*버블버블, 리노베이션 프로젝트 [ 3GATTI Architecture Studio ] Bubble Building

버블 프로젝트의 독특한 외형적 특징은 도시공간 속 고유한 캐릭터를 생성하는 디자인 매개체 이자 노후된 건축물에 활력을 불어 넣는다. 이러한 외형은 어반보이드로 전락한 건축물의 장소성을 다시 부여하는 복원사업이자 내부 비즈니스 환경을 개선하는 공간적 특징을 보여준다.

기존 윈도우와 새로 제안하는 풍선같은 멤브레인 막은 내부환경을 외부로 부터 버퍼하는-이중외피의 확장판으로 생각해도 될듯- 그린하우스를 생성, 효율적인 단열효과와 식생된 식물로 부터 내부공기를 정화시키는 산소발생의 역활을 수행한다.

버플프로젝트가 일반적인 리노베이션 방법과 많은 부분에서 차이가 보이는 생소한 디자인 구현이지만 -현실적인 문제를 해결하기에는 더 많은 검토가 필요할 듯- 새로운 건축공간을 구현하는데 있어서는 생각해볼 여지를 충분히 던진다.

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The Bubble Building, a “renovation of a common, old and unattractive building” in the centre of Shanghai, is a simple design containing complex environmental qualities. Unlike a conventional retrofit or renovation, 3GATTI‘s proposal places inflatables made of white antibacterial technical outdoor nylon, in front of the windows on the existing building. Their concept was to “create an icon-building, a kind of landmark very easy to recognize, a kind of sculpture with a strong character able to detach itself from the boring cityscape” with the ultimate aim to attract customers to rent both the office and commercial spaces.

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Architects: 3GATTI Architecture Studio
Location: Fengyang Road, Jiading
Architect In Charge: Francesco Gatti
Project Manager: Dawa Pratten
Collaborators: Essen Cai, Bogdan Chipara, Joanne Clark
Clients: YueGuang Investments (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
Area: 8850.0 sqm
Year: 2013
Photographs: Courtesy of 3GATTI

The inflatable exterior also has environmental aspect, the air space between the fabric and the window acting as “efficient insulation to keep a desirable interior temperature” and “oxygenated due to the green barrier between the glass and the fabric.” Described as a “micro greenhouse,” the structure is expected to “constantly exchange air pressure with the office interior” providing an optimum internal climate whatever the season.

According to the designers, “the bubble façade will not be a static façade, it will oscillate with the wind and will interact with its inhabitants: the inflatables will be in full tensile capacity when many people are working and the ventilation is at its maximum. When no people are in the room the sensor will switch the ventilation down to its minimum and the facade will become almost deflated.” The site, located near one of Shanghai‘s most popular sculptural parks, the “building can perform as a large scale interactive sculpture itself” with both day and night strategies to help it engage with the surrounding city.

from  archdaily