footballpitches (6 x five-a-side pitches), one water based artificial hockey pitch, together with all associated changing facilities, offices, café and retail facilities.

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Client: Stirling Council

Architect: S & P Architects

Disciplines: Building services engineering,structural engineering, ground engineering,fire engineering and risk assessment(FEDRA), computational analysis andsimulation (CoSA)

Value: £25m

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John Wheatley CollegeGlasgow, UKCompletion: 2007

The John Wheatley College East End Campus building has been designed as anexemplar low carbon further education campus, and sets new standards in energyefficiency and sustainable design. The aim was to minimise future environmentalimpacts both directly, and also through the profound educational value of sustainable practices.

Both building and building services design were examined for environmental impact.Several features contribute to both low energy use and sustainability, includingexposed thermal mass, extensive natural ventilation, wind-controlled exhaustventilation chimneys, facade shading and natural daylighting. There is also a biomassboiler, solar thermal collectors, air sourced heat pumps, PV cells in the ETFE foil roofand rainwater harvesting.

The natural daylight and ventilation is especially important, as wind controlled exhaustchimneys achieve a passively-controlled climate in the classrooms. These featuresbenefit both students and the local community, who use the building during out ofhouse hours. The building achieved the highest rating of ‘Excellent’ under a BREEAMBespoke 2005 Design and Procurement assessment. As an extension to BREEAM,performance information on all the sustainable technologies is available for public view.

This state of the art campus contributes greatly to the broader economic growthand redevelopment of the area. It also sets new standards in terms of both energydemand and carbon emissions, and a comprehensive post-occupancy evaluationprocess will set new sector benchmarks.

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Client: John Wheatley College

Architect: ABK Architects

Disciplines: Building services engineering,structural engineering, ground engineering,civil engineering, sustainable and alternativetechnologies (SAT), fire engineering designand risk assessment (FEDRA), computationalanalysis and simulation (CoSA), acoustics

Value: £10m

GIA Awards 2007:Education Category – Winner Sustainability Category – Winner

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Ravenscraig Regional Sports FacilityRavenscraig, UKCompletion: ongoing

The new Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility is located on the formerRavenscraig Steelworks site. The proposed facility will be purpose built as aRegional Sports Facility as part of SportScotland and the Scottish Executive’sNational and Regional Sports Facilities Strategy.

The flagship development will be capable of hosting local, regional and nationalsports and leisure events and act as a support facility for international events.The facility has also been designed to accommodate cultural and other events.There will be an educational association with local schools and colleges in theMotherwell, Coatbridge and Cumbernauld area.

The integrated engineering solution has allowed a flexible and low energy,sustainable environment to be created providing facilities for football, using a fullsize indoor football pitch, athletics, badminton, gymnastics, volleyball, basketball,hockey, handball, martial arts and rugby.

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Client: North Lanarkshire Council

Architect: HOK SVE

Disciplines: Building servicesengineering, structural engineering,ground engineering, fire engineeringand risk assessment (FEDRA),computational analysis andsimulation (CoSA)

Value: £30m

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Queen Margaret UniversityMusselburgh, UKCompletion: 2007

The Musselburgh campus for Queen MargaretUniversity in south east Edinburgh brings its threesites together on one 14-hectare, purpose-builtlocation catering for 5,000 students. Sustainability is key to the design of the campus, which includesaccommodation blocks for 800 students.

The project incorporates major infrastructure work,including: a new junction on the A1, divertingoverhead power lines, a service tunnel under afreight railway line and a 6km-long foul drainagenetwork. The site also incorporates a sustainableurban drainage system to moderate the flow ofrainwater coming off roofs and paved areas, ratherthan contributing to downstream flooding.

The building has been rated BREEAM Excellent and CEEQual Excellent.

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Client: Queen Margaret University

Architects: Dyer Associates


Value: £80m

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Riverside Museum, Glasgow Museum of TransportGlasgow, UKCompletion: ongoing

From just a glance at the design of the breathtaking Glasgow Museum ofTransport, it appears that the engineering team on the project will get all theplaudits. The spectacular pleated and curved metal roof will be an achievementand looks certain to become a major landmark for Scotland and architecture, not least for being only the second – and first sizeable – example of PritzkerPrize-winning architect Zaha Hadid’s work on UK soil.

Whilst the structural engineers will be due great praise for theirwork, the building services team will be due acknowledgementfor meeting an equally challenging brief – creating a low energyheating and cooling system, largely hidden away within thefabric of the museum’s extraordinary roof and walls.

