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Design Yearbook 2011


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Contents

Foreword

Greenhouse by Joost

Enhanced Use of Underground Space

Barracks Estate Retroft

Low-Profle Tuned Mass Dampers

Serpentine Gallery Pavilions

Cityringen

+ Pool

School of the Arts

Irish Sky Garden

TenderVoice/TenderNoise

Blasting Analysis Tool

Sabre Sustainable Kindergarten School

Lincoln Center Public Spaces

East of England Midwifery Leadership

Development Programme

Ropemaker Place

CIC Zero-Carbon Building

De Montfort University

Sustainable Project Appraisal Routine (SPeAR)

Zuidas Integrated Urban Design

Cornell ERL Upgrade to CESR

7 Line Extension Ground Support Design

Social Firefy

Rokko Shidare Observatory

Ofce RealTime

Trafc Study or Admiralty

Education Executive Agency and Tax Ofce

CABLED

Tonsley Park

Crossrail C122 Bored Tunnels

Ysbyty Aneurin Bevan

Lok Ma Chau Loop

Museum of Bristol

Fehmarnbelt

Gautrain

Airut

Pocket Habitat and The Benefts and Challenges o

Green Roos on Public and Commercial Buildings

Autoroute 30

Parrish Art Museum

Santander SmartBay

Hong Kong Sludge Treatment Facility

Torre Hadid

HaloIPT

Columbia University Northwest Corner Building

Presidio Parkway

apex

Museum of Polish Aviation and Paper Planes,

an exhibition by Nicolas Grospierre

Water Resilience in Makati City and

World Bank Climate Resilience in Ningbo

Heydar Aliyev International Airport

Warrego Highway-Brisbane Valley Highway

Interim Intersection Upgrade

Moses Mabhida Station

Existing Buildings Survival Strategy Online

Turner Contemporary

The Upper Raba Spawning Grounds

Q2022 Showcase

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Contents | Foreword | Image credits


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Design is at the heart of everything we do at Arup.

It is a collaborative enterprise with our clients,

partners and communities. Over the past year, wehave consulted, planned, engineered and advised on

a vast range of projects. The design projects in this

book illustrate the diversity of this work.

Our clients believe in the transformative power of

excellent design: a power to shape a world where

people are safer, healthier, have greater amenity and

are inspired by their environments.

Our ambition is to help shape a better world. These

stories show how, through design, we imaginatively

integrate our deep technical skill to do so.

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Hong Kong could soon be radically overhauling the

way it uses the land that is currently occupied by its

government facilities. Given the demand for land in

Hong Kong and the limited growth of the city due to

steep, hilly terrain, these facilities could be transferred

underground to rock caverns.

We have completed a study for the Hong Kong SAR

Government and formulated a strategy for increasing land

supply by developing greater use of underground space

and thereby improving the quality of life for the citys

residents. Various types of government facilities from

civic centres to sports halls to sewage treatment plants

were reviewed. Local communities could be improved by

moving those facilities with a high environmental impact,

such as sewage treatment plants, to secure, underground

locations. The revenue generated from the sale of

released land could cover some, or all, of the cost of the

underground developments.

Our work demonstrated the viability of moving

facilities underground by showcasing local and

overseas examples. We also formulated strategies

to deal with key issues relating to undergroundland ownership, environmental impacts and facility

operation. We stimulated debate around the issue and

sought government and public support for the initiative,

by generating a bilingual pamphlet, an executive

summary and 3D animations detailing the benets

and challenges of developing underground

space in dense urban environments.

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less energy and generatesless heat).

Groundwater drawdownis minimised by groundingand waterproong aroundthe excavation.

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Pump-sump to collect potentiallycontaminated water rom sourceswithin the cavern or treatment.

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Enhanced Use o Underground Space | Hong Kong, ChinaDesigned or the Geotechnical Engineering Oice o the Hong Kong SAR Government

http://arup.com/Projects/HK_Underground_Study.aspxhttp://arup.com/Projects/HK_Underground_Study.aspxhttp://arup.com/Projects/HK_Underground_Study.aspx


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How can a social landlord turn

tenants green?

For the rst time, a social landlord is using a Social

Return-On-Investment (SROI) tool to inform a

low-carbon retrot project.

SROI has been developed from traditional cost-benet

analysis and social accounting. Using a participative

approach, it helps organisations capture, monetise and

understand the social, environmental and economic

value they create.

For Salix Homes, the landlord of the 79 properties at

Barracks Estate in Salford, Greater Manchester, we

reviewed retrot options considering potential annual

savings on energy and CO2, capital costs per kilogramof CO2 per year and capital costs versus running costs.

Before work began on the retrot, we used an SROI

tool to engage with tenants through interviews,

questionnaires and meetings to establish their

behaviour and attitudes towards energy, allowing us

to predict the social return of the project. One year

on from the completion of the retrot, we are again

engaging with tenants to see how their energy use

and expenditure have been affected by the change.

Analysing this new data with the SROI tool will

reveal the social return Salix Homes has seen on its

low-carbon retrot investment and the accuracy of

our initial predictions.

Reduction in CO2 emissions

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Barracks Estate Retrot | Manchest er, United KingdomDesigned or Salix Homes Ltd

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How can a Formula 1 car make

an office more comfortable?

Inventive, lateral thinking is behind a simple

damping device that remedies annoying ofce oor

vibrations. And it is available more quickly and at a

fraction of the cost of existing solutions.

Our designers have taken the Tuned Mass Dampers

(TMD) system and enhanced it, bringing in

existing technology from the world of automotive

engineering. Applying this proven technology to

TMDs has reduced fabrication times from three

months to one and reduced costs to a quarter.

