Our Commitment to Planetary Energy
At TWA, every project connects ideas about form and space to opportunities for leveraging planetary and solar energy. Planetary energy is all of the heat, light, materiality, and chemistry embedded in our planet and also hitting our planet every second.
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This is different from ‘sustainability’, which is always about lack and the end of the world. Planetary energy is about abundance and freedom, potentially turning every building into a reactor for harvesting and generating energy not only for its own use, but for the use of the city around it.
TWA’s extensive architectural experience in Europe translates into deeply integrated thinking about planetary energy as a basic element of good design, resulting in sophisticated, active and passive systems that are fully integrated into overall design concepts. This sometimes takes the form of inventing new technologies, such as facades with building-integrated solar systems, or designing whole buildings that create district-scale shade for urban spaces.
Our Qiddiya Performing Arts Centre, a.k.a Earth Protector, lands on the desert cliffs like a vast canopy, creating engaging indoor/ outdoor spaces and microclimates. Tom Wiscombe, as Chief Designer for Coop Himmelblau’s BMW World, Munich, realized some of the world’s most advanced energy technology in the world, including radiant floors, radiant primary structure and mullions, automated natural ventilation, and 10,000 square meters of rooftop photovoltaics.
TWA’s extensive architectural experience in Europe translates into deeply integrated thinking about planetary energy as a basic element of good design, resulting in sophisticated, active and passive systems that are fully integrated into overall design concepts. This sometimes takes the form of inventing new technologies, such as facades with building-integrated solar systems, or designing whole buildings that create district-scale shade for urban spaces.
Our Qiddiya Performing Arts Centre, a.k.a Earth Protector, lands on the desert cliffs like a vast canopy, creating engaging indoor/ outdoor spaces and microclimates. Tom Wiscombe, as Chief Designer for Coop Himmelblau’s BMW World, Munich, realized some of the world’s most advanced energy technology in the world, including radiant floors, radiant primary structure and mullions, automated natural ventilation, and 10,000 square meters of rooftop photovoltaics.