PALMCLOUD

Sammanfattning

Think about how much of the things you do daily that is online. So much of our everyday life wouldn’t be possible without online connection. We are becoming more and more dependent on always having access to information and we spend so much time online. Every online interaction come from some kind of server located in a data center or common IT industry. The electricity used in datacenters is converted into heat and in most cases is let out straight into the atmosphere. Not only is the energy loss bad for the environment it is also a waste of money. However this is an hugely expanding business and in order to continue the development of our technological society we have to find a way to make it sustainable. This is why I made a Folketshus+, from a different perspective. A physical, sustainable place for the could, combined with a place for people.Palmcloud is a hybridbuilding that consists mainly of a data center and a greenhouse for palmtrees. The greenhouse will be heated by reusing the excess heat from de serverhall. This way the datacenter, which I believe is a kind of building that is going to be a big part of the future, will be more climate positive and energy effective. The greenhouse and part of the datacenter will be used by people as a place for online culture, creativity and education.