Under a Skyscraper with no Shadow
One of the main problems with tall skyscrapers in the neighborhood is that you get little or no sun on the streets when you are on the ground near them. Now an international architecture firm, NBBJ, has come up with a concept that has the skyscraper redirecting the sun’s light to the street.
The design director at NBBJ, Christian Coop said that it was about finding a way in which we can have the tall buildings we need without losing natural light on areas below. British cities have been especially concerned with towers that block out sunlight with more than 230 towers in London itself.
The new design which was recently unveiled involves twin towers curved and angled to minimize any shadow. The architects who worked on the design used an algorithm based on the angles that the sun shone each day over a period of a year. This data was then used to build the most optimal design for a towering structure.
The skyscrapers that are part of this science project are also going to diffuse light to areas below rather than melt the cars on the road unlike the last disaster nicknamed “Walkie Scorchie†where in 2013 the building’s reflected light and heat caused several accidental meltdowns.