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A Way of Thinking Page 1 Steensen Varming THE BOOK FINAL 20.indd 1 19/07/13 12.50 STEENSEN VARMING Page 3 Steensen Varming THE BOOK FINAL 20.indd 2-3 19/07/13 12.50 “The engineer in his own way is an artist too – and not just a dead fish with a slide rule.” Jørgen Varming STEENSEN VARMING Page 5 Steensen Varming THE BOOK FINAL 20.indd 4-5 19/07/13 12.50 steensenvarming.com We strive for technical perfection. We are driven to enable the best Firm foundations building design where functionality and wellbeing are paramount. We demand at least as much from ourselves as our clients and collaborators have come to expect. We grew up with the Danish design approach to refinement and longevity in our formative years. Since our foundation, in 1933, we have attracted and employed gifted people with a shared ethos and commitment to optimal design solutions. We focus on offering a portfolio of specialist services and high levels of expertise, deliberately maintaining a scale of operation that does not outgrow our talent pool. We continue to innovate to meet and exceed the needs of the most challenging projects, to consistently deliver positive outcomes. But it’s not all about us. This book is about inspirational architects and brave clients. Our reputation, as one of the most respected and awarded building services consultancies, is built on their foundations - and our way of thinking. STEENSEN VARMING Page 7 Steensen Varming THE BOOK FINAL 20.indd 6-7 19/07/13 12.50 “If a building becomes architecture, then it is art. Clearly if a building is not functionally and technically in order, then it isn’t architecture either, it’s just a building.” Arne Jacobsen STEENSEN VARMING Page 9 Steensen Varming THE BOOK FINAL 20.indd 8-9 19/07/13 12.50 Working in close cooperation with architects, engineers, Enabling architecture scientists and designers, we have developed the knowledge to seamlessly assimilate form and function, art and technology. We are practitioners in mechanical and electrical engineering, lighting and sustainable designs that enhance spatial design. In addition to the Vitruvian principles of solidity, utility and beauty, we have put in place our own guiding triad to produce intelligent, valuable and elegant solutions. These encompass architectural and urban design, the private, corporate and public sectors, modest upgrades and World Heritage Sites. Our integrated design innovations are often examples of quiet achievement with a profound effect on the Reyner Banham championed the success of a project, creating exceptional environments from mechanisation of environmental management to serve human comfort. In his view, architecture, the most complete combinations of active and passive measures. Its populace of the Arts, should absorb technology in this endeavour. should not notice our legacy; when the efficient, seamless Steensen Varming reprinted Banham’s operation merges elegantly into the whole, we achieve our seminal work ‘Architecture of the Well-Tempered Environment’ as part of an objective - total architecture. ongoing commitment to the education and collaboration of engineers and architects. STEENSEN VARMING Page 11 Steensen Varming THE BOOK FINAL 20.indd 10-11 19/07/13 12.50 We established an office in Australia to assist in realising the ambitious Sydney Opera House. It remains an exceptional piece of urban sculpture with groundbreaking mechanical services - still in operation today. STEENSEN VARMING Page 13 Steensen Varming THE BOOK FINAL 20.indd 12-13 19/07/13 12.50 In the happy old days now long ago, Who spoils the fun of the architect’s task? when time was passing smoothly and slow, Who is the snake in the grass, you may ask? we architects had such a happy mind, Who will insist on these plant rooms and gears? with no interference of any kind. Who – but these confounded engineers. Then we could breathe so freely and fair, Kristoffer Nyrop Varming without this blasted conditioned air, Architect but what we were taught then from our birth 1906 is now reduced to nothing of worth. Translated by his son Jørgen Varming Engineer STEENSEN VARMING Page 15 Steensen Varming THE BOOK FINAL 20.indd 14-15 19/07/13 12.50 Elegance STEENSEN VARMING Page 17 Steensen Varming THE BOOK FINAL 20.indd 16-17 19/07/13 12.50 Memories preserved by air STEENSEN VARMING Page 19 Steensen Varming THE BOOK FINAL 20.indd 18-19 19/07/13 12.50 The National Gallery’s 34,000m2 of conditioned spaces hold 165,000 artworks including the largest collection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art in the world. In a long-term collaboration, operational conditions were maintained in the galleries while ageing, inefficient air-handling equipment was replaced to give improved environmental control and very significant energy reductions of over 50% in gas and 30% in electricity usage. National Gallery of Australia Canberra The 200 log coffins of The Aboriginal Memorial at the National