McLaren Tecnology centre is 5,00,000 sq.mt wide head quarters of McLaren automobile industry. It is covered by 50, 000 cu.mt wide ecology lakes. This building is shortlisted for Royal Institute of British Architects Stirling Prize. The production of the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren(the one in video) is done entirely at the McLaren Technology Centre.Water in the surrounding lakes is pumped through a series of heat exchangers to cool the building and to dissipate the heat produced by the wind tunnels. Using 400 tones of steel between 8-10mm thick, the wind tunnel’s construction was the equivalent of building a fairly large ship.
It was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth in May 2004. The office is large enough to hold more than nine Boeing 747 jumbo jets. McLaren has not disclosed the project's cost, but BBC News has suggested a figure of GB£300m. The ceramic tiles alone are costing £2.5m.
2 comments:
nice post buddy...
It's an industry...Developing countries will take their own time to dream about such foundation.But is it a innovation?I guess it's more than art but not less than engineering!
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