Because the new TMDs are lighter and lower-prole,

they can also be tted by hand in less than an hour.

How does it work? TMDs increase oor energy

dissipation and reduce unwanted vibration in oors.

Traditionally, they can be costly, cumbersome and

slow to make. With tenants in its high-specication

building unhappy about oor movement, our client

needed a quick, low-cost solution to vibrations. Our

designers thought laterally, looking to the world of

Formula 1 to recongure the TMD. They substituted

the existing vertical, helical steel springs and

dissipation apparatus with visco-elastic pads, widely

available in the automotive industry.

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Low-Prole Tuned Mass Dampers | L ondon, United KingdomDesigned or a UK contractor

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A decade of Serpentine

Gallery Pavilions

This years Pavilion, designed by architect Peter

Zumthor (see main image), marks 10 years of

our design collaboration and consulting for thisprestigious commission. The physical constraints

of the site and the challenging timescales remain

constant, but the design responses are radically

different each year.

Our involvement extends beyond simply making

the buildings work. We strive to develop ambitions

and experimental engineering solutions that help

to enable this public celebration of contemporary

architecture.

Top images

2011 Peter Zumthor

2010 Jean Nouvel

2009 Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa o SANAA

2008 Frank Gehry

2007 Olaur Eliasson + Kjetil Thorsen

Bottom images

2006 Rem Koolhaas

2005 Alvaro Siza + Eduardo Souto de Moura

2003 Oscar Niemeyer

2002 Toyo Ito

2001 Daniel Libeskind

Serpentine Gallery Pavilions | London, United KingdomDesigned with multiple architects or the Serpentine Gallery

http://arup.com/News/2011_06_June/27_June_11_Decade_Serpentine_Pavilion_Peter_Zumthor.aspxhttp://arup.com/News/2011_06_June/27_June_11_Decade_Serpentine_Pavilion_Peter_Zumthor.aspx


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Connecting Copenhagen

In lighting, does underground have to mean

articial? We do not believe so. Our design for the

Cityringen (the Copenhagen Metro) brings natural

light deep into the heart of the citys underground

network, and into the lives of a nation that spends

much of the year in twilight. Our team has

maximised the use of light and space throughout the

network. Most of the stations on the new line make a

highly original use of skylights to brighten the day of

Danish commuters.

Our architects, planners, engineers and technical

and management specialists are creating a desirable

experience for the passengers who will travel on

the Cityringen when it is completed in 2018. The

goal is to create spaces that meet the intuitive and

natural demands of the travellers: providing them

withpositive and memorable travel as well as better

connecting them with their city. Eighty-ve percent

of all homes, workplaces and further education

institutions in the capital will be within 600m

of one of its stations.

Cityringen | Copenhagen, DenmarkDesigned with COWI and Systra or Metroselskabet

http://arup.com/Projects/Copenhagen_Metro.aspxhttp://arup.com/News/2011_06_June/27_June_11_Decade_Serpentine_Pavilion_Peter_Zumthor.aspxhttp://arup.com/News/2011_06_June/27_June_11_Decade_Serpentine_Pavilion_Peter_Zumthor.aspxhttp://arup.com/Projects/Copenhagen_Metro.aspx


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Floating an idea

What if children, athletes, keep-t swimmers and

families could all enjoy safe swimming in New Yorks

East River? The idea that is moving this vision closer

to reality is not to build a pool next to the river, but to

oat a pool on the river itself.

The + Pool, as the project is called, would be the

worlds rst oating pool to take water directly from a

river and lter the water for swimming purposes. Our

team studied the water quality of the NYC waterways

and the water requirements for a pool. Using that

information, we presented the architect with several

ltration system options to test. Based on these ltration

options, we considered modular structural congurations

and integrated mechanical, electrical and plumbing

systems to explore how the pool could be built and

how it could operate. The proposed system uses aninnovative combination of new and existing ltration

technologies. Testing is underway to further develop

and design a system to transform the East Rivers water

into swimmable water that meets city, state and federal

quality standards.

Four distinct pool areas (Childrens Pool, Sports Pool,

Lap Pool and Lounge Pool) can be used independently,

combined to form an Olympic-length lap pool or opened

completely into a 836m play pool. In an area lacking

beach access, the pool idea has attracted widespread

local and international attention and is the centrepiece of

an attempt to revitalise the East River waterfront.

+ Pool | New York, New York, United States o AmericaDesigned with Family New York and PlayLab or the people o New York City

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Smaller bang theory

Few people who live in urban spaces give much thought

to the work of tunnel designers until, that is, the vibration

and noise effects of drill and blast excavations intrude

into daily life. Our new underground blasting analysis tool

is helping to minimise these intrusions, streamlining blasteffect management, providing quicker responses to design

changes and smoothing the path for faster project approvals.

Built on Geographic Information System (GIS) technology,

the software pulls together large complex datasets of blast

zone information into a single software analysis platform.

Blasting effects are easier to determine and suitable charge

weights more effectively identied. Assessments that

previously took a full working day to complete can now be

performed in minutes. With the savings in time, engineers

can explore more options to investigate more efcient blast

designs. The GIS tool provides better output to explain how

the whole analysis and blasting operation works, resulting

in fewer complaints and smoother operation of the project.

Blasting Analysis Tool | Hong Kong, ChinaDesigned or MTR Corporation Ltd

http://arup.com/Services/Geographic_Information_Systems.aspxhttp://arup.com/Services/Geographic_Information_Systems.aspx


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Sabre Sustainable Kindergarten School | Dwabor, GhanaDesigned with Davis Langdon and the Sabre Charitable Trust

Designing a brighter futureYou can design a better school, but how do you design

a brighter future?

