“RESEARCH CENTRE NYUSLAND�
This was a project done in group, The task was for us to design a research centre in a different climate conditions from what we were use to in our own country. The location that was assigned to us was NY-Alesund, a small city on the island of Svalbard. THe climate conidtions are very auster very cold winters, alot of snow and not very warm summers. Our starting point was the climate analwysing how the site changes with the different climate conditions, because the ground levels can change up to 3m durring the winter due to all the snowfall. The main concept behind the design was a box in abox. Being the core a box which contains all the f unctional spaces, and the exterior space being a sort of shell that protects the inner core. We also had to take into consideration all the materials and methods of construction, to design an effiecient building; energetically and durability.