At the heart of Hadid’s design for the Riverside Museum arelarge, column-free spaces, covered by an innovative combinedwall and roof structure, clad in zinc sheets. The main exhibitionspace will be 6,500m2, with the average width of other spacesranging from 30m to 50m over, in some cases, 200m lengths.Given this desire for open spaces, the building services teamhas had to create a strategy that is both discreet and powerful.

The solution chosen to control such large spaces is an all-air system providing heating, cooling, humidification ordehumidification as required. The supplied air has to beintroduced at a height of around 7m, presenting a challenge of realising comfortable conditions in the occupied zone someway beneath it.

This is achieved through motorised supply grilles in the wallswhich will be adjusted to give the desired angle of throw:directing warm air downwards in winter and pushing cool airinto the space during summer. Adjustable supply ventilationgrilles throughout the exhibition space will help keepenvironmental conditions stable. 3

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High efficiency metal halide lighting projectedonto roof profile is then reflected onto wallsand floors

Motorised, adjustable supply grilles throw coolair outwards during summer and ensure warmair reaches the occupied zone during winter

Service strip profileblends seamlesslywith architecture

Services within wallsDetail A

Roof overhang on glazedfacades provides natural solarshading in summer

Specialist glazing is adopted which maintains a degreeof natural daylight but at the same time preventsexcessive solar gain, glare and ultra violet radiationwhich may damage artefacts on displays

Stable environmental conditions achievedthroughout exhibition space by the use ofadjustable supply grilles

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Indication of underground trenching systemwhich facilitates hidden services distributionthroughout main gallery spaces

Environmental close control within main gallery spaces

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As well as making great use of daylight through roof lights, cut into the structure, exhibition lighting will come from highefficiency, wall mounted projectors directed upwards thenreflected down, providing a diffuse light to the walls andfloor level.

All of the above will require a great deal of collaborationbetween the structural and building services team –something of a speciality for Buro Happold and anapproach that should lead to great acclaim all round.

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Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects

Disciplines: Building servicesengineering, structural engineering,ground engineering, fire engineeringand risk assessment (FEDRA),computational analysis and simulation(CoSA), acoustics, inclusive design,specialist lighting design (LiT)

Value: £55m

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The Museum of LiverpoolLiverpool, UKCompletion: ongoing

One of the buildings at the heart of Liverpool’s year as European Capital of Cultureis a new museum exploring the city’s history, housed inside a key structure thatpoints to its future.

The paradox of looking back in a building so resolutely modernis made all the more apparent by its location, adjacent to theiconic Three Graces on Liverpool’s waterfront. But the intentionis to complement, rather than compete with, these world-famous buildings, partly through the low height of the structure,which hosts two galleries separated by a public space.

This idea continues inside where the two gallery spaces offerthe very best views in the area – across the Mersey lookingsouth and back to the Three Graces on the north. The spacebetween the galleries is a public thoroughfare, continuing thepath of the promenade running along the waterfront either sideof the museum.

Buro Happold’s Glasgow office has provided multi-disciplinaryengineering for this challenging project, designed by renownedDanish architects 3XN. While their inclusion of a 20m cantileverat either end of the museum creates specific structural issues,

the engineering design of the superstructure has largely beendriven by the site conditions.

The museum site straddles infilled docks and the route of theMersey rail tunnel, which limits where the foundations could be laid. Consequently, the lower level of the building has post-tensioned ground beams acting as a transfer structurebetween large diameter piles, driven down through the infill butwithout encroaching on the exclusion zone around the tunnel.

The upper gallery, acting as a separate structural system,spans the tunnel thanks to the large steel trusses within theside walls. This gives great strength while allowing the internalexhibition space to remain largely column-free.

Separation of these structures also helps accommodate thedegree of thermal expansion to be expected in 130m-longcontinuous structural trusses. 3

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Further challenges have come in the building services design.The need to accommodate the architect’s demand for invisibleservices, the client’s desire for low energy consumption andheight restrictions from the planning authorities have seen theservices plant sandwiched within the whole building’sstructural zones.

Although the year of culture is a temporary event, it will leavebehind at least one legacy in the innovative form of this radicalmuseum, a building that, in the years to come, will surelybecome as recognised and emblematic of Liverpool as itsfamous neighbours.

