- Project
Princess Elisabeth Polar Station
- Architect
Philippe SAMYN and PARTNERS srl, architects & engineers
- Programme
- The International Polar Foundation (IPF), headed by the civil engineer and explorer Alain HUBERT, was commissioned in 2004 by the Belgian Federal government to design, construct and operate a new Belgian Antarctic research station. Princess Elisabeth, the world’s first “zero emission” polar station, stands now at 72°S 23°E on top of a granite ridge, north of the Utsteinen Nunatak in the Sør Rondane Mountains.
- Status
- Construit
- Year of conception
- 2007
- Year of delivery
- 2008
- Client
- Gouvernement fédéral belge
- Constructed area
- 490m² m2
72°S 23°E, Antarctique
Antarctica
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Philippe SAMYN and PARTNERS srl, architects & engineers
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