Bystrup Architecture Design Engineering

Bystrup Arkitekter (Bystrup Architecture Design Engineering) is a Danish architecture firm established in 1994. Headed by Erik Bystrup,[1] the firm's designs focus on aesthetics, economy, and ecology. Bystrup has offices in several other European countries including the United Kingdom, Germany, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. The main office is located on Vermundsgade 40 A in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Organization

The company employs between 11-50 planners, architects, and designers. Most of the workforce consists of young, college and graduate-aged men and women. In addition, Erik Bystrup also heads projects and helps in the design, publication, and advertisement of the company's work.

Work

Overview

The company mainly focuses on urban and architectural planning and design, urban and industrial furniture and components, as well as product development and economy management. The projects are divided into two categories, urban and product. The former contains larger projects such as the Ørestad City (1997), a urban center in Ørestaden, Denmark, and the Oslo waterfront (2000), a project that plans to restructure the Norwegian city's waterfront with aesthetically pleasing urban design, opera houses, and other attractions. The product category contains creations such as the Vitral Facade System (1988) which improved insulation and temperature control in buildings and a new design for a cellular communications tower (2011) which is more pleasing to the eye and uses space more economically. Bystrup has designed several motorway bridges.

In 2015, Bystrup and partners won the design for a pedestrian bridge between Nine Elms and Pimlico in London, with spiral ramps preserving parks at both ends.[2]

Tubular pylons and Awards

Eagle

Bystrup began designing tubular steel pylons around 2001, and won the competition for 500 pylons on a main 400kV line in Denmark with a design called "Eagle", operational in late 2014 and carrying 2x1,800 MW.[3][4][5]

T-Pylon

In 2011, following a design competition managed by RIBA Competitions the Royal Institute of British Architects awarded a ₤5,000 reward to Bystrup for a new design of electrical towers called the T-Pylon, designed by Bystrup architect Rasmus Jessing. The design, which energy secretary Chris Huhne called "an innovative design which is simple, classical and practical", is set to replace the 88,000 pylons that have been in use in the United Kingdom since the 1920s. This design, which lowers the size from 50 meters and 30 tons to 32 meters and 20 tons, is lauded for its appearance and energy conservation ability. The Pylon's conductors are in a unique triangular configuration which should theoretically minimize the extent of circuits and magnetic fields. The project will play a role in the United Kingdom's plan to reduce carbon emissions by 80% by 2050 because energy production and use will rely heavily on electricity.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Blackman, Sarah (28 June 2012). "Wasted wind energy: solving the problem of bad grid connections". Kable Intelligence Limited. power-technology.com. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  2. ↑ Oliver Wainwright. "Public fury as new bridge across the Thames announced at Nine Elms". the Guardian.
  3. ↑ "Aesthetic Tower Design Helps Danish Grid Operator Obtain Approvals for Important New 400 kV Line" 26 January 2015
  4. ↑ "Eagle Pylon".
  5. ↑ "500 nye højspændingsmaster sender strøm gennem Jylland".
  6. ↑ "Pylon design competition winner revealed". BBC. 14 October 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2015.

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