For Arup volunteers working with construction group

Davis Langdon and the Sabre Charitable Trust on

Ghanas kindergartens, the answer is to design schools

that build brighter futures for whole communities.

Our design has created local skills and employment.

It also created a stimulating learning environment;

school attendance immediately increased by 45% and

enrolments increased by 190% one year after opening.

The Sabre Sustainable Kindergarten projectshows

how global design expertise and local knowledge can

combine to improve peoples lives. The prototype schoolmakes inventive use of local, sustainable materials

from soil bricks, coconut bres and bamboo to a cement

substitute made from clay and palm kernels. Involving

the community in the planning and construction has given

local people new skills and employment opportunities in

this remote village.

The kindergartens modular design is more affordable

and better value for money to build per square metre

than a government school in Ghana. The lessons learned

from the project have established an affordable, replicable

model for a rural school roll-out programme set to build

brighter futures for Ghanas communities and children.

http://arup.com/Projects/Dwabor_kindergarten.aspxhttp://arup.com/Services/International_development.aspxhttp://arup.com/Services/International_development.aspxhttp://arup.com/Projects/Dwabor_kindergarten.aspx


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Terraced biodiversity

A tour de force of high-quality design, innovativeconstruction and super energy credentials. This is how

the British Construction Industry Awards described

the 81,218m commercial ofce development at

RopemakerPlace in the City of London.

Conceived as a Chinese puzzle where the sum-of-the

parts dene the whole, the build ing is composed

of six large-scale interlocking cubic forms, rising

up as a series of garden terraces. The bio-diverse

natural habitat of the roof terraces gives the building

a distinctive character in its City surroundings and

was directly responsible for the tenants choosing

Ropemaker Place over many local alternatives.

Our design will help the new occupiers to reduce their

operational costs and environmental impact. It is set

to achieve 33% lower carbon emissions than those set

out in the current Building Regulations. The 21-storey

buildings bespoke tilted faade system reduces the

energy needed for cooling by up to 27% compared to

a conventional at faade. The ambitious design of the

subtly changing colour and rhythmic expression of the

faade and the imaginative roof terraces were achieved

on time and on budget.

The buildings commercial credentials are as

impressive as its environmental and aesthetic qualities.

Through their redesign of the buildings conguration

and reuse of the existing basement structure, our

designers created additional lettable space.

Ropemaker Place | Lond on, United KingdomDesigned by Arup Associates or British Land Co Plc

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Zero-carbon inspiration

Our work on Hong Kongs rst Zero-Carbon

Building (ZCB) is helping to reduce greenhouse

gas emissions by showcasing the possibilities of

energy-efcient design and construction.

This pilot project cuts energy demands by about

40% compared to traditionally-designed buildings.It will not add any carbon into the atmosphere.

Instead it relies on ultra energy-efcient active

building systems, photovoltaics and an onsite

biodiesel energy unit. The landscape area will also be

designed as a zero-carbon precinct for the public.

Drawing on our rms expertise and best practices

from around the world, the project will be an

experimental and evolving showcase to inspire

positive change to Hong Kongs construction

industry and the community. Once it is completed

and formally opened in mid-2012, the ZCB will serve

as an education centre, open for guided visits.

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CIC Zero-Carbon Building | Hong Kong, ChinaDesigned or Construction Industry Council

http://www.arup.com/Services/Sustainable_Buildings_Design.aspxhttp://www.arup.com/Services/Sustainable_Buildings_Design.aspx


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We were very pleased with the outcomes of the

study, which identied signicant carbon savings forDe Montfort University and highlighted the potential

to reduce emissions generated through our procurement

activities. This complements our new vision to make

a signicant contribution to global efforts to achieve

environmental sustainability. Arups in-depth knowledge

meant that they could offer meaningful input into a

project never previously undertaken by a UK university.

Universities are very complex and diverse organisations,

and Arups involvement helped to facilitate and

coordinate new working relationships between our

staff, across a number of different departments.

Professor Dominic ShellardVice Chancellor, De Montfort University

University challenge

De Montort University | Leicester, United KingdomDesigned with De Montort University

http://arup.com/Services/Carbon_management.aspxhttp://arup.com/Projects/DMU_Carbon_Footprinting_Study.aspxhttp://arup.com/Projects/DMU_Carbon_Footprinting_Study.aspxhttp://arup.com/Services/Carbon_management.aspx


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Virtuous cycles

Organisations are expected to be ever-more

transparent about the impact of their business on the

wider world. OurSPeAR toolis making it easier for

them to assess sustainability across a broad range of

their projects and activities.

With SPeAR, our worldwide team of sustainability

experts has brought together a broad range of

indicators and a robust methodology that can be

adapted to the specic needs of each client. It gives

them a simple way to assess sustainability impacts

across themes such as transport, biodiversity, culture,

employment and skills. Results are presented as

a diagram using a trafc-light system to highlight

where the greatest improvements can be made.

The earlier SPeAR is used in a project lifecycle, the

greater the inuence it can have. As well as

highlighting sustainability impacts, Arup can identify

interdependencies, which can help to create virtuous

cycles. For example, if a site is selected because

it has good access to public transport and is close

to enough facilities to make walking and cycling

attractive options, this will have a positive impact

on air quality in the area. SPeAR was developed

in 2000. An upgrade in 2011 made the tool more

exible, more global and better able to address

emerging sustainablity issues.

Resource eciencySelecting the right materialsrom the right supplier will

help to reduce waste, willensure that local, sustainableprocurement criteria aremet and will minimise thetransport associated withbringing the materials to site.

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More than a plan

As lead designer for Amsterdams Zuidas

development zone, we are moving the concept of

urban planning in exciting new directions. Working

as part of the City of Amsterdam, were taking urban

design from simply the planning of a citys physical

development to the much more ambitious concept of

creating a place that is compatible with, and more

attractive to, the people who use it.

