FaulknerBrowns help Great Britain the biggest ski area in the basement
FaulknerBrowns architect recently completed the £ 24.6 m E Chill Factor in Manchester, a 23,000 m on the basis of the largest indoor ski slope.
The envelope Chill Factor E skibox distinctive angle was built using very isolated groups, with aluminum overclocker. Polycarbonate sheets of color at a lower level is designed to highlight the size and shape of the structure, and is carefully lit at night.
Inside, the Center is divided into "hot" and "cold" zones. Chill Factor in the hot zone includes bars, restaurants and shops and is facing the cold zone, which consists of a three tracks for all levels of ability, a track luge run and children "the area.
Visitors are met by an alpine style "street", which unites the warm facilities. Dotted with climbing walls, bridges and rocky areas, material tones honey pine, cedar and dressing of stone tiles, designed to evoke an aesthetic Alpine.
A large glass window to the street to the opening of views on the same side of the main entrance, a design intended to draw people in the center, FaulknerBrowns say, "technical director Mark Hudson and Interior Design Director Steve Dickson. "We have tried not only to the tracks visible from all areas of the street, but also to generate enthusiasm and interest of the people themselves."
Refrigerators with senior placed around its slopes, the air temperature in the building is reduced to -6 degrees Celsius every night, when a mixture of compressed air and water shot up in the air and snow.
