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S
OMe PLANTS are packaged nicely in architectonically
attractive boxes – as is often the
case with the refined industry such as electronical,
pharmaceutical and toy factories whereas
the heavier productions like steel- and cement
plants, power plants, desulphurization installations
and refineries not always can attain much
architectonic value.
Many of the industrial plants can have a quite
surrealistic appearance – some might be somewhat
fascinating due to the web of chimneys,
silos, process pipe systems in various colours
and shapes. These plants are, however, often
the ones hidden away and conveniently placed
near shipping facilities such as harbours and
railroads. This is thus one of the reasons why
the industrial plants usually are divided into two
categories – the architectonically nicely covered
plants and the plants that openly show us what is
the function.
Within the past 5 years ISC has been involved
in several large industrial facilities such as the
design of cement plants in the Middle east and
Africa, and the design of large ship landing facilities
in Mongstad in Norway and in Hamburg in
Germany. The modernization of refineries for
oil companies in Denmark and lately a big plant
in Brazil producing flexible pipelines are other
examples.
A large conveyor belt that leads its load right out
into the ships docked in the harbour cannot be
hidden but visualizes the function to the spectator.
This is not the case with the plants finely
wrapped in boxes, which is often seen in the
medical industry and power plants.
The production yards for fabrication of the large
offshore structures are not easily hidden either
– they are surely difficult to wrap. Large halls
can be used for the production of the various
parts but when it comes to the assembly of the
big pipes in the jacket and topside structures
and further on to the transportation at sea, they
emerge into the open air – and then the spectator
can detect what is going on.
When big industrial plants are placed in the landscape
or around harbours and their actual functions
are left into the open they can be exiting
and interesting to observe. It is always motivating
when you can get a hunch of what is going on
in there if you are not familiar with the company
allready. The signals to the outside world of the
diversity in the industrial plants are many – depending
on how they present themselves.
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