LAVA Designs Green Climate Fund Headquarters, Bonn
The Federal Republic of Germany chose the multinational
firm Laboratory for Visionary Architecture [LAVA] as the designers for their
bid to host the Secretariat of the Green Climate Fund [GCF] in Bonn.
“We were honoured to be asked by the German government
to support their bid for the GCF with a state-of-the-art proposal reflecting
its core values,” said LAVA director Tobias Wallisser.
LAVA director Alexander Rieck added: “LAVA has worked
closely with the advanced research facilities and experts at the world renowned
Fraunhofer IAO to generate intelligent systems, materials and skins that
respond to external influences such as air pressure, temperature,
humidity, solar-radiation and pollution”.
“Since winning the international competition to design
the centre of the world’s first eco city, Masdar, in 2009, our projects have
focussed on combining digital workflow, nature’s principles and the latest
digital fabrication technologies with the aim of achieving MORE WITH LESS: more
(architecture) with less (material/energy/time/cost),” added Chris Bosse, LAVA
director.
Described as ‘architecturally appealing’ and
‘environmentally friendly with functional spaces that foster working
productivity’ the purpose built GCF headquarters will offer ideal working
conditions for approximately 300 Green Climate Fund officials, on a
13,000m2 site.
Offices with state-of-the-art office technology,
logistics areas with security controls and a visitor reception zone, an
auditorium, a conference room, a canteen/cafeteria and an underground car park
create optimal working conditions.
The proposed building has excellent transport
connections, is in walking distance from several Federal ministries, including
the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Chris Bosse, Tobias Wallisser and Alexander Rieck set up
LAVA as a network of creative minds with a research and design focus in 2007
with offices in Sydney, Shanghai, Stuttgart, Berlin and Riyadh.
Client: The Federal Government of Germany
Location: Bonn,
Germany
Status: Feasibility Study 2012
Size: 13,000 sq.m
Project Team: LAVA –
Tobias Wallisser, Alexander Rieck, Chris Bosse
With Stephan Markus Albrecht,
Marvin Bratke, Stefanie Pesel, Christian
Tschersich
General Advisor: Fraunhofer
IAO
Building Advisor: Fraunhofer Allianz Bau
Photobioreactor-Facade /
Microalgae Cultivation Advisor: Fraunhofer IGB
Visualisation: MIR
