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Author(s) -
Rutkowski Roman,
Wojciechowski Lukasz
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.811
Subject(s) - architecture , estate , tower , electricity , civil engineering , architectural engineering , engineering , economy , political science , law , history , archaeology , economics , electrical engineering
Abstract Polish architecture tutors and critics Roman Rutkowski and Lukasz Wojciechowski identify a new kind of architecture in [ecosistema urbano]'s ingenious temporary tower pavilions for a sterile new housing estate in Madrid. Contributing power to the local electricity grid, these towers are explicitly designed to provide shelter from the unmediated heat of the harsh external environment through their cooling effect and in so doing to stimulate communal activities and events. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.