A 20-year growth strategy will transform this

commercial quarter into a vibrant, 24-hour

environment that makes the best possible use of eachand every one of Zuidas 265 hectares of land. Tall

ofce towers built on premium-priced land will sit

next to a wide range of more affordable homes and

leisure and community facilities.

Ofce space will be let to non-prot and community-

service organisations, and used land will have interim

uses including urban farms with temporary livestock

from surrounding farms during the harvest festival.

The Zuidas Integrated Placemaking Strategy ZIPS

incorporates the major infrastructure projects of

lowering the rail and road system that currently cuts

through Zuidas. A new rail station will provide easy

transport links.

Zuidas Integrated Urban Design | Amsterdam, The NetherlandsDesigned or Projectbureau

Watch Planningthe Arup Way



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Design accelerator

Cornell University is opening up new frontiers in particle

science with the development of their Energy Recovery

Linear (ERL) accelerator. Our integrated design approach has

smoothed the way for future construction and operations.

Stronger than other accelerators of its type, the new ERLs

x-ray capabilities will allow us to peer into matter in our

physical world in far richer detail than we can now. What welearn will help us to build more efcient batteries, catalysts and

solar cells, develop better drugs to improve our human health,

and keep the USA scientically competitive. From ground

movement to complex cryogenic gas systems, to housing

physics equipment with extreme sensitivity to vibration, our

deep technical expertise enabled us to understand the needs of

the diverse campus entities and provide valuable solutions for

a wide variety of technical issues.

To fund the ERL, the university is applying for a multimillion-

dollar grant from the National Science Foundation. The

technical reports, risk management, design drawings, and cost

and schedule projections produced by our designers, engineers

and project managers have all helped to support the funding

application for this ground-breaking new science facility.

Cornell ERL Upgrade to CESR | Cornell, New York, United States o AmericaDesigned with Davis Brody Bond or Cornell University

Watch members ofthe Arup and CornellUniversity teams discussthe ERL project



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A new West Side story

New Yorks massive 7 Line subway extension

will create a vital direct link from Times Square

to the underdeveloped, far West Side of Midtown

Manhattan.

To build a new station on this project required

excavating the rst large rock cavern in Manhattan

for nearly 40 years. As such, it posed enormous

design challenges. Large infrastructure projects can

become mired in overspends and overruns. So how

were we able to help our client complete the project

six months ahead of schedule?

Through close collaboration with the contractor

and the use of sophisticated 2D and 3D numerical

software, we optimised the design of the rock

tunnels, caverns and shafts. We also made sure our

engineers were on site 24/7: the perfect answer for

the city that never sleeps.

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7 Line Extension Ground Support Design | New York, New York, United States o AmericaDesigned with S3II Tunnel Constructors or the Metropolitan Transportation Authority

http://arup.com/Services/Tunnel_Design.aspxhttp://arup.com/Services/Tunnel_Design.aspx


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Drawn to the light

If you were one of the 400,000 people who visited the

18-day Vivid Sydney 2011 festival in Circular Quay,

Sydney, you will have met with our Social Firey.

We designed, created and installed this radically

different light artwork with a vision of engaging

visitors through light as a medium of communication.

Social Firey was a simple and effective

demonstration of social interaction and the impact

humans can have on natural systems. Our reies

responded to light from their neighbours and from

the audience, creating spontaneous and visible social

interactions between the reies, delighting and

exciting viewers who took part.

To reduce the artworks environmental impact, we

redistributed the lamps used to generate light to local

households, reducing greenhouse gas emissions by

52 tonnes of CO2

equivalent.

Social Firefy | Sydney, AustraliaDesigned with Frank Maguire or AGB Events Pty Ltd

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Trac Study or Admiralty | H ong Kong China
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Can busier ever mean less congested?

Hong Kongs busy central business district, Admiralty,

is soon to get busier. It will be home to new government

headquarters, the legislative council and two new metro

lines (in addition to the two existing metro lines). The

area is, however, also to receive a congestion makeover,

easing trafc and improving pedestrian access.

In preparation for the new developments, we were

commissioned to conduct a large-scale assessment of

the potential trafc problems. Our study was the rst to

explore the way pedestrians and on-street trafc interact

in a three-dimensional simulation model. The proposed

layout reduces congestion by encouraging more people

to use trains instead of their cars, diverting road-based

trafc to rail-based public transport. It has allowed us

to include improved access for those with impaired

mobility. Our model also helped to keep the harbour area

next to the new government headquarters as a pedestrian

zone, preserving its character and promoting green travel.

Trac Study or Admiralty | H ong Kong, ChinaDesigned or the Transport Department o the Hong Kong SAR Government


Education Executive Agency and Tax Oce | G roningen, The Netherlands
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Built for bats

The 92m-high ofce tower of theEducation Executive

Agency and Tax Ofcein Groningen is energy efcient for its

occupants and a new landmark for the local community

to enjoy. It was voted 2011s most beautiful new building

in the city of Groningen. As importantly, our design alsoconsidered the residents of the ancient forest that lies next

to the building.

The forest is home to a rare species of bat. Our structural

and wind engineering teams made sure the bats would not

be adversely affected by any change in t he environment

caused by the building. The solution was to design a shape

that would create no wind interference in their habitat.

The aesthetically pleasing shape has also improved the

general quality of local life. For the occupants, a revolutionary

new internal ventilation concept has given them one of the

most energy-efcient buildings in The Netherlands.