Buffer zone creates a stable separationbetween gallery and large glass facade

Fresh air introduced to gallery spacesthrough a combination of high levelwall grilles and low level floor grilles

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Primary ductwork distributionthrough structural beamcastelations

Air flow system duplicatedabout building centre line

Castellated steel trusses span fullwidth of gallery to support roof

Main stair, lift and service cores providesupport for perimeter steel truss walls

Upper and lower gallery services fed fromcentral technical floor, ventilation distributionachieved through fat walls

Cellular reinforced concrete raft, foundationbridges, underground railway tunnel andhistorical dock

Fresh air heated and/or cooled beforeentering gallery space depending onexternal environmental conditions

Roof mounted air handling units Central roof level plant area Distribution ceiling void

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Client: NML

Architect: 3XN (supported by AEW)

Disciplines: Structural engineering, groundengineering, building services engineering,fire engineering and risk assessment(FEDRA), computational simulation andanalysis (CoSA), inclusive design, acoustics,sustainability and alternative technologiesconsultant (SAT), BREEAM consultant,specialist lighting design (LiT)

Value: £45m

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Dundee City Council HeadquartersDundee, UKCompletion: ongoing

The Council’s vision for the development is to create a new sustainable office to enable effective and efficient delivery of the Dundee City Council’s front-lineservices from a one-stop facility adding value to the community, as well as providingan exemplar design for urban and sustainable development within the city centre.The accommodation includes civic administrative headquarters for Dundee CityCouncil and the main facility for the majority of city council front-line service.

The new building located at the corner of North Lindsay Street and Candle Lanewill provide a gross internal floor area of 13,000 square metres and facilities forover 800 staff. The listed building facade on North Lindsay Street restricts the newbuild along the eastern boundary to a maximum four storeys, whilst the new buildstructure to the rest of the development having seven storeys.

The integrated engineering strategy has been developed using the heavyweightnature of the concrete superstructure and exposed thermal mass to provide astable indoor climate. In areas of high heat gains, chilled beams will be used tomeet the proposed comfort criteria.


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Client: Dundee City Council

Architect: Reiach and Hall

Disciplines: Structural engineering,ground engineering, building servicesengineering, fire engineering and riskassessment (FEDRA), computationalsimulation and analysis (CoSA),BREEAM consultant

Value: £30m

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Forth Ports Hub MasterplanEdinburgh, UKCompletion: ongoing

Buro Happold has been appointed as the multi-discipline engineers for the ForthPorts Hub Masterplan. The scope of the study has been to develop plan optionsbased upon site and market demand assessments and preliminary branding and visioning ideas, as well as to review and evaluate each option and select the most promising for further design development. The review and evaluationprocess included the input from traffic, environmental and engineering teams,external agents for commercial, residential and retail land use feasibility andvaluation, and the Forth Port project team.

The key to Waterfront Developments is due in part to several factors: a rich mix of uses including retail, housing and workplaces that extend activity beyond thetypical nine-to-five cycle, the attraction of activities and events throughout the year, a mix of adult and family entertainment and restaurants, a secure userfriendly public environment, and convenient parking.

Buro Happold have been working on the infrastructure, transportation andenvironmental engineering, together with the development of a sustainability plan for the scheme.

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Client: Forth Ports

Architect: RTKL Architects

Disciplines: Infrastructure engineering,environmental engineering, structuralengineering, ground engineering,building services engineering, fireengineering and risk assessment(FEDRA), computational simulation and analysis (CoSA), specialist lightingdesign (LiT), sustainability consultantand alternative technologies (SAT)

Value: £600m

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Loch Lomond and the Trossachs HeadquartersBalloch, UKCompletion: ongoing

The new Loch Lomond and Trossachs Headquarters is located in the town ofBalloch and consists of a two-storey curved timber structure with a stone andglass frontage, twin pitched slated roofs and a central glazed atrium.

The building provides naturally ventilated workspace accommodation for the usersand includes meeting and conference facilities that will be available for use bycommunity groups and partner agencies.

The design has focused on providing an environmental sustainable designsolution; timber has been used throughout, including a structural frame made fromScottish sourced Douglas Fir, locally sourced timber for the secondary frameworkand Scottish oak veneered ceiling panels in key locations. The specification alsoincludes twin pitched roofs using natural slate finish, natural stone front elevationand paving and vertical lapped Scottish Larch on the back and side elevations.

The architectural form has been developed to allow more than 80% of the building to be naturally ventilated, with excellent daylighting throughout. Theenergy strategy has adopted the use of a biomass boiler as the primary source of heating. The building is fully insulated using sheep's wool and a reed bed hasbeen adopted to provide a Sustainable Urban Drainage (SUDs) solution, cyclestorage facilities and full shower and changing facilities are provided for staffcycling to work.


