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Architects International LAVA (Laboratory for Visionary Architecture) developed a new product that allows dilapidated buildings a new look, but also in areas such as environment protection and energy performance are available to upgrade.

This technique is called “(Tower Skin)”, is designed for the University of Technology Sydney, Broadway Research Building, made, of course, this product can also be extended to other old buildings reconstruction project.

Tower Skin is actually a layer of transparent film, using high-performance composite materials. The outside of the building on the parcel layer of “skin”, not only makes the appearance of change in modern fashion, but also greater use of solar energy, improve with plenty of light to collect the use of rainwater, improving the building’s ventilation, reduce air conditioning usage, to achieve better energy-saving environmental protection requirements. Makes these old buildings not only fulfilled the “fundamentally changed”, but also to make their “heart has become a lot younger.”

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International architectural firm LAVA has developed a simple, cost effective, easily constructed skin that promises to transforms aged 1960′s buildings in Sydney, into sustainable, iconic buildings.

‘A speculative project, ‘tower skin’ for the university of technology (UTS) Broadway tower in Sydney, Australia offers a unique opportunity to transform the identity, sustainability and interior comfort of the once state of the art building.’ Chris Bosse Australian director of LAVA.

‘Tower skin’ is a transparent cocoon that acts as a high performance ‘micro climate’. It generates energy with photo voltaic cells, collects rain water, improves day lighting and uses available convective energy to power the towers’ ventilation requirements.

The tower is wrapped with three dimensional lightweight, high performance composite mesh textile. surface tension allows the membrane to freely stretch around walls and roof elements achieving maximum visual impact with minimal material effort.

‘The Reskinning technology could be easily applied to other buildings in need of a Facelift
such as the colliers wood building and the Barbican Centre in London and the post industrial
abandoned buildings across Hong Kong. we can quickly and cheaply enhance their
performance and aesthetics through this minimal intervention.’

Sustainability is at the heart of the project. innovations include:
- existing solar energy used to off set energy requirements
- water collected from the atmosphere
- energy peaks removed via ‘Microclimate’ in tower envelope
- natural convection draws conditioned air through existing rooms, vent to the exterior
to generate energy
- localized user control of air and temperature
- standard computer designed and generated components manufactured off site and cutting
edge digital workflow mean cost effective fabrication and installation time
- a solar powered light and media strategy embedded into the fabric

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