Wind Turbine
Wind turbine design, integration with architecture, and sustainable energy systems in the built environment.
Wind turbines represent a critical intersection of energy infrastructure and architectural design. As renewable energy becomes central to building practice, designers engage with turbine placement, visual impact, and integration into landscapes and structures.
The community explores windcatchers and passive ventilation systems, ecological approaches to energy generation, the relationship between human habitation and wind patterns, and how landmark structures adapt to environmental forces and topography.
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Roger Ferris + Partners Sink a Barn-Shaped Artist Residence into the Earth at the Watermill Center
A cedar-shingled gabled structure in Water Mill, New York, descends into a man-made recess to house visiting artists on Robert Wilson's campus.
Roger Ferris + Partners Sink a Barn-Shaped Artist Residence into the Earth at Watermill Center
A timber-framed live-work building on Robert Wilson's campus in Water Mill, New York, buries itself to create an amphitheater.
Herzog & de Meuron Transforms a Cold War Radio Tower into an Alpine Observation Landmark at 3,000 Meters
On a Swiss peak above Engelberg, a decommissioned military antenna becomes a restaurant, viewing platform, and sculptural icon.
Robert Konieczny Rotates a Gabled House into a Polish Mountainside Like an Aircraft Yawing
In the Beskid Mountains, KWK Promes embeds a C-shaped home into steep terrain, pivoting it toward the sun and hiding it under a green roof.