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Client: Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Headquarters

Architect: Page and Park Architects

Disciplines: Building services engineering,structural engineering, ground engineering,fire engineering and risk assessment(FEDRA), computational simulation andanalysis (CoSA), specialist lighting design(LiT), sustainability and alternativetechnologies Consultant (SAT)

Value: £5m

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Children’s Discovery CentreDamascus, SyriaCompletion: ongoing

Buro Happold, Henning Larsen Architects and Martha Schwartz won an internationaldesign competition to design a new educational discovery centre for children inDamascus, Syria.

The Massar Discovery Centre is a special opportunity to create the ultimate funlearning zone for children, where they can explore, decode and engage, not onlywith the hands-on exhibits, but also with the building itself. The materials havebeen selected to emphasize Syria’s traditions and skills, while the internal facadesexpose the building’s construction as part of the learning process.

The low energy building is seasonally sensitive, and energy cycles are visible aspart of the learning experience.

A strategy was developed to respond to a Mediterranean climate, with warm sunnysummers but cold, wet winters. Clay plaster internally has been developed as partof a breathable wall construction, allowing humidity to escape whilst retaining heatgathered from solar panels. Biomass boilers are used, to ensure a sustainable fuelsource, and combined heat and power (CHP) units generate electricity – whichallows waste heat to be recovered and used.

Meanwhile, cooling takes place using a ground energy storage system, utilisingearth tubes, which also provide ventilation. Finally, galleries will be ventilated bypassing air through hollowcore slabs from the courtyard, passively heating andcooling the air by harnessing the thermal mass of the slabs.

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Client: Massar


Disciplines: Building services engineering,structural engineering, ground engineering,fire engineering and risk assessment(FEDRA), computational simulation andanalysis (CoSA), facade engineering

Value: £25m


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Wexford Council OfficesWexford, IrelandCompletion: ongoing

This winning scheme, designed by NORD and Buro Happold, features a singlefacility with six buildings around a public internal street.

The form and orientation optimises energy efficiency, with a double facadetempering incoming air. The outer layer glass panels will filter unwanted solarenergy, while the windows in the inner wall maximise air infiltration and exfiltration.The cavity will incorporate a cleaning walkway.

Each of the department blocks will minimise heating loads through insulation, withfurther reduction through the glass rain screen surrounding the building – a bufferspace and thermal wrapper in winter. Furthermore, it will capture solar energy,raising its temperature 5 to 10°C above the external temperature, reducing heatloss and pre-heating incoming air. Ventilation is achieved by naturally minimisingenergy powering fans, and in summer underfloor heating will cease.

The central street area requires minimal heat in winter for fabric protection, but theheavyweight concrete roof and glazed walls provide a relatively stable environment.

The car park will collect solar energy, absorbed by the concrete and tarmac. A ground loop below the surface will gather heat and convert it to heating energy.

The renewable technology and natural ventilation set new standards in low energydesign. The target is to achieve 30% less energy than the current benchmark,and the building has been rated BREEAM Excellent.

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Client: Wexford County Council

Architect: NORD in association with AGP

Disciplines: Building services engineering,structural engineering, ground engineering,fire engineering and risk assessment(FEDRA), computational simulation andanalysis (CoSA), acoustics, securityconsultancy, facade engineering, BREEAMConsultant, specialist lighting design (LiT)

Value: £25m


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Greenock Arts CentreGreenock, UKCompletion: ongoing

The proposed site for the new arts centre is on the East India Harbour in Greenock;part of the regeneration of Greenock Docks. The masterplan is a residential-leddevelopment around the East India and Victoria Harbours marina area.

The introduction of a theatre enriches the development, and helps integrate theHarbour Development with Greenock. For Greenock Arts Guild, the harbour site – a disused graving dock from its historical shipbuilding past – is an opportunity to broaden the audience base.

An environmental strategy has been developed to provide a sustainable and lowenergy proposal, including a displacement ventilation system for the mainauditorium. A naturally ventilated auditorium drawing air from the graving dockunder the building had to be discounted due to flood risk, but further energyreduction measures include cross-flow ventilated meeting rooms and a naturallyventilated atrium type foyer. The foyer uses underfloor heating, ensuring onlyoccupied space benefits.

Energy efficiency measures include a zoning proposal for the ventilation system inthe main auditorium to cater for smaller performances. Most performances occurin winter, so heat recovery will be harnessed from the occupancy and lighting heatgains in the auditorium itself.

