ARCHETECH MAGAZINE
THE CLADDING
FOR THE
STRUCTURE
IS FORMED OF
HUNDREDS OF
TRIANGULAR
PANELS THAT
FOLD AND FLOW
ACROSS THE
SURFACE OF THE
TOWER
PREPARED FOR THE FUTURE
SCULPTURAL LANDMARK
To demystify the process of energy generation, the
Energy Centre’s machine room and flexible ancillary office
accommodation is supplemented with a Visitor Centre offering
an interactive educational experience for prearranged groups
of visitors. Construction started in 2015, and was completed
in 2016. The building footprint further allows for flexibility in
adopting new energy technology over the building’s substantial
lifetime.
The panels are perforated so as to exploit the phenomena of the
Moiré Effect, and at night an integrated lighting design produces
a shifting series of ‘compositions‘ lit from within the structure. Simultaneously with the Energy Centre, C.F. Møller has also
designed one of the new mixed tenure housing developments
within the Greenwich Peninsula site for site-wide developer
Knight Dragon.
The work of art by Conrad Shawcross is named ‘The Optic Cloak* www.cfmoller.com
Designed by British artist Conrad Shawcross, the cladding of
the 49 metre high stack tower unites sophisticated engineering
and complex optic research to create an impressive sculptural
concept on a huge scale: The cladding for the structure is formed
of hundreds of triangular panels that fold and flow across the
surface of the tower forming complex geometric patterns that
visually break up the flat planes to create an uneven, sculpted
surface that plays with the vanishing points and perspective.