"NOAH" - eco-pyramid Bashny.Net

New Orleans – the "cradle of jazz", to charm all whose streets it is impossible to resist. The city is famous for its exotic atmosphere with hints of Caribbean, French, African and American cultures. However, swept here seven years ago hurricane Katrina has seriously battered the capital of Louisiana, and many residents, knowing that for all its beauty, the city is in dire need of new architectural standards, left their homes in search of safer places to live.

What is the problem with New Orleans? It turns out that originally the city was built on soft soil, that was fine with people – at least as long as the city remained small both in width and in height. When it came to large-scale construction, the clay ground was not very reliable Foundation. Besides, New Orleans is above sea level and ground water table is almost at the surface of the earth. Any extreme weather phenomenon under these assumptions turns out to devastating floods.





In this regard, the architect Kevin Shopfer (Kevin Schopfer) and a team of his colleagues from the Studio Schopfer Associates in conjunction with the architectural company "Cambridge Seven Associates" and specialists in computer animation from the "Tangram 3DS" presented the project "NOAH" (Noah) under ekologichnogo construction. The term "arcology" invented himself, Kevin, logically synthesizing it from architecture and ecology. Despite a truly biblical name, the architects did not want to confirm their fears about a new global flood, "NOAH" is just a contraction of "Ekologichnogo home in New Orleans" (New Orleans Arcology Habitat). However, this coincidence does not deny a Grand pyramidal structure the role of "Noah's ark" because of the floating building can weather any storm or high tide.





Since high school geometry course, we all remember that the triangle is the most stable figure. The structure "NOAH" will consist of flat bases with an area of 2.8 million square meters and three towers 365,8 meters, gradually converging at the top. Thanks to the internal empty space of the pyramid will flow freely through you arbitrarily powerful wind in any direction, and flexible communication of the building with the surrounding city even allow him to shift slightly and "bounce" back.

In this case, the question arises – and whether "the ark" to resist the driving force of water during floods? — Kevin Shopfer considered that not worth the risk and suggested to put "NOAH" in a special circular concrete pool with a diameter of 366 meters and a depth of 76 meters, only half of the setting in water of the Mississippi. At the base of the "Ekologichnogo dwelling" provided thousands of cells to air, which can keep the pyramid afloat and in such an enormous weight, allowing it to make a draught of water of only 55 meters.





According to the ideas of architects, "NOAH" could become a real city in miniature, with 40 thousand people. Here stretched the whole infrastructure from private residential spaces and three hotels, shops and casinos, schools and hospitals, cultural institutions. Every 30 floors in each of the three towers provided the hanging gardens for selenia space and air purification. To navigate the complex will be using high-speed elevators and vertical tracks.

A definite plus "NOAH" in the fact that in usual time, and in the extreme situation of the eco-pyramid does not need the provision of any resources. The energy complex will be able to get from solar, wind and water turbines. System of rainwater collection, more storage, and cleaning will provide all the needs of the inhabitants and gardens. Intelligent glazing will take care of the maximum amount of natural light and a comfortable microclimate. For the construction of such a decisive "response to the bad weather" would have required 6 to 10 years. The main thing now is to find investors.

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