"Like penguins on an ice floe"
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Skolkovo, Russia
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Programme
Housing
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Surface
17 000 m²
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Architecte
Agence d'Architecture A. Bechu & Associés /// Design managers : Pablo Lorenzino, Olga Bichurina
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Statut
Livré - 2017
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Credits
Photographer © Alexander Petelin for the project & David Tipling for Pinguins
The 'tortoiseshell' arrangement that inspired the site plan allowed for a 5°C temperature reduction. By huddling in very tightly packed groups (8 to 10 per square metre) and only exposing their upper backs to the cold wind, penguins limit their heat loss.
This district is home to around 100 villas, grouped into tens, that will house the families of researchers working at the Skolkovo Innovation Center. It sits in a vast clearing surrounded by a watercourse that allows melting snow to drain.
