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A very monumental design. Simply awesome. Will there be an option of upgrading the turbines such that in the future it shall provide the whole building's energy needs?

Err... I think it is fairly well accepted amongst the windpower and architechtural communities within London that these things dont work in this building. Another ridiculous PR folly.

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The building is so good because it has a wind turbine to save energy and to supply the building.

The modern trend in design is toward integration of previously separated specialties, especially among large firms. In the past, architects, interior designers, engineers, developers, construction managers, and general contractors were more likely to be entirely separate companies, even in the larger firms.

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A really innovative design and raises the bar. Just what Elephant and Castle needs!

For a start, the turbines are actually within the envelope with a waterproofing gearstick detail that the Bahrain WTC doesn't require. The facade detail created a venturi-like form coordinated to a 200mm clearance zone to the wind turbine tip, taking into account movements from structure, turbine and cladding. Anyone who’s built tall structures before could appreciate what an obstacle movement is… True, it's not the first time someone's dreamt it, but it's the first time someone had the balls to build it like it was designed.

There are lots of towers and buildings with wind turbines, and they all have inertia bases, such as the nearby Heygate estate, but we are talking about architecture here.
Yes, the design is as symbolic as it is functional, it's not supposed to be a wind farm in London, it's a concept, art in harmony with technology, which is what architecture is about. If performance and efficiency are so important, then build more Corbu, Usonian houses or a couple more Draper estates. If one type of architecture fails, we should try another, but at all times, creation should be exciting, this is architecture, and this is the first architecturally integrated design of its type, requiring far more coordination than one would dare imagine. To pull this off, the project required a level of expertise and vision that demands real building knowledge and experience, hats off to the developer and contractor for having the vision.

Strata, in comparison to BWTC, in terms of precision and tolerance required from all sub contractors is like a wrist watch to a sun dial, with all due respect to the BWTC. Strata is modern, it is not minimal, not computer generated, it is a carefully crafted design with human touches - intriguing to the insane levels of what Pugin would find agreeable.
The logistics and coordination for this project are probably much more complicated that the Bahrain WTC, not in terms of scale or engineering, but the architectural detail. Also, looking at the site plan, it is barely big enough to assemble a 9m turbine in the back yard.

The entire Strata team has worked hard to do this for the first time; Norwin who is responsible for the BWTC made it clear in the initial meeting that this is a world first. BWTC is turbines between buildings, if you take those three bridges away and stuck a massive pole in between the buildings, then they would be just the same, all the problems solved, not integrated anymore. As for Strata, the desire was to integrate the machines architecturally. No matter how one tries pull it apart, the turbines at Strata are architecturally knitted into the building.

A really innovative design and raises the bar. Just what Elephant and Castle needs!

A big step in the right direction towards a self sustaining (from an energy perspective) residential environment.

This is not the first major tower integrating wind turbines. There are several others including a tower in Bahrain completed a couple years ago.

wow, the tower is so amazing and the design is great.