Exercise 2 - Ensor

This building is most commonly known as the Gherkin building. The building has a very interesting story and function. The building is the first sustainable skyscraper. The building boasts this through it's design and the intention of being a "sky garden". The side picture shows the creation of the building. the circling floor plan was based off of a flower and the shope is desinged to lower wind force. This shape could not have been done without the help of advance computer programs. The third picture is the history and emotional present of the building. The Gherkin building was built over the old site of the Baltic Exchange building. The Baltic Exchange was bombed in 1992 and forever changed the London skyline. The whole picture tells the story of what the building repersents: The concept/sky garden/London skyline.