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Tonsley Park | Adel aide, AustraliaS
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Bringing ideas to life

The South Australian Government faces the challenge of

revitalising the southern suburbs of Adelaide following the

closure of Mitsubishis Tonsley Park manufacturing plant in 2008

along with a number of other traditional manufacturing facilities

in recent years. Recognising that spatialmasterplanningwill not

by itself generate redevelopment, they turned to Arup for help

to resolve critical and specic questions of activity, partnership,

investment and risk that will unlock the sites potential.

By using a novel approach to a client workshop, our strategic

designers were able to develop four realistic scenarios to help

transition this part of Adelaide into a wealth generator for the

city. The workshop helped our client and other stakeholders

clarify their vision for a mixed-use zone based around a

sustainable industries hub, how this would both ll the vacant

space at Tonsley Park and link to surrounding uses, and the

enabling actions that State Government and other stakeholders

need to take to facilitate the redevelopment they desire.

Our team is currently resolving the detail of the strategy,

including such issues as a partnership model, an investment plan

and an engagement strategy to achieve the quality outcomes

and management of risk required by the South Australian

Government. We are also helping our client to develop a

brand strategy that will capture th e present and future value of

Tonsley Park and ensure that the various stages of the sites

redevelopment reinforce its brand.

Designed or the Department o Trade and Economic Development, South Australia

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Solving the 17,000-piece jigsaw

To design the 21km of Crossrails twin tunnels, we rst

needed to create a picture of how the 17,000 buildings,

utilities and other assets the tunnels pass could be

affected by ground movement.

OurGeographic Information Systems (GIS) specialists

fused a database with this vast number of assets andlinked it with our clients own GIS mapping tool

to allow for the ltering, manipulation and display

of information. Made up of historical information,

surveys, reports and drawings, this shared and detailed

picture allowed everyone from geotechnicians to noise

and vibration, tunnelling and heritage specialists to

communicate effectively. As well as giving everyone

quick and geographic access to data, integrated tools

allowed them to make controlled changes and automate

repetitive tasks such as creating and updating CAD

drawings, saving a huge number of engineering hours

and helping to keep Crossrail on track.

Crossrail C122 Bored Tunnels | London, United KingdomDesigned or Crossrail Ltd


Ysbyty Aneurin Bevan | Ebbw Vale, Wales, United KingdomDesigned with Nightingale Associates and Turner and Townsend
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Prescribing privacy

Privacy in hospital not only gives patients dignity,

it also promotes recovery, helps lower rates of

hospital-acquired infection and increases a hospitals

throughput.

In South Wales Ebbw Vale, we have designed

Ysbyty Aneurin Bevan, the rst hospital in the

UKs National Health Service (NHS) to have

100% single-room patient accommodation. That level

of privacy may be the norm for private care, but inthe NHS, single-room hospitals have yet to receive

support because of perceived rst cost. Our research

on infection control is helping to build the business

case for 100% single rooms.

Improving patient outcomes through a hospital

that is at the forefront of public-health service

provision has gone hand-in-hand with revitalising a

now unused industrial area of this Welsh town. The

hospitals zigzag engineered form creates light, open

interior public space, turning the hospital into a hub

for the community.

Designed with Nightingale Associates and Turner and Townsend

or BAM Construction


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Museum o Bristol | United KingdomDesigned with Lab architecture studio or Bristol City Council
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With our design partners, we are overturning long-held

conventions and assumptions about tunnel-building with

our thinking for the rst direct transportation link

between Scandinavia and Central Europe.

The newly adopted proposalfor a tunnel link under the

Fehmarnbelt channel results from our work comparing

it with a more traditional bridge. We were able to show

how a fully-integrated approach to structural and services

design would allow for the creation of an immersed

tunnel that would be equal in cost, safer and more

environmentally friendly, despite being the longest in the

world (at 18km-long) and one of the deepest (40m-deep).

Construction starts in 2014. When the Fehmarnbelt opens

for trafc in 2020, it will take just 10 minutes to drive

between Denmark and Germany. The tunnel will be open

all year, even on windy days and when it snows, while

a 24-hour manned computerised trafc control system

will minimise accident risk. With no permanent physical

obstructions in the strait and a pioneering longitudinal

ventilation system that does not require venting islands,

the tunnel will not impede shipping on this busy channel.


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and the Bombela Concession Company

Professional certification

In our role as independent certier (IC) for South

Africas new Gautrain, we are helping to give the

countrys commuters and travellers a safer and more

environmentally-friendly public transport system.

This ambitious rail development project is encouraging

people to get out of their cars and onto a modern

integrated rail and bus network.

Acting as the IC between partners, the Bombela

Concession Company and the Gauteng Provincial

Government (our clients), the IC team certied the

design and construction of more than 1,000 project

milestones over the ve-year project. Only when each

phase was successfully completed to specication wouldthe team issue the relevant certicate, giving assurance

to all involved in the project.

The 160kmph Gautrain provides a faster, more

predictable alternative to the regions busy highways.

Phase 1 provides a shuttle from Johannesburgs OR

Tambo International Airport to the citys commercial

hub, Sandton, and was completed ahead of schedule

for the 2010 World Cup. Follow-on phases will include

the remainder of the rail network and all stations

linking Park Station in Johannesburg and Hateld

Station in Pretoria.


Airut | Jtksaari, Helsinki, FinlandDesigned with Sauerbruch & Hutton Architekten

and Experientia or SRV, VVO and Sitra
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Leading by example

Our approach to the design of Helsinkis rst

carbon-neutral district formerly known as the Low2No

project encourages residents to make more informed

choices about energy, transport, food and consumer goods,

with the goal of reducing energy demands in the district by

more than 40% compared with the Finnish average.

We arepioneeringa new model of urban design on this

22,000m2 mixed-use project that demonstrates how design

can empower people to live a healthier, creative and more

sustainable lifestyle. We are showing how every lifestyle

choice has an impact upon their carbon and ecologicalfootprints.

