Halley VI Antarctic Research Station

Hugh Broughton Architects, working with Faber Maunsell, won an international competition to design the Halley VI Research Station in Antarctica.

The new station will provide a home and work place for 16 people during the winter and 52 in the summer and needs to respond to some awesome environmental challenges. Located 10,000 miles from the UK, the station will be located on a 150 metre thick floating ice shelf, which moves 1 km per annum towards the sea.

Snow levels rise by around 1 metre and the sun does not rise above the horizon for 100 days per year. The new self-sufficient complex will replace the current Halley V Research Station and will be re-locatable. Designed to withstand extreme winds and freezing winter temperatures of around -50°C, Hugh Broughton Architects and Faber Maunsell’s design will provide a safe, enjoyable place for scientists to live and work, in a building designed to have minimal impact on Antarctica’s pristine environment.

The new prefabricated modular research station features a dramatic central social and recreational module. The station is designed to adapt to the changing external conditions and future science needs of BAS.