Hydroelectric Sculpture Gallery in Sochi, Russia
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Hydroelectric Sculpture Gallery in Sochi
21 Feb 2020
Hydroelectric Sculpture Gallery
Design: Margot Krasojevi? Archtecture
Location: Sochi, Russia
The Hydroelectric Sculpture Gallery design uses renewable energy to redefine typologies in architecture and the built environment. The site is located in Sochi, a coastal city on the Black Sea in Russia. The building uses the oscillating water column principle to harness wave energy, converting this mechanical energy to generate electricity; it also accommodates a sculpture gallery. This symbiotic program merges a small power plant capable of producing up to 300kW with a sculpture gallery to redefine typologies and accommodate self-sufficiency by generating sustainable energy that is fed back into the grid. This project aims to supply energy to 200 households and businesses within its vicinity.
The Black Sea is a contained body of water, an inland sea with a surprisingly strong swell and coastal wave energy potential, sufficiently effective for water turbine engineering. The building overhangs the coastline; projecting over the existing promenade, it is cantilevered and partly submerged into the sea, angled at 45 degrees to the coastline for maximum wave exposure. Similar to the nearby jetties, it increases wave generation as swell refracts around it to produce high-quality right-handers. The partly submerged projected element is designed to fu...
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