MISSION CRITICAL
All of its projects , including the likes of the Grand Theatre of Rabat have a strong environmental component . The KCTV Tower in Instanbul has large areas of opaque façades balanced by expansive areas of narrow band glazing to give a dramatic view out whilst keeping the building thermally insulated .
Elsewhere in Instabul , Newtecnic is working on the IKM City Museum ( currently under construction with Salon Architects ) reveals Watts : “ It has large opaque façades where we were able to create small windows across it that avoid the oppressive nature of a large blank concrete façade , which as projects from the 70s and 80s showed can have an alienating effect on the urban landscapes around them . Cassette panels on the outside still have thermal insulation benefits with small windows inserted into them , and then a solar shading on the outside of that which is also a rain screen to protect the waterproof membrane behind it . It ’ s a folded geometry building that creates quite a sparkling effect due to its façades which create a sense of transparency , as you ’ re invited to look at and through the building along with a thin band of glazing that goes right around the ground floor of the building . One area that is much more protected environmentally is in the courtyard , which is full-height glazed and again has metal screens on the inside it to protect against the heating effects of the sun .”
Conscious of the need to further develop its MEP offering , Newtecnic is concentrating on plug-ins for air handling around buildings on generic software to show the modelling of
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