A glimpse into Arup’s creative world creative A glimpse into Arup’s Design Yearbook 2009 2009 A glimpse into Arup’s creative world www.arup.com Foreword n Design is more than simply the Our design ideas push all kinds of creation of a project. Design is an boundaries. But in the end, our clients active, evolving, and increasingly measure the value of those ideas inclusive process. And more than only by the positive difference they ever, the design process carries with make to their businesses and to the it a responsibility. Good design has communities they work in. This edition the power to transform an idea into of the Yearbook gives you a taste of the something useful. richness and diversity of Arup’s design work in the last year, and how it helped Our fifth Design Yearbook takes our clients to succeed and to connect another glimpse into Arup’s creative communities in a rapidly changing world. world, where responsible design is at the core of what we do. We work Working responsibly across the built hard to ensure that our creativity, environment, we help to create a better innovation and technical excellence place in which we all can live. are relevant to the marketplace, to its current physical, social and economic context, and to the future. Foreword n Design is more than simply the Our design ideas push all kinds of creation of a project. Design is an boundaries. But in the end, our clients active, evolving, and increasingly measure the value of those ideas inclusive process. And more than only by the positive difference they ever, the design process carries with make to their businesses and to the it a responsibility. Good design has communities they work in. This edition the power to transform an idea into of the Yearbook gives you a taste of the something useful. richness and diversity of Arup’s design work in the last year, and how it helped Our fifth Design Yearbook takes our clients to succeed and to connect another glimpse into Arup’s creative communities in a rapidly changing world. world, where responsible design is at the core of what we do. We work Working responsibly across the built hard to ensure that our creativity, environment, we help to create a better innovation and technical excellence place in which we all can live. are relevant to the marketplace, to its current physical, social and economic context, and to the future. Contents Arup Design Yearbook 2009 04 In safe hands 14 Minimum risk: maximum value 22 A green prototype 28 A truly coordinated approach A new reservoir intake Maximising value for A zero carbon house is a Helping Queensland to develop tunnel secures Las Vegas’ nuclear site asset disposal. prototype for green living a new approach to infrastructure water supply. in the UK. programme management. 16 An eye to the future 06 Trick of the light Planning a new bulk water 23 Green community 30 Second life Athens’ new museum supply for Queensland. New UK community set to An oil drilling platform that showcases the Parthenon’s show that green can be can be reused. 17 Making the invisible visible splendours. profitable. Understanding a library’s 32 In the footsteps of Darwin 08 A triumph of green thinking Wi-Fi service helps shape 24 Carbon emission A new plant science laboratory for Yale’s latest building its future strategy. reductions made easy Darwin’s prized plant collection. sets new standards in Practical advice on how to 18 A building that breathes 33 An exhibit in its own right sustainable design. reduce carbon emissions. Natural ventilation in an The new California Academy 10 Opportunity out of tragedy urban environment. Decoding carbon emissions of Sciences is a living museum. After the earthquake: A new statistical tool helps 20 Driving rain 36 Breaking the mould reconstruction plans for policymakers to reduce Dujiangyan City. Study reveals the effect of carbon emissions. A daring new research building monsoon rain on Singapore’s shows that ‘acrobatic structures’ 12 Leave no trace outdoor trade. 26 Going for gold are possible in a seismic area. An elevated walkway Mega development 21 Bringing water into 38 Precision planning gives access to the awarded Seoul’s first ever the classroom Mamu Rainforest. LEED® gold rating. A template design provides An interactive classroom cost-effective expansion for session highlights global Californian hospital group. water sustainability issues. 33 26 45 43 60 48 40 46 Arup Design Yearbook 2009 39 Better than new 45 Forecasting footfalls 52 Simple complexity 64 Peak performance Refurbishment of a Minimising vibration on Building the 2008 Serpentine Delivering financial and heritage-listed office an iconic footbridge. Gallery Summer Pavilion. performance improvements building in Sydney. for organisations. 