{"id":4441,"date":"2023-01-11T13:44:49","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T12:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hb2.tuwien.ac.at\/?p=4441"},"modified":"2023-11-28T13:08:38","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T12:08:38","slug":"building-in-antarctica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hb2.tuwien.ac.at\/en\/building-in-antarctica\/","title":{"rendered":"Talk \/\/ Building in Antarctica"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Building in Antarctica \/ Hugh Broughton<\/p>\n

11.01.2023 16:00, <\/strong>online<\/a>
\nThe talk can be watched on our Youtube Channel<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Hugh is one of the world\u2019s leading designers of research facilities in Antarctica. He will explain his work for the British, New Zealand, Australian and American programs, focussing on the environmental, logistic and well-being challenges of construction in the harshest, most extreme continent on earth. His talk will also review the similarities of designing for Antarctica with designing for space and will show a recent collaboration with artists in Bristol, constructing a prototype house for Mars.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hugh Broughton founded Hugh Broughton Architects in 1995. The practice is based in West London. In 2005 Hugh\u2019s practice won an international competition for the design of the UK\u2019s most southerly Antarctic research station \u2013 Halley VI. The modular elevated base was completed in 2012 and is the world\u2019s first fully relocatable polar research facility. <\/span><\/p>\n

Hugh\u2019s practice has gone on to win a string of design competitions for remote projects and is now considered one of the world\u2019s leading designers of research facilities in the Polar Regions. His projects include:<\/span><\/p>\n