We have undertaken a broader carbon assessment that takes

into consideration the sites likely total consumption of

carbon. This enabled our client to chart an achievable and

replicable course from the low-carbon norms of Finnish

society to a fully decarbonised model.

More than 15% of the projects electricity will be sourced

from photovoltaic sources and heat from a biomass heat

network. The seven-storey ofce is a pioneering all-timber

building and the carbon i mpact of insitu concrete will be

cut by 20% compared to conventional specications.

Demand and reductionEnergy demand is reduced by about40% compared to current practice

meaning the development satisesthe uture Energy Perormanceo Buildings Directive (EPBD)requirements eight years in advanceo the actual regulations.

Community greenhouseFood will be grown in acommunity greenhouse torecognise the importance olocally sourced ood.

Smart systemsReal time energy meteringand inormation displaysystems will enable lower-carbon liestyles and provideinstantaneous eedback on

Electric car chargingFity percent o all carparking spaces will beequipped or electric

car charging.

Low-carbon mobilityThe site is connected tonearby tram and Metro

stations allow or easyuse o public transport.

Community retailLocal ood outlets will

be encouraged into thedevelopment to promote locallysourced, seasonal produce.

Low-carbon concreteThe embodied carbono initu concrete will

be reduced by 20%compared to normalmixes.

Multi-storey timber buildEmbodied energy o ocedesign reduced by 20-25%compared to a standard

concrete-ramed solution.

On-site renewable ener200kWp o photovoltaicswill generate 15% o allelectricity energy.

Mixed-use area programmeProviding a mix in building usesaround a shared public spaceincreases the viability andvitality o the development.


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Roofs in bloom

Lower building costs, storm water treatment/retention,

enhanced biodiversity, healthier urban environments:

with benets like these, green roong is fast gaining

the attention of policy makers and building owners.

We are working with Sky-Garden to launchPocket

Habitat(shown here). It is the only modular planting

pocketactively designed to promote biodiversity on

roofs. Each pocket is a standalone unit made from

environmentally friendly material and containing

recycled substrates and wildower seeds. The pockets

link together to form a continuous vegetated surfacethat can be easily removed if needed.

In a separate initiative, a new study by Arup will

deliver one of the most comprehensive, technical

analyses of green roofs available, helping policy

makers and building owners to navigate the issues

with condence. Commissioned by the US Ofce of

Federal High-Performance Green Buildings, General

Services Administration and mandated by the US

Congress, the study will include an in-depth cost/

benet analysis that quanties the benets, savings

and value produced by green-roof solutions.

The Benets and Challenges o Green Roos on Publicand Commercial Buildings | United States o AmericaDesigned or The United States General Services Administration


Autoroute 30 | Montreal, CanadaDesigned or Nouvelle Autoroute 30 CJV S.E.N.C.
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Existing models

With conventional bearings orxed connections, the structureis stier and earthquakeshaking causes distortion o,

and some amount o damageto, the columns.

Arup design

With seismic isolation bearings,the columns move independentlyo the superstructure duringearthquake shaking. Thismakes the bridge more fexibleand prevents distortion and

damage to the columns.

The riction coe cients andcurvatures o the sliding suraceso a riction pendulum bearing

can be tuned to achieve acombination o stiness anddamping that is optimal orany particular bridge.

Site specifics

Is a tailored solution always more costly than an

off-the-shelf one? Our work on the 42km of highways,

31 bridges and one tunnel of the massiveA30 Montreal

bypass projectsays that with rigour and imagination the

opposite can be true. Here are just two examples.

For the 2.5km-long bridge over the Beauharnois Canal

southwest of Montreal, we analysed the soil columns at

each of the bridge foundations, rather than using the

Canadian Bridge Design Codes more general and

conservative soil response coefcients. The soil masses

at each foundation were explicitly represented with their

specic soil properties (which varied signicantly along

the length of the bridge) in a seismic response model,

resulting in a more accurate and efcient design and a

greatly reduced cost.

That same unconventional approach, nding our

inspiration in the specic site conditions rather than

generic codes, also drove our design for the 1.9km-long

St Laurent River Bridge. Using conventional bearings for

this low concrete structure founded directly on shallow

rock would have led to a very stiff bridge, highly sensitive

to earthquake shaking. Instead, we selected friction

pendulum seismic isolation bearings (shown here), and

explicitly modelled their energy-dissipating characteristics,

allowing us to create a more exible, earthquake-resistant

and less expensive bridge.


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Hong Kong Sludge Treatment Facility | Hong Kong, ChinaDesigned with Veolia Water/Leighton/John Holland Joint Venture

in association with Vasconi Associes Architectes and P&T Group


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Glorious sludge

Should sludge just be burned and not seen? Our

design for Hong Kongs new 2,000t-per-daysludge

incineratoris raising environmental awareness by

encouraging residents to see the material left over from

the sewage treatment process in a different light.

Our design features viewing galleries from which

visitors can see the inner workings of this, the largest

incinerator of its kind in the world. Together with an

environment education centre and a spa/pool visitorcentre, the design aspires to integrate work, education,

health and social well-being. Architecturally inspired

by Chinese mythology and the power of the sea,

design for the facility saw us collaborating with our

partners around a shared 3D model to integrate the

many different disciplines involved, reducing site

changes, paperwork and associated costs.

Due to open at the end of 2013, this complex facility

functions as a completely self-sufcient island,

generating its own water and power, and even exports

energy back to Hong Kongs Grid.


