The project aims to reinvent a data center into a programme that is socially sustainable and dismiss the idea of the "cloud" as something inconsequential and invisible. By drawing water from the Grand Union Canal, the generated energy of the servers is used to create a weather…
The project aims to reinvent a data center into a programme that is socially sustainable and dismiss the idea of the “cloud” as something inconsequential and invisible. By drawing water from the Grand Union Canal, the generated energy of the servers is used to create a weather system building with differing light, temperature and humidity conditions creating a public bathing facility for the residents of Old Oak Common and the users of London’s waterways. The auxiliary programmes; data management and flexible offices exist to maintain the data storage and cater further to the users of the building. A vertical stack is necessary to create the chimney effect of hot air rising The ground condition of the building aims to regenerate a post-industrial area and tries to address the future of Old Oak Common as a single-use residential development.
