This month at Buro Happold - October 2022

Welcome to the 'This month at Buro Happold' newsletter. Each month we bring you the best content from around our global practice with the latest news, articles and projects from our world leading consultants and engineers.

In this month's issue, we celebrate the opening of Battersea Power Station, investigate the impact design choices can have on mental health outcomes and look at the development of a sustainable housing project.

Battersea Power Station opens its doors

The transformation of the 42-acre brownfield site around Battersea Power Station has been one of the most ambitious regeneration projects in London for many years.

Buro Happold has been instrumental in the development of Battersea into an innovative mixed-use site, packed with shops, bars, restaurants, entertainment venues, parks and historical spaces. We have also worked on the accompanying extension to London Underground's Northern Line.

Find out more about our role in the development of this iconic site.

How can design choices result in positive mental health outcomes?

10 October 2022 was World Mental Health Day. As consultants in the built environment, we can influence positive mental outcomes for those who work, study, play and live in the buildings, places and environments we help create.

We spoke to our experts to explore the impacts of the choices we make, the importance of environmental factors and how biophilic design can impact both physical and mental health needs.

"Something that is key to good mental health is that people feel they have flexibility, choice and control over their environment" - Toar Sadia

Read more about how design choices can impact mental health.

"America's smaller cities are embracing the knowledge economy and leading innovation"

Buro Happold's Craig Schwitter, senior partner and chair of the global board, and Alice Shay, principal, wrote a piece for the World Economic Forum investigating the role and future of small-to-medium cities across the US.

Craig and Alice argue that small cities must focus on attracting green economy jobs and businesses, reviving local manufacturing and tailoring development that meets the needs of local communities.

Hear from Craig and Alice here.

Tobias Bauly discusses the Museum of the Future

Tobias Bauly, Buro Happold project director in the UAE,?has written an article for?ME Construction News?to discuss our role in the creation of the?Museum of the Future.

Tobias discusses the challenges that multi-disciplinary teams from Buro Happold faced when considering the structure necessary for the museum's torus shape without deviating away from the original design.

"For Museum of the Future, we threw the rule book out and had all architectural and engineering disciplines integrating and contributing into the digital model from the very start" - Tobias Bauly

Read more from Tobias here.

Influencing new sustainable housing in India through collaboration

Urban C:Lab, a research collective from Buro Happold, recently assisted a sustainable development initiative to achieve the objective of building experimental, sustainable houses for communities in Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India.

The C:Lab collaboration team brainstormed with teams from the key stakeholders, considering the key question of: ‘How do we deploy sustainable solutions in a society to achieve win-win outcomes for key stakeholders?’

The ‘eco-house’ prototype from Social Change and Development (SCAD) has now formed the basis for future expansion of similar houses for the local community.

Discover more about C:Lab's role in this project.

The tallest building in the EU reaches completion

Varso Tower has celebrated its opening. The mixed use site stands at 310m and is a destination for businesses, residents and tourists. The landmark project invigorates the heart of Warsaw as a hub of commercial activity and as one of the most dynamic capitals of Europe.

Buro Happold provided structural and building services engineering on this complex site in a dense urban environment, as well as conducting an extensive sustainability study, forecasting the performance of mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems up to three decades into the future.

See more about Varso Tower.

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Next month, we'll be taking a closer look at the best from The Edit, our digital showcase of expert insights, industry trends investigations, key project updates and a peek into the lives of Buro Happold’s people.?