RESEARCH CENTER PETRONAS Santena

COMPETITION

With: Aedas L.t.d.
The new Industrial Research Center is an example of flexible energy-saving building, designed for workers and integrated into a comprehensive natural set, both adjacent and inside the building. From a functional point of view this is an expandable project to progressive growth, which houses optimal functions related to advanced research. The composition uses the cover as a symbolic element, taking form of a large protective surface to represent technology, sustainable energy in a high level of integration. Characteristic feature is the hanging room dedicated to conferences, it rests on the spaces for office and, through the window to the east and west, turns to the meadows.