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Arctic Terraform Station

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Antarctic stations are built out of sealed composite panels, and their colours are specified for reasons that have nothing to do with taste. The Discovery Building at Rothera is clad in UV-stable sky-blue steel; Halley VI's science modules are blue and its single social module is red, prescribed against seasonal affective disorder.

This system takes that literally. Pale blue is the page, not a tint of white. Modules are coded by colour block. Signal yellow appears only where something can hurt you. The grid is the panel joint, and the shadow is a seam.

Learn more about the Arctic Terraform Station style

  • OriginAntarctica — Rothera Point, Adelaide Island and the Brunt Ice Shelf
  • Period2005–present polar station design; near-future extrapolation
  • DesignerHugh Broughton Architects · AECOM · British Antarctic Survey · Colour Effects
  • Movementsmodular polar architecture · Halley VI relocatable stations · ISO 3864 safety-colour systems

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