Torre Hadid | Milan, ItalyDesigned with Zaha Hadid or CityLie Srl
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3,000 individual twists,

3,000 individual curves

Cutting-edge design techniques are helping us to overcome

historic design and fabrication limitations, making even the most

fantastic glass structure projects possible.

The astonishing, twisting form of the 170m-high Torre

Hadid skyscraper is just such a project. It is one of three tall

buildings that make the square at the centre of Milans CityLife

development unmistakable. The outer skin of the main double-

skin faade includes more than 3,000 individual glass panels,

each with its own unique twist and curvature. Only a few years

ago, such a complex scheme would have been technically and

economically unfeasible.

Today, Arups 3D computer-aided models can quickly calculate

the stress placed on each individual panel under a multitude ofconguration scenarios. They enable us to analyse structural

and thermal performance to produce an optimal design with

precise specications. For Torre Hadid, this is allowing us

to generate comprehensive costing information with fully-

resolved geometric requirements as well as structural, thermal

and construction implications. The depth and precision of that

documentation is allowing us to have detailed commercial

discussions with potential contractors and will allow a smooth

handover to the selected specialist faade contractor.

As Torre Hadid proves, with expert deployment of the latest

technology, extraordinary shapes and forms no longer have to

remain in the minds of their creators.


HaloIPT | GlobalDesigned or HaloIPT


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Going wireless

Plugs and trailing wires to charge your electric

vehicle? How old-fashioned. Instead, imagine an

environmentwhere wireless charging for electric

vehicles is available anywhere underneath

parking bays or even embedded in the highway so

you dont have to stop to recharge at all.

This is the vision Arup helped bring a little closer

to reality through our partnership withHaloIPT.

By investing in HaloIPT to help develop inductive

charging technology for electric vehicles, we have

boosted the cause of low-carbon transport by

improving the performance, safety, durability and

aesthetics of wireless charging.

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Open spaces,Columbia University Northwest Corner Building | New York, NewYork, United States o AmericaDesigned with Davis Brody Bond, Raael Moneo and Moneo-Brock

Architec ts or Columbia Univers ity
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Presidio Parkway | San Francisco, Caliornia, United States o AmericaDesigned with Parsons Brinckerho and Caltrans, or the

San Francisco County Transportation Authority and Caltrans
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Golden opportunity

Every project is an opportunity to improve. At the heart

of fully realising those opportunities is a strong design

concept, relevant to all involved, as our design concept

for the Presidio Parkway, the replacement forDoyle Drive

in San Franciscos Presidio district, demonstrates.

Doyle Drive, originally built in the 1930s, is the main

approach road to the citys Golden Gate Bridge. The

opportunities created by the transformation of this iconic

gateway were as great as the potential for conict and

piecemeal compromise. How could a single, purposeful

design satisfy the landowner, environmental stewardship

and historic preservation agencies, the local transportation

agency, the state highways agency and local residents?

The simple design idea that united everyone was to create

not a highway but a parkway. To create something capable

of improving everyones experience. We worked closely

with stakeholders to develop the design for the Presidio

Parkway, helping them interrogate its short- and long-

term technical and nancial implications. And we helpedour client develop a public-private partnership (PPP)

procurement andnancing strategy to deliver the project.

The result will see a project completed at a lower cost over

its life-cycle, 548m of cut-and-cover tunnels blending

the roadway into its surroundings, preserving historic

buildings and allowing for new green space and pedestrian

and bicycle networks. Drivers and transit riders on the

six-lane roadway will also benet from speedier and safer

commutes, secure in the knowledge that the Presidio

Parkway will be able to withstand the maximum credible

earthquake for the region.

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Free time

If you spent less time re-inventing the wheel, imagine

how much further you could go.

Our apex software tool is helping project managers go further

by reducing the time they spend on routine elements ofprojectmanagement. They now have the freedom to focus on raising

expectations of what a project or change programme can achieve.

Customised methodologies are now available at the click of a

mouse. Drawing from a storehouse of the best available expertise

across Arup and the industry, apex quickly highlights the most

suitable project management methodologies, workow modules

and documentation templates. These can then be easily tailored

and applied to an individual clients needs. As a web-based,

interactive tool, apex gives project or p rogramme managers

and clients a simple, shared way to manage and control projects

consistently from any location.


Museum o Polish Aviation | Krakw, PolandDesigned with Justus Pysall, Peter Ruge and Bartlomiej Kisielewski

Paper Planes, an exhibition by Nicolas Grospierre | Arup Phase 2, London, United KingdomDesigned with visitors responding to the exhibition
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Planes and airplanes

It seems we have always dreamed of ying. Today, themachines that have made ight a reality exert a similarly

powerful hold on us. Two recent projects nd their

inspiration in this fascination with ight: theMuzeum

Lotnictwa Polskiego (Museum of Polish Aviation)

in Krakw; and the Paper Planes exhibition held at

Arups Phase 2 exhibition space in London from 31 March-

1 July 2011. Both celebrate ight and explore relationships

between two- and three-dimensional forms.

Designed by German architect Justus Pysall in

collaboration with Arup, the form of the Museum of

Polish Aviation is directly inspired by aeronautical themes.

Covering a 60m x 60m footprint and ying 12m-high, the

museum acts like a hangar showcasing Polands historic

airplanes and engines. The buildings concrete wings

fold over the glass sidings like a piece of paper. Viewedfrom above, they resemble an airplane propeller.

WithPaper Planes, artist Nicolas Grospierre has taken his

inspiration from the museum building and photographed

its surfaces oor, ceiling, roof, interior and exterior

walls to create a series of photo-montages, which atten

its distinctive form. Nicolas then folded these prints into

a set of large-scale 3m-long paper planes, referencing the

buildings function and offering a playful reection of

the museum`s bold and original design. In an interactive

element of the exhibition, visitors were invited to make

and y their own paper planes.

