Set in a newly developed part of Hong Kong, the Sunny Bay MTR Station combines sophisticated engineering with nature itself to show how even infrastructure projects can stand as examples of sustainable design. Aedas Limited and Arup worked together on the project, which serves as an interchange station between the Tung Chung Line and the Disneyland Resort Line, to create a spiraling tentlike structure that uses only one-third of the energy typically need to power a station of this size.
By designing a stucture that is open at either end and captures the breezes moving across the site, Aedas and Arup used nature to help cool the building. The informal quality of the project seems particularly appropriate since the building serves as the starting off point for people traveling to Hong Kong Disneyland. “It would have been easy to build an air-conditioned box, but we looked at the site and harnessed what it could offer,” says Max Connop, an Aedas director who oversaw the project.
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