CENTRE FOR PHYTOGENETIC RESEARCH AND PRESERVATION bank and broadcast The CENTRE FOR PHYTOGENETIC RESEARCH AND PRESERVATION in Siberia is a Seed Bank which preserves the full spectrum of plant life related to medical research and acts as a symbol for ecological conservation. The building design balances a sense of foreigness derived from a requirement for physical isolaton and the production of a tangible architectural image that is globaly broadcasted. The architecture of this building is developed by placing the priority on the aerial view and the exported interior shot. Representing an iconographic image with a clear geometry from the top, the Seed Bank emerges disparatly in section so that the interior reveals variety of spaces staging diverse actions. bank and greenhouse The literal isolation of the location in Siberia and the isolation of the introverted scientific world will be transcended by providing more than just a single glimpse. It is the sight from within that conveys an intense environment embodying a microcom of scientific activity. Urbanistically, this project manifests as a micro utopian urban plan that is based on the inversion of the “exterior” environment to the interior (greenhouse) with the closed units at the periphery. That strategy generates a sequence of diverse spaces which produces of a varity of zones (security zones, climate zones, privacy zones). Science Centre fusion of conservation, research and communication This projects program tries to interweave the operations of a seed bank, a research - laboratory specialized on the examination of medically relevant plants and a conference centre which deals with topics related to the protection of a global biodiversity. That fusion of different approaches to deal with one issue promises an exiting overlapping of divers functions. ...its active Science and Society Programme promotes a better and broader understanding of the growing social and cultural relevance of the life sciences through a variety of activities where members of the scientific community, scholars from other disciplines, as well as members of the public meet to engage in a dialogue. For the sake of provoking a broader public interest for scientific work, this scheme provides ways to “stage” research activities. In this regard, a common knowledge could emerge by opening up the sealed doors of scientific buildings and visualizing the specific procedures of work. Remoteness Concerning the location for a program as described, I decided to focus on a remote site. As remoteness demands an expedient program that is different and probably more complex compared to the one in an urban surrounding - including facilities for living, eating, distraction and so on - the task lies especially in offering a wide range of settings without loosing the aspired compactness and reduction to the most necessary. Another reason for an isolated site constitutes the aspect of security. Security for the conserved and studied plants in terms of protection against contamination and natural threats like earthquakes, but more importantly in terms of security-reasons in case of civil strife or acts of sabotage. A distinctive remoteness delivers a great control of access and enables an easier upholding of high security standards. Moreover, the issue of safety relates also to the protection of human mankind from contact to contaminated or toxic items and dangerous plants. Furthermore, the aspect of remoteness implicates a taste of fascination for the unique and the sensation of being far off the usual rhythms. The long journey itself towards the isolated “isle of science” might evoke a feeling of mutation in the visitors inner in a sense of leaving every day life behind. Also the contemporary growth of interest for remote architectural sites (f.e.: Alamathy science campus, kastakhstan, by OMA) - remote in a physical sense in contrast to strong presence in press, scientific discourse,..- encourages me to locate this project at a setting far off. implications of a remote area security climate:permafrost history of utopien soviet science architecture current trend of remote siberia Looking for a specific site, my choice went to Siberia, more precisely to the eastern part of Siberia near Yakutsk. reasons : First, a climate factor. As Sakha is the one region of Siberia with the coldest winter seasons and very short but warm summer times, the fact that the ground is permanently frozen, the so called “permafrost soil”, can be supportingly used to maintain the vaults temperature requirements of about -18 degrees, even in case of electrical outfalls. Thus, one can profit from the ground as a constant “accumulator” and furthermore from the cold arctic air as a natural air-condition for the vault but also for the climate-simulation zones all over the program. This provides a great support to the energy input (already exerted at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault). Besides the climatically bonus, the scientific background of Siberia’s past constitutes another reason for choosing this area. Establishments form the 60s like Akademgorodok, a science city in the middle of Siberians western taiga, represent a grand effort in creating a pool of scientific work and life - not without failures. In resuming the principle visions of these projects and by referring to current developments in the area of Yakutsk, like the draft for the Yakutsk Mammoth museum by Leeser Architecture, the project appears to settle on a contextual site. the fact that the average angle of the sunlight on site is extremly small and the subsequent effects like long-stretched shadows will be incorporated into the buildings facade and mass formation. about 300 m from dirt-road about 2,5 km from next settlement about 80 km from next city and airport Yakutsk (population:211 000) Aerial View view and Shape the principle for the overal shape derives from the hexagonal form my approach consisted in develloping different ways of subdividing a hexagon which led me to a 2 sided symmetry I considered the hexagonal shape including its subdividing edges as a clear and strong sign that is supposed to represent the seriousness of this building and constitutes its most fundamental view - the top view Shape and Approach keeping the symmetrical hexagonal shape in top view, I investigated various possibilities of treating mass in section in order to reach volume mutants ; are examples that feature an asymmetrical implementation in section which is not detectable from the top view (except by reflections and shadows) scate, sail.seal.duck,plum the performance of the edges or “clefts”, which will reveal the inner complexity of the body, has a great impact on the facade’s language the clefts reveal a subtle inner structure which stays in contrast to the hard shell and edgy language of the pannels Shape and Approach the progression of spaces passes from areas of clear straight design with distinct borders to generous areas of a delicate atmosphere - these spaces are the light flooded clefts that stretch through the entire section of the building. they inhabit mainly the “greenhouse” and the primar circulation in the same way as they costitute the light cores and the organsiation of technical supply.

