The British Antarctic Survey, a component of the Natural Environment Research Council, has for almost 60 years, undertaken the majority of Britain’s scientific research on and around the Antarctic continent. The BAS have just announced six concept designs, from teams short-listed in an international design competition to build a new research station in Antarctica.
Selected from 86 entries around the world, the six teams have created designs displaying ingenious ways of building a station on a floating ice-shelf that must withstand winds of up to 80 knots and temperatures as low as -40°C. Concepts include space-station-like modular capsules, transportable pods on skis and a building that can "walk" giving the exhibition a futuristic feel. The new station must cause minimal environmental impact to Antarctica so teams have developed strategies for solar and wind power, water recycling and zero carbon-dioxide emissions.
The six short-listed teams are:
- Buro Happold Ltd / Lifschutz Davidson / Garrad Hassan & Partners Ltd /
SLR Consulting Ltd / Human Engineering - FaberMaunsell Ltd / Hugh Broughton Architects Ltd
- Francis Design Ltd / Ove Arup & Partners International Ltd / BMT Nigel & Associates Ltd / Gardiner & Theobald LLP
- Hopkins Architects Ltd / Expedition Engineers Ltd / DLE / HL Technik / Rowan Williams Davies & Irwin
- Make Places Ltd / The Design Laboratory /Ove Arup & Partners International Ltd / Archicafe / DLE
- Richard Rogers Partnership / Ove Arup & Partners International Ltd / BDSP Partnership Ltd
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