46 Managed flow 54 Feast for the senses 40 Reaching out to Africa A freeway management A world class recital hall for 66 Sustainable planning Addressing critical issues of system helps keep Melbourne’s music lovers. in wetlands water, sanitation, healthcare Melbourne’s traffic moving. Sensitive development 56 A coherent vision and education in Africa. preserves central Florida 48 Averting flood risk A creative new approach to wetlands. 42 Down to earth An integrated water inner city development in the Ancient building materials catchment model aids Gulf region. 68 Designed for earthquakes shine in Australia’s newest decision-making for planners. New airport terminal in Istanbul 58 Schools for all seasons winery. is world’s largest seismically- 49 Every drop counts Three schools are an integral isolated structure. 43 A winemaker’s delight A proposed development part of their communities. A Spanish winery’s design in the water-sensitive Napa 70 Going underground 60 All wrapped up reflects the process taking Valley treads lightly. A new 26 kilometre underground place within. A cocoon-shaped landmark rail line links Hong Kong and 50 A playful crossing for three Tokyo colleges. mainland China. 44 Zero gravity bridge A new footbridge in Portugal 62 The missing link A slender footbridge links a is full of surprises. Chicago museum and a park. A new canal link regenerates the boroughs of Liverpool. 18 54 58 50 56 30 In safe hands A new intake tunnel for a Nevada reservoir required masterful planning After nearly ten years of drought, n It’s May 2009, and Lake Mead is The task facing the Vegas Tunnel less than half full. With the Las Vegas Constructors, with Arup as its Lake Mead, the reservoir behind the area relying on it as its primary source designer, is to construct a shaft at Hoover Dam, is dangerously low. of water, the white mineral deposits the lakeside, bore a new tunnel under A further drop could render existing which reveal the 1983 high-water the lake and make the connection mark are a stark reminder that this between the tunnel and the water – intake tunnels inoperable. A new, metropolitan area (in the middle of the the intake structure itself. deeper intake tunnel will secure the Mojave desert) is under pressure. Nine years of drought has taken its toll, and Conceptually, the task is simple supply of water to nearly two million a further drop in water level of 30.4 enough: a shaft is sunk down into the people in the Las Vegas area. metres – since 1983 it has already volcanic rock at the lakeside. From dropped 38 metres and has been the bottom of the shaft, a tunnel dropping by up to seven metres a boring machine cuts horizontally out year – will restrict the water supply, as under the lake bed, erecting a lining the existing Intake No.1 will find itself as it goes to support the ground. above water for the first time since the The end of the tunnel is connected Hoover Dam was built in 1936. through the lake bed to an inlet and the water can start flowing. The new intake tunnel will be sited at 262 metres above sea level – In practice, though, each of the approximately 45 metres deeper stages is a challenging construction than the current deepest tunnel. project in its own right. The whole Constructing it is a huge undertaking is a project that few firms have the and involves digging of underground expertise to manage. caverns, installation of a surface pumping station and various surface pipelines to link the new intake to the existing treatment facility. pumping station and access shafts Saddle Island old Las Vegas 335 m etres (August 2008) wash canal The proposed intake system in cross section. intake (260 m etres) tunnel (4.8 kilom etres) 4 Project Name Lake Mead Intake No 3 Location Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Client Vegas Tunnel Constructors Shafts and Tunnels (Impregilo/SA Healy) 1. A model of the The 182 metre deep shaft is carved Making the connection between the tunnel and intake out of the rock by blasting the hard tunnel and the water is the tricky part. system. volcanic rock with dynamite. Because Originally, the plan had been to drill into 2. Workers will groundwater seeps through the rock the lake bed from the surface within have over 120 metres of rock fissures, cement grout is pumped into a vertical pipe and to break out of the and water the fissures to fill gaps and reduce tunnel to make a connection, but the above them. the water inflows. To allow efficient sheer scale of the operation and the 3. The intake construction, the entire shaft is lined with extreme water pressure made it risky. structure provides a unreinforced concrete. A couple of ‘stub’ Instead, Arup suggested placing a docking station tunnels are needed to house drainage concrete structure – much like a socket for the tunnel equipment and Arup has designed an – onto the lake bed.