![]() It is a high-rise building with a height of 45 meters and a total of 10 levels above ground and 2 floors below it. The City Hall follows Neo- futurism style of architecture. It conveys that it will use only a quarter of the energy consumed by a typical air-conditioned office building. The groundwater is pumped up via boreholes from the water table, and no additional heating. The City Hall does not require chillers as it uses groundwater for the cooling system. ![]() The building is designed in such a way that it leans back in the southern direction, shifting the plates step inwards which creates shading and naturally ventilated offices. The exterior cladding of the building helps to balance the solar map which was produced by analyzing the sunlight patterns the whole year out. However, the design achieves optimum energy performance through its form receiving less solar energy. But its energy efficiency rating is ‘E’ with an annual CO2 emission of 2,255 tonnes of carbon.Ĭonceptual Drawing_©. The architect Foster & Partners expresses it as a sustainable and virtually non-polluting public building. It is one of the capital’s most symbolically important projects, completely designed with a glass façade representing the transparency and accessibility of the democratic system. ![]() This building breaks the conventional terms as it has no front or back.
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