WITH more than 230 new towers planned for London, the UK’s capital could soon be left in the shade — literally.
Though shade has always been a concern for architects and planners, London’s dramatic increase in tall buildings will mean more darkness than before for those at street level.
NBBJ has developed a custom algorithm that could mitigate this, and the firm used it to design a pair of concept towers that promise to reduce shadows on the ground by 60 per cent compared with other similar-sized buildings.
NBBJ’s custom computer algorithm takes such concerns as the angle of the sun, the best views, and the site’s location into account, and the firm used this data to help create a pair of concept buildings slated for London’s Greenwich that measure roughly 200metres tall and have 50 storeys.
The No Shadow Tower remains a concept.