CENTRE FOR PHYTOGENETIC RESEARCH AND PRESERVATION bank and broadcast The CENTRE FOR PHYTOGENETIC RESEARCH AND PRESERVATION in Siberia is a Seed Bank which preserves the full spectrum of plant life related to medical research and acts as a symbol for ecological conservation. The building design balances a sense of foreigness derived from a requirement for physical isolaton and the production of a tangible architectural image that is globaly broadcasted. The architecture of this building is developed by placing the priority on the aerial view and the exported interior shot. Representing an iconographic image with a clear geometry from the top, the Seed Bank emerges disparatly in section so that the interior reveals variety of spaces staging diverse actions. bank and greenhouse The literal isolation of the location in Siberia and the isolation of the introverted scientific world will be transcended by providing more than just a single glimpse. It is the sight from within that conveys an intense environment embodying a microcom of scientific activity. Urbanistically, this project manifests as a micro utopian urban plan that is based on the inversion of the “exterior” environment to the interior (greenhouse) with the closed units at the periphery. That strategy generates a sequence of diverse spaces which produces of a varity of zones (security zones, climate zones, privacy zones). Science Centre fusion of conservation, research and communication This projects program tries to interweave the operations of a seed bank, a research - laboratory specialized on the examination of medically relevant plants and a conference centre which deals with topics related to the protection of a global biodiversity. That fusion of different approaches to deal with one issue promises an exiting overlapping of divers functions. ...its active Science and Society Programme promotes a better and broader understanding of the growing social and cultural relevance of the life sciences through a variety of activities where members of the scientific community, scholars from other disciplines, as well as members of the public meet to engage in a dialogue. For the sake of provoking a broader public interest for scientific work, this scheme provides ways to “stage” research activities. In this regard, a common knowledge could emerge by opening up the sealed doors of scientific buildings and visualizing the specific procedures of work. Remoteness Concerning the location for a program as described, I decided to focus on a remote site. As remoteness demands an expedient program that is different and probably more complex compared to the one in an urban surrounding - including facilities for living, eating, distraction and so on - the task lies especially in offering a wide range of settings without loosing the aspired compactness and reduction to the most necessary. Another reason for an isolated site constitutes the aspect of security. Security for the conserved and studied plants in terms of protection against contamination and natural threats like earthquakes, but more importantly in terms of security-reasons in case of civil strife or acts of sabotage. A distinctive remoteness delivers a great control of access and enables an easier upholding of high security standards. Moreover, the issue of safety relates also to the protection of human mankind from contact to contaminated or toxic items and dangerous plants. Furthermore, the aspect of remoteness implicates a taste of fascination for the unique and the sensation of being far off the usual rhythms. The long journey itself towards the isolated “isle of science” might evoke a feeling of mutation in the visitors inner in a sense of leaving every day life behind. Also the contemporary growth of interest for remote architectural sites (f.e.: Alamathy science campus, kastakhstan, by OMA) - remote in a physical sense in contrast to strong presence in press, scientific discourse,..- encourages me to locate this project at a setting far off. implications of a remote area security climate:permafrost history of utopien soviet science architecture current trend of remote siberia Looking for a specific site, my choice went to Siberia, more precisely to the eastern part of Siberia near Yakutsk. reasons : First, a climate factor. As Sakha is the one region of Siberia with the coldest winter seasons and very short but warm summer times, the fact that the ground is permanently frozen, the so called “permafrost soil”, can be supportingly used to maintain the vaults temperature requirements of about -18 degrees, even in case of electrical outfalls. Thus, one can profit from the ground as a constant “accumulator” and furthermore from the cold arctic air as a natural air-condition for the vault but also for the climate-simulation zones all over the program. This provides a great support to the energy input (already exerted at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault). Besides the climatically bonus, the scientific background of Siberia’s past constitutes another reason for choosing this area. Establishments form the 60s like Akademgorodok, a science city in the middle of Siberians western taiga, represent a grand effort in creating a pool of scientific work and life - not without failures. In resuming the principle visions of these projects and by referring to current developments in the area of Yakutsk, like the draft for the Yakutsk Mammoth museum by Leeser Architecture, the project appears to settle on a contextual site. the fact that the average angle of the sunlight on site is extremly small and the subsequent effects like long-stretched shadows will be incorporated into the buildings facade and mass formation. about 300 m from dirt-road about 2,5 km from next settlement about 80 km from next city and airport Yakutsk (population:211 000) Aerial View view and Shape the principle for the overal shape derives from the hexagonal form my approach consisted in develloping different ways of subdividing a hexagon which led me to a 2 sided symmetry I considered the hexagonal shape including its subdividing edges as a clear and strong sign that is supposed to represent the seriousness of this building and constitutes its most fundamental view - the top view Shape and Approach keeping the symmetrical hexagonal shape in top view, I investigated various possibilities of treating mass in section in order to reach volume mutants ; are examples that feature an asymmetrical implementation in section which is not detectable from the top view (except by reflections and shadows) scate, sail.seal.duck,plum the performance of the edges or “clefts”, which will reveal the inner complexity of the body, has a great impact on the facade’s language the clefts reveal a subtle inner structure which stays in contrast to the hard shell and edgy language of the pannels Shape and Approach the progression of spaces passes from areas of clear straight design with distinct borders to generous areas of a delicate atmosphere - these spaces are the light flooded clefts that stretch through the entire section of the building. they inhabit mainly the “greenhouse” and the primar circulation in the same way as they costitute the light cores and the organsiation of technical supply.

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