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RVTR

RVTR er arkitektastofa frá Kanada sem hlotið hefur fjölda viðurkenninga frá stofnun árið 2007.  Stofnendur eru Geoffrey Thün, Kathy Velikov og Colin Ripley.  Í vinnu sinni leggja þau áherslu á að tengja þverfaglegar akademískar rannsóknir og arkitektúr með yfirfærslu á tækni og eflingu framsækinnar sjálfbærrar hönnunar.

RVTR vinnur að þróun á heildrænum kerfisbundnum aðferðum sem hugsa upp á nýtt sjálfbæra nálgun að breiðum og margþættu sviðum hins byggða umhverfis.  Núverandi verkefni stofunnar eru m.a. skipulagsverkefni um endurnýjanlega orku og háhraða-ferðamöguleika fyrir landsvæðið í námunda við Vatnahéruð Kanada (Great Lakes Megaregion), sérhönnun íbúðarhúsnæðis knúnu sólarorku til fjöldaframleiðslu fyrir norðlægar slóðir og rannsóknir á áhrifum loftlags á byggingahluta og byggingatækni.

RVTR hlaut Young Architects Forum Award í New York árið 2008 og árið 2009 hlaut stofan Professional Prix de Rome in Architecture frá  Canada Council for the Arts. Árið 2010 fékk stofan viðurkenningu fyrir North House Project frá Arkitektafélagi Ontario og Research + Design Award frá tímaritinu Architecture Magazine. Rannsóknarvinna RVTR er m.a. styrkt af Orkuráðuneyti Bandaríkjanna (US Department of Energy), Orkustofnun Ontario (The Ontario Power Authority) og Rannsóknasjóði félags- og hugvísinda í Kanada (Social Sciences and Humanities Council of Canada).

RVTR hlaut ferðastyrk frá Canada Council Professional Prix de Rome in Architecture til að kynna sér sjálfbæra hönnun íbúðarhúsa og skipulags á norðlægum slóðum og eru af því tilefni nú á Íslandi.  Í starfi sínu lítur RVTR til menningarlegra og félagslegra þátta jafnt sem tækninýjunga og orkunýtingar sem áhrifaþátta á nýja tegund byggingariðnaðar sem hefur sjálfbæra þróun til framtíðar að leiðarljósi.

RVTR                  www.rvtr.com

RVTR is a research - based professional architectural practice with a specific agenda to advance linkages between interdisciplinary academic research and the architectural profession, through technology transfer and other means, as well as to realize leading-edge sustainable works of the built environment. RVTR was founded in 2007 by partners Kathy Velikov, Geoffrey Thün and Colin Ripley and currently operates with offices in Toronto, Canada and Ann Arbor, Michigan. Central to the work of RVTR has been a growing area of concentration in the development of holistic systems-based strategies for re-thinking sustainable approaches to a range of broad and complex topics. Current projects address a regional planning strategy for high speed mobility and renewable energy production in the Great Lakes Megaregion, the development of high performance mass-customize solar housing communities for northern climates and research into climatically responsive building component assemblies.

RVTR was awarded the Young Architects Forum Award in 2008 by the Architectural League of New York, and received the 2009 Professional Prix de Rome in Architecture from the Canada Council for the Arts. In 2010 The Ontario Association of Architects recognized RVTR’s seminal North House Project with an Award of Design Excellence and the project has also received a 2010 Research + Design Award from Architecture Magazine. RVTR’s design research is currently funded by the US Department of Energy and NREL, The Ontario Power Authority (OPA), MITACS Accelerate Ontario, NRCan, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Council of Canada (SSHRC).

RVTR is currently undertaking travel funded by the Canada Council Professional Prix de Rome in Architecture to extend their design research on sustainable northern housing and urbanization and facilitate dissemination of their design work to an international audience. During the summer of 2010, firm directors will study the methods used by mass-customized prefabrication industries in Japan and they will investigate traditional and emerging technologies, buildings and communities for living in cold climates, particularly in Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands, as well as to visit the 2010 Solar Decathlon Europe in Madrid. According to RVTR, “cultural and social constructions, as well as technological advancements and energy performance, will shape the development of a new sustainable housing industry leading the way to a higher quality of life for a broad range of constituents.”

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