The second building and we barely (we were in the last group) made it is the Council House. The attraction is the green concept. It's more expensive to build, yes, but it's eco friendly. If only all entrepreneurs take in consideration of the environment all the time. It is a building that harness the elements around it for cooling and to a certain extent heating. Imagine a building with no air conditioning and just uses the difference between temperatures to cool down the building and retain the coolness. The head architecture said the temperature is always maintained at 23 degrees.
Hot air will get churned out by this big turbines. The whole thing kinda reminds me of Casa Mila in Barcelona.
The turbine area has been made into an open garden/canteen. It would be lovely to have lunch here in spring and autumn. Not summer unless you like big ugly flies.
These are heater coils that take heat generated from the building and out. The cement ceiling traps cold air for summer. In winter, these coils will warm up the building as well.
This is the view from the roof garden where the wind turbines are. Beautiful yeah?
We spend a total of 30 minutes here before we left. Would love to stay longer but the crowd is just massive!
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