Among its proposals, is also the Spanish base: Juan Carlos I
JUAN CARLOS I ANTARCTIC RESEARCH STATION. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC).
Spain has been operating a summer only research station on Livingstone Island in Antarctica since 1988. The buildings on the site have now reached the end of their useful lives. An international competition was therefore organised for the redesign of the base. Hugh Broughton Architects were selected as winners with a dynamic design, which draws upon the firm’s unparalleled expertise working in extreme environments.
HALLEY VI ANTARCTIC RESEARCH STATION. British Antarctic Survey.
Their international competition winning design for the self-sufficient scientific research base is now operational on a floating ice shelf 900 miles from South Pole. Hydraulically elevated ski based modules respond to annually rising snow levels and the need to relocate the base if the site calves off as an iceberg. A special central module provides a dramatic open plan social area at the heart of the station. The project demonstrates their ability to create world-class sustainable design to awesome technical criteria.
Other projects, by Hugh Broughton Architects, are.-
- ATMOSPHERIC WATCH OBSERVATORY. National Science Foundation. CH2M Hill Polar Services.
- JANG BOGO KOREAN ANTARCTIC RESEARCH STATION. Samsung C & T Corporation. Samoo Architects & Engineers.
- INDIAN ANTARCTIC RESEARCH STATION. National Centre for Antarctic and Oceanographic Research (NCAOR).
- LIVING STEEL. Living Steel.