Other measures include spray taps and low flush WCs to reduce water demand.Renewable energy proposals include a rainwater harvesting system for toiletflushing and a solar thermal system to pre-heat domestic hot water.

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Client: Greenock Arts Guild


Disciplines: Building services engineering,structural engineering, ground engineering,fire engineering and risk assessment(FEDRA), computational simulation andanalysis (CoSA), acoustics, securityconsultancy, BREEAM Consultant

Value: £5m

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Everton Football Club StadiumKirkby, UKCompletion: ongoing

Buro Happold is providing the multi-disciplineengineering design, security, acoustics and fire strategy for this landmark development in Kirkby, Liverpool. As well as its 50,000capacity with 24 corporate boxes, the stadiumwill host quality hospitality facilities and act as a focal point for regeneration of the area.

Meeting the very variable demands for highperformance lighting, heating and servicesthroughout is key to this project, while the fireengineers have to incorporate safe evacuationroutes for a capacity crowd. Further challengescome in making the utilities infrastructurecapable of further expansion, potentially for up to 60,000 spectators with the hospitalitycapacity rising from 1,700 to 3,750 people.

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Client: Everton Football Club/Barr Construction

Architect: Barr Construction

Disciplines: Building services engineering,structural engineering, ground engineering, fire engineering and risk assessment (FEDRA),computational simulation and analysis (CoSA),acoustics, security consultancy

Value: £100m

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New Gateway CentreRas Al Khaimah, United Arab EmiratesCompletion: ongoing

Snøhetta and Buro Happold have been commissioned with the task of creatingan iconic gateway building for the new capital city of Ras Al-Khaimah in theUnited Arab Emirates.

This mixed-use development is destined to become the iconic symbol for theEmirate of Ras Al-Khaimah. Taking inspiration from the undulating sands aroundit, the Gateway building will be a striking 300,000m2 complex, housing aconference centre, exhibition halls, retail centre and three hotels.

Buro Happold’s multi-disciplinary team will not only ensure the structure meetsthe demands of the architect for a unique building recognised around the world,but will provide capacity for the huge range of building services required on thesite. With a five star plus hotel in the Gateway, demand for quality services willbe as great as the need for a first class structure.

The project includes a 66 storey high rise tower as part of the development andhas enabled our tall buildings expertise within the region, to be applied to theorganic form.

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Client: RAKEEN

Architect: Snøhetta

Disciplines: Building services engineering,structural engineering, ground engineering,civil engineering, fire engineering and riskassessment (FEDRA), computationalsimulation and analysis (CoSA), acoustics,security consultancy

Value: £400m

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Buro HappoldSectors

1 Edinburgh’s Telford College2 Alsion Campus at Syddansk University3 University of Edinburgh Projects 4 Queens University Belfast Projects5 Hazelwood School6 University of Strathclyde Projects7 John Wheatley College8 Queen Margaret University

Education

1 St Andrews International Centre2 The Aqualibrium Centre3 Clydebank Leisure Centre4 Royal Commonwealth Pool5 Stirling Sports Village6 Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility7 Everton FC Stadium8 University of Strathclyde Sports

and Health Sciences

Sports and Leisure

1 Theatre Royal2 Tolbooth3 Tramway4 Urquhart Castle Visitor’s Centre5 Pitlochry Festival Theatre6 Royal Lyceum Theatre7 Eastgate Arts Centre8 Danish National Opera House9 The Galeri Caernarfon10 Glenturret Distillery Centre11 Perth Concert Hall12 THGL Studios13 The Calyx, Scotland’s National

Garden Gateway14 Children’s Discovery Centre15 Greenock Arts Centre16 Syddansk Concert Hall

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8

Arts and Culture

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1 The Tannahill Centre2 ERCO3 National Park Gateway Centre4 Robin House, Balloch Children’s Hospice5 New Scottish Parliament6 Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh7 Riverside Museum, Glasgow Museum

of Transport8 The Museum of Liverpool9 Loch Lomond and the Trossachs HQ10 Wexford Council Offices11 Children’s Discovery Centre12 Greenock Arts Centre

Public Buildings

1 St Andrews International Centre2 Urban Outfitters3 The Wright Business Centre4 Glasgow Audi5 BAA Car Parks6 European Patent Office7 Forth Ports Hub Masterplan8 New Gateway Centre

