BITS, BYTES AND BATH in Åkrehamn

Nadarevic, Una

dc.contributor.advisor	Hegli, Tine
dc.contributor.author	Nadarevic, Una
dc.coverage.spatial	Åkrehamn, Karmøy, Hordaland, Norway	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2021-09-28T08:01:29Z
dc.date.available	2021-09-28T08:01:29Z
dc.date.issued	2020-12
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2783965
dc.description	Data centers are physical buildings for storage of digital information. It is easy to forget that these machines even exist, let alone to comprehend the amount of energy they need to operate 24/7. The contradiction being; that they require almost the same amount of energy to be artificially cooled, as to be kept in operation. This makes the data centers account for almost 2 % of the global power demand while the excess heat they produce is released into the atmosphere and rarely utilized. This project is about making the data centers that are so often out of sight a beneficial and visible part of a society. This by both utilizing the excess thermal energy to heat public pools and introducing the program to a more urban context. The context being the city of Åkrehamn, Karmøy. A western city of southern charm, its history and identity is connected to the sea. Here almost in the city center, lies a small islet, crushed and broken by human forces into nothing that would remind of the archetypal textures and tactility of the stone and sand that meets the water elsewhere on Karmøy. The project became about restoring the island and creating a new landscape while respecting the surroundings. The project is therefore mostly brought under the ground with a few key volumes brought up in daylight; such as the entrance, which is an extension of the ramp that brings you down into the facility.	en_US
dc.language.iso	eng	en_US
dc.publisher	The Oslo School of Architecture and Design	en_US
dc.rights	Navngivelse-Ikkekommersiell-DelPåSammeVilkår 4.0 Internasjonal	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.no	*
dc.subject	Architecture	en_US
dc.subject	Arkitektur	en_US
dc.subject	Data centres	en_US
dc.subject	Datasentre	en_US
dc.subject	Svømmehaller	en_US
dc.subject	Swimming pools	en_US
dc.subject	Oppvarming	en_US
dc.subject	Heating	en_US
dc.title	BITS, BYTES AND BATH in Åkrehamn	en_US
dc.type	Master thesis	en_US
dc.description.version	submittedVersion	en_US
dc.rights.holder	Una Nadarevic	en_US
dc.subject.nsi	Architecture and design: 140	en_US