Designed with visitors responding to the exhibition


Water Resilience in Makati City | Metro Manila, PhilippinesDesigned or the Makati City Government

World Bank Climate Resilience | Ningbo, ChinaD i d th G t Ni b d th W ld B k
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Climate change, city challenge

The reality of climate change is all-too evident to

residents in many cities learning to live with hazards,

from violent storms and extreme drought to rising sea

levels and ooding.

For the city of Manila, our water engineers, climate

change and planning experts are helping the citys

administrators and international lending organisations

to understand these challenges and build strategies

to manage the risks. We brought together top

city ofcials, international banking and donor

organisations, environmental specialists and our own

experts to exchange ideas and discuss new ways

to address the ood and water management issues

facing the Philippine capital.

Separately, we worked with the Government of

Ningbo in China and t he World Bank to understand

how climate change impacts this rapidly growing

port city. We have drawn on the work in the Local

Resilience Action Plandeveloped for Ningbo to

create a new Urban Resilience Methodology. This

new methodology is widely applicable to cities in

East Asia and the Pacic region.

Permeable drivesand pavementsEncourageinltration atsource.

Stormwater retentionWater is temporarily storedand is released ater food

recedes.

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Rainwater harvestingand water reuseCaptures unpollutedstormwater and re-uses

or non-potable usage.

Rainwater attenuationPublic open space can beutilised as attenuation basinto store rainall during extreme

rainall events.

Designed or the Government o Ningbo and the World Bank


Heydar Aliyev International Airport | Baku, AzerbaijanDesigned or Azerbaijan Airlines and Silk Way Airlines
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Bakus new gateway

Our design for the expansion ofHeydar Aliyev

International Airportin Baku, Azerbaijan, will transform

it into an important transport hub allowing for three

million passengers per year. On its completion in 2013,

the hub will welcome visitors, representing the eleganceand modernity of Baku and further conrming Azerbaijan

as a growing destination for tourism.

Our architectural and engineering concept design for the

new terminal buildingallows for an enhanced passenger

experience. Its glazed faade allows soft, natural light to

enter from the roof, while the tapered faade gives the

building a dramatic and memorable look.

In addition to the new international terminal, we designed

the entrance/exit tollgate (shown right), a new presidential

terminal, and a canopy for the terminal for private jets.


Warrego Highway-Brisbane Valley Highway Interim Intersection Upgrade | Blacksoil, Queensland, AustraliaDesigned or the Queensland Department o Main Roads
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More from less

We were asked to undertake an at-grade options

analysis for this notoriously dangerous intersection

of Queenslandshighways. By taking an open and

collaborative approach to the development process,

we revised the existing design, turning what was

originally meant to be an interim solution into the naldesign. Careful analysis of predicted trafc volumes

and the creation of simulation models conrmed our

suspicions: that a far more modest design solution

would meet the communitys safety needs and

be much more affordable to the state and federal

governments. The design improves cross connectivity

and accessibility for all, encouraging cyclists and

pedestrians to use the new overpass where previously

all crossings were possible only by motor vehicle.

And it does so costing less and using fewer materials,

delivering more than twice the value for money.


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Survival of the retro-fittest

For building owners to meet the demands of

todays tenants, retrots need to make existing

buildings as energy-efcient and adaptable as

possible. We have launched an online retrotassessment tool (yourbuilding.org/ebss) that

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competitive in the marketplace and create

healthier work spaces.

This open-access, interactive, six-step tool is

a major extension of our Existing Building

Survival Strategy programme. Based on goals and

targets set by owners across a range of criteria,

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level of upgrade required for any ofce building,

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Image credits
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All images are copyright Arup except those stated below:

Enhanced Use o Underground SpaceLamosca

Serpentine Gallery Pavilions2011 Arup/Huton+Crow

2011 Viv Yeo2009 Arup/Huton+Crow

2008 Arup/James Newton2007 John Oenbach2006 Viv Yeo2003 Arup/Nick Guttridge/VIEW2001 Helene Binet

+ PoolFamily New York and PlayLab

School o the ArtsCourtesy o SOTA (Top images)

Blasting Analysis ToolPapercut

Sabre Sustainable Kindergarten SchoolSabre Trust

Lincoln Center Public SpacesIwan Baan

East o England Midwiery LeadershipDevelopment Programme (MLDP)

Vision photo

Ropemaker PlaceChristian Richters

CIC Zero-Carbon BuildingPapercut

Zuidas Integrated Urban DesignJanus van Den Eijnden

Social FirefyDavid Clare (Fourth row, rst image rom let)

Rokko Shidare ObservatoryKatsuhisa Kida /FOTOTECA

Education Executive Agency and Tax OceDavid de Jong

Ysbyty Aneurin BevanCharlotte Wood Photography

FehmarnbeltWilkinson Eyre

AirutLamosca

Parrish Art MuseumHerzog & de Meuron

Hong Kong Sludge Treatment FacilityVeolia Water/Leighton/John Holland Joint Venture

HaloIPTLamosca

Columbia University Northwest Corner BuildingMichael Moran

Presidio ParkwayParsons Brinckerho

Museum o Polish Aviation and Paper Planes,an exhibition by Nicolas GrospierreStephen Brayne (Bottom right)Jakub Pierzchala & Marcin Przybylko(All other images)

Water Resilience in Makati City and

World Bank Climate Resilience in NingboLamosca

Moses Mabhida StationDaniel Clements

Existing Buildings Survival Strategy OnlineLamosca

Turner ContemporaryRichard Bryant_Arcaid images

The Upper Raba Spawning Groundssouthholstonriver.com

Q2022 ShowcaseQatar 2022 Supreme Committee

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