Electric
Grove
Location: Bowden, Alberta
Size: 2 Storeys
Program: Transportation
Year: 2021
Status: Concept / Competition Entry
Project Team: Jon Cummings, Jonathan Enns
Collaborators: Costa Kapsis (Environmental Engineering), Winston Yew (Animation)
The Electric Grove is a vision for a cross-country network of highway electric vehicle charging stations. Similar to how the traditional gas station adopted the centrally supported steel canopy as a fundamental building symbol, a light weight, long span wood structural system is proposed as a low carbon spatial icon for the next century of driving.
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