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'''The Crystal''' is a building on [[Royal Victoria Dock]] in east [[London]] that contains a permanent exhibition about [[sustainable development]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thecrystal.org/_html/about/about.html |title=About The Crystal |year=2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120916130156/http://www.thecrystal.org/_html/about/about.html |archive-date=2012-09-16}}</ref> It is owned and operated by [[Siemens]]. It is part of the [[Green Enterprise District]] policy that covers much of [[East London]]. Using solar power and ground source heat pumps to generate its own energy, it has set a high benchmark for sustainability. The building is the first to achieve the highest sustainable building accolades from the world's two leading accreditation bodies, [[Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design|LEED]]<ref>[http://www.siemens.com/press/en/pressrelease/?press=/en/pressrelease/2013/infrastructure-cities/building-technologies/icbt201311093.htm LEED Platinum certification for the Crystal]</ref> and [[BREEAM]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.greenbooklive.com/search/searchresults.jsp?q=Crystal&from=10&sortField=CompanyName&sortOrder=ASC&category=2&results_pp=10 |title=GreenBook Life search results }}</ref> Platinum and Outstanding respectively. It is the most sustainable building in London.
'''The Crystal''' is a building on [[Royal Victoria Dock]] in east [[London]] that contains a permanent exhibition about [[sustainable development]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thecrystal.org/_html/about/about.html |title=About The Crystal |year=2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120916130156/http://www.thecrystal.org/_html/about/about.html |archive-date=2012-09-16}}</ref> It is owned and operated by [[Siemens]]. It is part of the [[Green Enterprise District]] policy that covers much of [[East London]]. Using solar power and ground source heat pumps to generate its own energy, it has set a high benchmark for sustainability. The building is the first to achieve the highest sustainable building accolades from the world's two leading accreditation bodies, [[Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design|LEED]]<ref>[http://www.siemens.com/press/en/pressrelease/?press=/en/pressrelease/2013/infrastructure-cities/building-technologies/icbt201311093.htm LEED Platinum certification for the Crystal]</ref> and [[BREEAM]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.greenbooklive.com/search/searchresults.jsp?q=Crystal&from=10&sortField=CompanyName&sortOrder=ASC&category=2&results_pp=10 |title=GreenBook Life search results }}</ref> Platinum and Outstanding respectively. It is the most sustainable building in London.

In order to save allegedly £55m for the [[Greater London Authority]] over the course of five years, on June 24 2020, the [[Mayor of London]] [[Sadiq Khan]] has announced he is consulting to relocate the [[City Hall, London|City Hall]] to The Crystal.<ref>https://www.london.gov.uk/press-releases/mayoral/mayor-to-consult-on-relocating-city-hall</ref>


==Design==
==Design==

Revision as of 10:20, 24 June 2020

For the building in Toronto, see Michael Lee-Chin Crystal. For other uses, see The Crystal (disambiguation).
The Crystal
A sustainable Cities initiative by Siemens
Map
General information
StatusCompleted
Architectural styleNeo-futurism
LocationOne Siemens Brothers Way, Royal Victoria Dock, London, E16 1GB, U.K.
Coordinates51°30′25″N 0°00′52″E / 51.507021°N 0.014431438°E / 51.507021; 0.014431438
Construction startedMarch 2011[1]
CompletedJuly 2012[1]
OpeningSeptember 2012
Cost£30 million[1]
OwnerSiemens[1]
Technical details
Floor area7,002m² (75,368sqft)[1]
Design and construction
Architect(s)WilkinsonEyre[1]
Structural engineerArup Group[1]
Services engineerArup Group[1]
Main contractorISG[1]
Website
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The Crystal is a building on Royal Victoria Dock in east London that contains a permanent exhibition about sustainable development.[2] It is owned and operated by Siemens. It is part of the Green Enterprise District policy that covers much of East London. Using solar power and ground source heat pumps to generate its own energy, it has set a high benchmark for sustainability. The building is the first to achieve the highest sustainable building accolades from the world's two leading accreditation bodies, LEED[3] and BREEAM,[4] Platinum and Outstanding respectively. It is the most sustainable building in London.

In order to save allegedly £55m for the Greater London Authority over the course of five years, on June 24 2020, the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has announced he is consulting to relocate the City Hall to The Crystal.[5]

Design

The Crystal was designed by Perkins+Will (Fit-Out, design leader) and Wilkinson Eyre Architects (shell and core), with Arup Group who were the building and civil engineers, and Townshend Landscape Architects who designed the public realm.[1] Event Communications were the Exhibition Designers,[1] responsible for the interpretive planning, exhibition design and creative direction, graphic design, media direction and construction management for the exhibition spaces.[6]

Public realm

The entire site is 18,000 square metres in size and the surrounding landscape was designed to be a sustainable urban landscape to help encourage a shift in the social ideology, making ‘sustainability’ more attractive and allowing people to participate in social activities within the site, which includes local food programmes and community gardens to help foster this principle.[7] The landscape is public open space and is managed by the London Borough of Newham.

Infrastructure

The building is a showcase for sustainable building technologies. At the heart of this are the building management system and KNX infrastructure. The building control devices, such as lighting, windows, blinds and heating, are connected using the KNX protocol. The building has over 2,500 KNX connected devices,[8] which makes it one of the largest deployments of KNX in a single building.

  • By Royal Docks
    By Royal Docks
  • Aerial view
    Aerial view
  • View from Emirates Cable car
    View from Emirates Cable car
  • Glass panels
    Glass panels

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Case Study: The Crystal, London". ISG Contractors. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  2. ^ "About The Crystal". 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-09-16.
  3. ^ LEED Platinum certification for the Crystal
  4. ^ "GreenBook Life search results".
  5. ^ https://www.london.gov.uk/press-releases/mayoral/mayor-to-consult-on-relocating-city-hall
  6. ^ http://www.eventcomm.com/work/crystal-an-urban-sustainability-centre-by-siemens#.V_0BLywVBaQ
  7. ^ "The Crystal by Townshend Landscape Architects".
  8. ^ Case Study: The Crystal – A Siemens Sustainable Cities Initiative Featuring KNX
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