Gallery of Australia commemorate the indigenous people who have lost their lives defending their land since 1788. The fragile, natural pieces, created by 43 artists for this public space, need a controlled, clean environment with stable temperature and humidity. A displacement air supply is concealed and integrated within the architecture, by PTW Architects, and the artwork itself. Air diffusers hidden in the gravel, cocoon the poles, and air curtains designed into the glazed façade, shield the space from excessive heat. This invisibly elegant solution allows visitors to experience the artwork unimpeded while preserving it for generations, even if the power is lost. STEENSEN VARMING Page 21 Steensen Varming THE BOOK FINAL 20.indd 20-21 19/07/13 12.50 The Utzon Centre, located on the Aalborg waterfront, was Jørn Utzon’s final project. As a boy, his playground was the Lim Fjord and Aalborg shipyard. The striking and playful roof forms signal the dynamic meeting place at the School of Architecture. Linear LED light fittings, concealed in the roof parapet, throw even, warm light onto the metal-deck roofing, accentuating its soft curves and luminosity. Utzon Centre Aalborg STEENSEN VARMING Page 23 Steensen Varming THE BOOK FINAL 20.indd 22-23 19/07/13 12.50 Collections and Research Building Australian Museum, Sydney We accept that design is not a linear process. We are small enough to be agile and large enough to remain at the forefront. STEENSEN VARMING Page 25 Steensen Varming THE BOOK FINAL 20.indd 24-25 19/07/13 12.50 Dating from 1855, the challenge was the A luminous floating deck marks the gateway sensitive integration of services systems, in to the nation’s capital and parliament. In a old and new building fabric, with seamless radical approach for vehicular infrastructure continuity. in the country, in-ground fittings uplight the soffit and reflect safe illumination levels for The Mint was then listed as one of the top motorists. 30 groundbreaking buildings in the world by the Chartered Institution of Building Services A 92% reduction in traffic incidents has been Engineers. reported since completion. Fittings can be maintained without disruption and the feature lighting colours can be programmed to celebrate major events. The Mint Kings Avenue Overpass Sydney Canberra STEENSEN VARMING Page 27 Steensen Varming THE BOOK FINAL 20.indd 26-27 19/07/13 12.50 “When I’m working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.” Richard Buckminster Fuller STEENSEN VARMING Page 29 Steensen Varming THE BOOK FINAL 20.indd 28-29 19/07/13 12.50 “Light is really the source of all being… all materials in nature are made of light which has been spent, and this crumpled mass called material casts a shadow, and the shadow belongs to light.” Louis Khan STEENSEN VARMING Page 31 Steensen Varming THE BOOK FINAL 20.indd 30-31 19/07/13 12.50 Outdoor swimming indoors STEENSEN VARMING Page 33 Steensen Varming THE BOOK FINAL 20.indd 32-33 19/07/13 12.50 ‘Breeze collectors’ funnel the prevailing north-easterly wind through the centre and automatically controlled openings drive buoyancy-assisted natural ventilation. Glare sources are eliminated, ensuring optimum visibility for lifeguards. Corrosion resistant metal-halide wall washers uplight the profiled ceiling, enhancing the volume and form of the building. It is the first Australian project to receive an excellence award from the International Association of Lighting Designers. Ian Thorpe Acquatic Centre Sydney Designed by Harry Seidler, and his final public masterpiece, the wave-shaped aquatic centre was named in honour of five- time Olympic gold medallist Ian Thorpe. A major development by Sydney City Council, it inspires swimmers and sparked a residential building boom in a once-isolated industrial area of the city. Steensen Varming designed the electrical, communication, security and lighting systems. The maximum application of natural ventilation and light, during the day, creates an outdoor environment indoors. In the dark, its glazed walls and lighting make the landmark building glow like a lantern. STEENSEN VARMING Page 35 Steensen Varming THE BOOK FINAL 20.indd 34-35 19/07/13 12.50 “When we were in the middle of developing the Opera House renewal plans with Jan Utzon, his father Jørn Utzon and architects JPW, we invited Jan for Sunday lunch at our house. He brought a lovely orchid. Ever since it has been the Steensen Varming decoration of choice, an exquisite example of nature - form and function.” Dan Mackenzie STEENSEN VARMING Page 37 Steensen Varming THE BOOK FINAL 20.indd 36-37 19/07/13 12.50 Future STEENSEN VARMING Page 39 Steensen Varming THE BOOK FINAL 20.indd 38-39 19/07/13 12.50 Tomorrow’s trees today STEENSEN VARMING Page 41 Steensen Varming THE BOOK FINAL 20.indd 40-41 19/07/13 12.50 Integrating science, structure and services, we designed the infrastructure that maintains accurate conditions for the experiment.
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