Commercial

1 Robin House, Balloch Children’s Hospice2 Alsion Campus at Syddansk University3 University of Strathclyde Projects4 University of Edinburgh Projects

Scientific and Medical

1 2 3 4

1 Hopetoun House2 Theatre Royal3 Anchor Mills4 Dundee City Council Headquarters

Historic Buildings

1 2 3 4

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8

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Buro HappoldAwards

The Tannahill Centre

Scottish Enterprise Regeneration DesignAward 1997 – Winner


Royston Recording Studio

Scottish Regeneration Award 2000 BestPractice – Winner

Theatre Royal

National Lighting Design Awards 1998 – Commendation

Tolbooth

Civic Trust Awards Commendation 2003 – Winner


RIBA Crown Estate Commission Conservation Award 2002 – Winner

Dundee by Design Award 2002 – Winner

Scottish Enterprise Dynamic Place Award 2002 – Winner

Tramway


Scottish Design Awards 2001 Best PublicBuilding – Winner

GIA Awards 2000 – Arts Award – Winner

ERCO

Scottish Design Awards 2004 BestRegeneration Project – Commendation

Urquhart Castle Visitor’s Centre

Gold Green Tourism Business Scheme GTBS Award – Winner

Saltire Society Awards 2002 – Commendation

Eastgate Arts Centre

Scottish Enterprise Dynamic Place Awards2005 – Commendation

National Park Gateway Centre

Civic Trust Award, 2003 – Winner

Dynamic Place Award, 2003 – Winner

Danish National Opera House

Gulvprisen 2004

Fagbladet Byggeri, Udvalgte Byggerier 2004

BSJ Building Services International Consultant2005 – Commendation

United States Institute of Theater TechnologyMerit Award – 2005

Award of Merit, International Illumination Design Awards 2007 – Winner

Anchor Mills

Scottish Design Awards 2007 StructuralDesign Award – Commendation

Saltire Awards 2006 – Commendation

Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors Awards2006 Highly Commended

Scottish Awards for Quality in Planning 2005Development on the Ground Award

Fire Safety Engineering Award, 2004 – Winner


The Galeri Caernarfon

RIBA Award 2005 Winner

Roses Award Best Public Building BronzeAward 2006 – Winner


Scottish Design Awards 2006 Best Building for Public Use – Winner

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Robin House

The Civic Trust Awards 2007 Health and Wellbeing Award – Winner


Glenturret Distillery Centre

BAFTA award in the multi mediacinemagraphic category – Winner

Marketing Brand Design Awards 2003, Best Brand Experience – Winner

Visit Scotland 5 star rating – Winner

New Scottish Parliament

Stirling Prize 2005 – Winner


Scottish Design Awards 2005 Best PubliclyFunded Building – Winner


Perth Concert Hall

BSJ Building Services Project of the Year2007 – Winner

RIAS Andrew Doolan Award for Architecture2006 – Shortlisted

British Construction Industry Awards 2006 – Regeneration Award Winner

Dynamic Place Awards 2006 – Commendation

Scottish Design Awards 2006 Best Building for Public Use – Commendation

The Dundee Institute of Architects Award – Winner


The Guild of Architectural Ironmongers/RIBA Awards

The Aqualibrium Centre

Scottish Award for Quality in Planning 2006

Scottish Design Awards 2007 NorthernExposure – Winner

Civic Trust Award 2007

The Wright Business Centre

Scottish Design Awards 2007 Best Commercial Project – Shortlist


BAA Car Parks

Safer Parking Award Park Mark™, 2005 – Winner

UK Car Park of the Year, 2005 – Winner

Nominee European Parking Awards, 2005 – Best Design Category

Alsion Campus at Syddansk University


RIBA European Awards 2007 – Winner

European Patent Office


Children’s Discovery Centre


Wexford Council Offices


Prospect MRUK Survey

Best Building Services Engineer 2006 – Winner

Best Structural Engineer 2006 – Runner Up

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Photography Credits

Alan McAteer

Mandy Reynolds

Keith Hunter

Daniel Hopkinson

Andrew Lee

Martin Phillimore

Chris Hill

Land Design Studio

Gillies and Wills

Brian Cassidy

Page and Park Architects

Bennetts Associates/

Reaich and Hall

SBRA Architects/

Robinson Patterson

Zaha Hadid Architects

3X Nielsen

Snøhetta

buro happold ltd.10 year book europe

Education

recognised centre

tannahill centre

aqualibrium centre

copenhagen ted happold

wright business centre

childrens discovery

northern european activities

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