Student Work From Penn Envisioning Climate Seminar, Spring 2022!

ENVISIONING CLIMATE

KEVIN_ALAN

Troll Antarctica is currently a large research station. The annual average temperature is −25 °C (−13 °F), with the summer temperature able to reach about 0 °C (32 °F) and the lowest during the winter at −50 °C (−58 °F). Troll is also susceptible to storms which makes outdoor activities impossible.
Strong and persistent winds from the northeast have dictated orienting the street grid to the northwest and the same orientation also influences how these objects relate to the environment and to one another. Buildings are tilted as if bent by the wind, their widest face oriented toward the north-east together as much as possible and provide natural illumination for their central public areas.