Type
Buildings
Local
Portugal
State
Ongoing
Year
2021
Client
Farfetch
The project consists of building a technological valley with the aim of promoting the meeting between companies, culture, art, and community. The undertaking will take up an area of 155,820 m², of which 55% will correspond to landscaped areas, and will include commercial and services spaces, a hotel, and office buildings.
QUADRANTE was responsible for developing Engineering and Consultancy Projects focused on the sustainability of the new FARFETCH offices, covering the phases of Preliminary Study, Planning Application, Detail Design, and on-site Technical Assistance.
Services included the following projects:
In collaboration with the Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), responsible for the architecture of FUSE VALLEY, we sought to ensure the virtuous coexistence of the architectural solution and high levels of environmental performance and operational efficiency. The main goal is to develop Zero Energy Buildings (ZEB), LEED Platinum and WELL Platinum certifications.
The project was designed as an ecosystem that generates positive environmental effects and has high energy performance standards, making it possible to reduce energy consumption by around 60%. The project also promotes the integration of renewable energy sources on-site, through the use of photovoltaic panels and the extensive use of native plants in green roofs and landscaped areas, combined with a rainwater recovery system, to ensure biodiversity, control local runoff, and reduce the heat island effect. We should also highlight the campus buildings, which are designed to use 75% less drinking water than a standard building, using reclaimed water that will supply 50% of their sanitary and irrigation needs.
The project was entirely developed in BIM in an integrated and coordinated way. The BIM models that were applied boosted a more efficient coordination, as well as a fluid communication among all stakeholders. The exchange of information was ensured by means of a cloud-based CDE - Common Data Environment, allowing synergies among all the Engineering specialities, technicians from the Environment and Sustainability area, Architecture, and the client.
The various solutions were analysed by means of simulations, most notably 6D BIM, which allowed our teams to study the sustainable behaviour of the buildings considering different variables. The studies included:
