Kuggen (building)
Kuggen (Swedish for 'the tooth (on the cogwheel)') is a building owned by the Chalmers Technical University in Gothenburg , Sweden . It was designed by Wingårdh arkitektkontor . Construction began in October 2010 and was completed in March 2011. The building is located on the Lindholmen Campus and is connected to the Jupiter and Science Park buildings via two skyways on the first floor.
Numbers, dates and facts
| Name in local language | Kuggen |
| Language of the name | Swedish |
| address | Lindholmsplatsen |
| city | Gothenburg |
| country | Sweden |
| architecture office | Wingårdh Arkitektkontor |
| Architects | Gert Wingårdh, Jonas Edblad Charlotte Erdegard and Danuta Nielsen |
| Civil engineer | Tyréns |
| owner | Chalmersfastigheter AB |
| Floor area | 5,350 m 2 |
| start of building | October 2010 |
| completion | March 2011 |
| Floors | 5 floors and basement |
| Elevators | 1 |
| Building type | office building |
layout
The outer coat consists of glazed ceramic plates in six different shades of red and one shade of green. "Kuggen" should be minimized around the ratio of the outer jacket to the surface. Each floor is slightly larger than the one below. Therefore, the building grows with each floor. A movable sun visor follows the sun and darkens the windows on the top two floors. (The other buildings in the area cast shadows on the lower floors.)
Green building
Kuggen uses four measures for a green building : adaptable ventilation and lighting systems, interactive heating and cooling, and effective use of daylight. The ceramic tiles on the facade were selected for their durability. The windows are triangular and allow daylight to penetrate deep into the building and at the same time only take up a small (30%) part of the wall surface. The result is a building that aims at 60 kW / year / m 2 of energy consumption. This is far below what is expected from green buildings . Nevertheless, it meets high standards of comfort (temperatures in the offices are between 22 and 26 degrees Celsius).
Awards
- 2009: MIPIM Sustainability Award (2009)
- 2011: Nominated for the "Learning" category at the World Architecture Festival 2011 in Barcelona
Individual evidence
- ^ Wingårdh Arkitektkontor AB. Wingardhs.se, accessed October 19, 2011 .
- ↑ VTI: "Kuggen" - Lindholmsplatsen | Lindholmen Science Park. (No longer available online.) Lindholmen.se, archived from the original on April 3, 2012 ; Retrieved October 19, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Kuggen. (No longer available online.) World Buildings Directory, archived from the original on April 24, 2012 ; Retrieved October 19, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Wingårdh Arkitektkontor - Kuggen - Europaconcorsi. (No longer available online.) Europaconcorsi.com, archived from the original on October 27, 2011 ; Retrieved October 19, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 57 ° 42 ′ 24.4 " N , 11 ° 56 ′ 20.1" E