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| No Need For Air Conditioner After Seeing This Shopping Complex In Zimbabwe by univasal(op): 4:12pm On Oct 29, 2019 |
The Eastgate in Harare Zimbabwe is the largest office and shopping complex in the entire country. The complex was designed by Architect Mick Pearce in collaboration with Ove Arup engineers, Pearce’s practice is in Harare, and he specialises in buildings which are low cost, low maintenance, and have low environmental impact. It is the first building in the world with this amount of sophistication that cools itself. It opened in 1996 on Robert Mugabe Avenue and Second Street, and provides 5,600 m² of retail space, 26,000 m² of office space and parking for 450 cars. Mick Pearce says the design of Eastgate centre was inspired by the African termite mound. This came when an investment group in Harare Zimbabwe hired him to design a sustainable shopping and office complex in the country, but didn’t want to pay for the expensive air conditioning. A HVAC installation would mean importing from a foreign country which would eat into the foreign reserve of Zimbabwe. Mick Pearce thought of a sophisticated yet easy to maintain building complex, he decided to harness the ingenuity of a termite mound and incoperate in his design. This is referred to as biomimicry in architecture. When termites build,they open holes both underground and the upper level to manage cooling effect which preserves the fungal they store as their main source survival. Source: http://prodesigners.com.ng/termite-mound-inspired-building-that-cools-itself-in-zimbabwe/ 2 Likes
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| Re: No Need For Air Conditioner After Seeing This Shopping Complex In Zimbabwe by Sonoyom(m): 4:46pm On Oct 29, 2019 |
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| Re: No Need For Air Conditioner After Seeing This Shopping Complex In Zimbabwe by ruggedtimi(m): 6:08pm On Oct 29, 2019 |
the only good thing coming from Zimbabwe 1 Like |
| Re: No Need For Air Conditioner After Seeing This Shopping Complex In Zimbabwe by univasal(op): 6:31pm On Oct 29, 2019 |
Lolzz! I don't think so ruggedtimi: |
| Re: No Need For Air Conditioner After Seeing This Shopping Complex In Zimbabwe by aminusodiq(m): 9:45pm On Oct 29, 2019 |
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| Re: No Need For Air Conditioner After Seeing This Shopping Complex In Zimbabwe by Nobody: 4:45am On Oct 30, 2019 |
ruggedtimi:Zimbabwe has the 2nd best road network in Africa after Rwanda...better than south Africa and Egypt 1 Like |
| Re: No Need For Air Conditioner After Seeing This Shopping Complex In Zimbabwe by Gosj01(m): 9:17am On Oct 30, 2019 |
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| Re: No Need For Air Conditioner After Seeing This Shopping Complex In Zimbabwe by kaygreeno: 9:30am On Oct 30, 2019 |
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| Re: No Need For Air Conditioner After Seeing This Shopping Complex In Zimbabwe by thelastmediator: 1:27pm On Oct 30, 2019 |
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| Re: No Need For Air Conditioner After Seeing This Shopping Complex In Zimbabwe by Lamasta(m): 2:50pm On Oct 30, 2019 |
African nations are gradually coming up in terms of development and infrastructure |
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