I want to incorporate the modern light pipe design into a traditional wind catcher aesthetic. The brick of the wind catchers ties in with the brick aesthetic of the surrounding buildings of Cambridge. Modern architecture in Cambridge uses a very small material palette - brick and masonry, but in contemporary ways. I hope to achieve this with the aesthetic of the wind towers. The towers fit neatly into the 1400mm grid of the site, and are proportioned as three 1400mm cubes stacked on top of each other; where the top cube contains the air vents.
In the centre of the tower will be a reflective tube so light will bounce back and forth before it illuminates the spaces below:
The stack effect will help draw fresh air in and expel warm air, due to the temperature differences between the air outside and the air in the subterranean depository. The blue arrows show fresh air, red arrows the stale air from underground; and the yellow arrows show light bouncing down the light pipe:
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