In this video Stephen Owens (Swire Properties Inc), Bernardo Fort-Brescia (Arquitectonica) and Hugh Dutton (Hugh Dutton Associates) tell the story of the design of the Brickell City Centre in Miami and especially the vision behind the CLIMATE RIBBON, an architectural feature combining precision engineering and environmental design with an elegant sculptural form.
- Learn more about the CLIMATE RIBBON here
- Watch the full video here
- If you want to jump to the CLIMATE RIBBON story, go to frame 02:17 of the video.
Here is a transcript of Hugh Dutton’s words:
» The CLIMATE RIBBON tells a story. It tells a story about Miami, about the climate. The streetscape has to be outdoors and the problem is how do you make a streetscape outdoors comfortable. The only tools we have to do that are the shade and to create a gentle breeze. The unique side of that is how to mary that together into one architectural composition. The underside of the CLIMATE RIBBON is a soft sort of undulating form. There is a series of louvers that are beneath the glass whose orientation is very specifically designed to protect the shop fronts from the direct sun. »
Hugh Dutton