Hembert Penaranda was born in Bogotá (Colombia), in 1968. He graduated at the Genoa University (Italia), in 1994. He has been working as a professional architect for several years at the RPBW (Renzo Piano Building Workshop), in Genoa, Schmitt Stumpf Frühaufand Partners, in Munich (Germany), Chapman Taylor in Milan (Italy), as director.

At the present he is devoting his experience to his own office HEMBERT PENARANDA OFFICINA ARCHITETTI, with offices in Genoa, Milan (Italy) and Valencia (Spain), employing around 30 architects developing projects in Italy, Spain, Libya, Morocco, Azerbaijan and Ukraine.

Since 2001 he is teaching as la ecturer in Technology, at the University of Genoa.

Cost and benefit of innovative safety and security approaches in contemporary vertical cities

The design of tall buildings is worldwide increasing and is not just focused within specific areas or under specific economical or social circumstances. At present, any experience obtained in the architectural, structural or technological field must necessarily be supplemented by climate control, IT, safety and security systems.

Specifically, it is mainly the common safety and security standards applied in the different design phases that tend to define the architecture of tall buildings: scope of this presentation is to show how to fulfil safety and security standards impact the buildings’ projects (and related service spaces and areas) underling costs and benefits of such an economic investment in the long term.