The new Halley VI Research Station puts design on ice
Buildings that walk and wear "puffa-jackets"? If you thought the Halley V Research Station from 1956 was getting a little drab and dated, then the proposals for the new Halley VI Research Station will delight your intellectual and aesthetic sensibilities.
The project is commissioned by the British Antarctic Survey or BAS a collective of scientists that have been in the business of researching Antarctic conditions for 60 years. The truth is if you are going to be sent to a land as unforgiving as the Antarctic, it no doubt helps to be deposited in something as smart and stylish as Halley VI.
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Intended to be a amalgam of the final three proposals submitted by Buro Happold and Lifschutz Davidson, FaberMaunsell and Hugh Broughton and Hopkins/Expedition/Atelier Ten, Halley VI will be a model of sustainability, easily transported by sea and assembled on ice shafts with units large enough to hold research teams in comfort for extended periods of time. Minimal impact to the environment is a top priority, and the design teams have come up with some innovative proposals for minimizing the footprint of the station, as well as for plumbing and waste management. The temptation to liken the designs to the stuff of grad schools is tempting, but it is the technology that makes them viable, practical and cool.
