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RED ElevaTor
Taiwan
Project Featured on May 19, 2022
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STATUS
Built
YEAR
2020
SIZE
0 sqft - 1000 sqft
The RED ElevaTor is a parasitic extension of the main building, inheriting the spatial order, scale and form of the original institute. With its heterogeneous presence, we are able to repurpose the underused open space and regenerate a dialogue with the city.
Nowadays, buildings last much longer than the pace of our city develops. It is inevitable that constant renewal of the existing buildings is the key to keep our buildings growing with the community. Accessible facilities are currently in high demand in our older public buildings constructed before the comprehensive accessible code was implemented in 2008. In 2019, we were commissioned a small public building addition: an accessible elevator for a local tax office in Yuanlin City, Changhua County in Taiwan. What if we perceive this vertical expansion as an opportunity, an urban strategy to transcend the current image of the city?
Yuanlin went through several times of political borders and status changes in the past 100 years. After the Japanese Colonisation era, the central grid plan was established. With its population exceeding 100,000, Yuanlin Township was made Yuanlin City in 2015. Its administrative upgrade and the city grid setup deem the destination of moving forward towards urban expansion in the future. The existing institutional building consists of offices for Yuanlin branch, Local Tax Bureau of Changhua County and National Taxation Bureau of the Central Area, Ministry of Finance. It was built in the 1980s, located at the southwest rim of Yuanlin city. The central axis of this symmetrical building is aligned with the main road. Its surrounding is at domestic scale, facing mid-rise residential properties and next to a community centre, recreational field, and a kindergarten. Currently the plaza in front of the building only functions mostly as a carpark.
“Tower”, often in its own distinct existence acting as a beacon and defines the sense of place in a city. In some instances, a tower stands solitarily as a monument, or as an extension of space attached to the main building. Its verticality redefines the skyline of the city and fulfills the human desire to elevate from the ground. We found these characteristics of a tower applicable to our vision of this new addition. Hence, the “RED ElevaTor” came to live as our first prototype. On the urban scale, we aim to liberate the symmetry and authoritativeness of the original building by making the elevator a focal point nearby the main entrance facing the crossroads. We want this vertical volume to touch the ground softly, suggesting openness at the ground level. The large upper opening not only accommodates service utilities such as ventilation, maintenance, and space for future technical expansions, its sculptural form also sets the perspective and aesthetic scale for the context. All the openings are carefully considered to express the essence of the space: connections between the inside and the outside, from below to the above, and to divert from the enclosed tubular shape of a lift shaft.
The dark red semi-gloss finished steel panels of the lift colour matches with the pink tiles on the building façade, and yet the two materials contrast in texture and proportion. The smooth steel panels humbly reflect the surrounding colours and made the elevator seem lighter. The complementary cyan color at the internal side of the steel panels helps the visitors to spot the openings and entrance. The new elevator is connected to the original building by the shortest possible distance, placed at the end of the internal service circulation next to the existing staircase. The form and layout inherits the structural orders of the original building and openings. The colour of the new hallway door frame is in sync with the existing black window frames. The arrangement of the interior lighting at the hallway is also based on the structure of the linking passageway. At the next phase, we plan to install spotlights at designated openings, lighting up the front plaza in the evening, engaging with other public buildings nearby and guide directions. By its lighting, vivid color and eccentric style, this bold urban icon revitalises the skyline of the city.
We truly wish to change the way city space is used especially from the ground level, and to reverse the idea that an accessible elevator could only be a back of the house facility serving the building it belongs. We expect this little monstrous unit to keep parasitising other existent buildings, and eventually become a fresh and Extra-Terrestrial object that inspires new ideas for our cities.
Nowadays, buildings last much longer than the pace of our city develops. It is inevitable that constant renewal of the existing buildings is the key to keep our buildings growing with the community. Accessible facilities are currently in high demand in our older public buildings constructed before the comprehensive accessible code was implemented in 2008. In 2019, we were commissioned a small public building addition: an accessible elevator for a local tax office in Yuanlin City, Changhua County in Taiwan. What if we perceive this vertical expansion as an opportunity, an urban strategy to transcend the current image of the city?
Yuanlin went through several times of political borders and status changes in the past 100 years. After the Japanese Colonisation era, the central grid plan was established. With its population exceeding 100,000, Yuanlin Township was made Yuanlin City in 2015. Its administrative upgrade and the city grid setup deem the destination of moving forward towards urban expansion in the future. The existing institutional building consists of offices for Yuanlin branch, Local Tax Bureau of Changhua County and National Taxation Bureau of the Central Area, Ministry of Finance. It was built in the 1980s, located at the southwest rim of Yuanlin city. The central axis of this symmetrical building is aligned with the main road. Its surrounding is at domestic scale, facing mid-rise residential properties and next to a community centre, recreational field, and a kindergarten. Currently the plaza in front of the building only functions mostly as a carpark.
“Tower”, often in its own distinct existence acting as a beacon and defines the sense of place in a city. In some instances, a tower stands solitarily as a monument, or as an extension of space attached to the main building. Its verticality redefines the skyline of the city and fulfills the human desire to elevate from the ground. We found these characteristics of a tower applicable to our vision of this new addition. Hence, the “RED ElevaTor” came to live as our first prototype. On the urban scale, we aim to liberate the symmetry and authoritativeness of the original building by making the elevator a focal point nearby the main entrance facing the crossroads. We want this vertical volume to touch the ground softly, suggesting openness at the ground level. The large upper opening not only accommodates service utilities such as ventilation, maintenance, and space for future technical expansions, its sculptural form also sets the perspective and aesthetic scale for the context. All the openings are carefully considered to express the essence of the space: connections between the inside and the outside, from below to the above, and to divert from the enclosed tubular shape of a lift shaft.
The dark red semi-gloss finished steel panels of the lift colour matches with the pink tiles on the building façade, and yet the two materials contrast in texture and proportion. The smooth steel panels humbly reflect the surrounding colours and made the elevator seem lighter. The complementary cyan color at the internal side of the steel panels helps the visitors to spot the openings and entrance. The new elevator is connected to the original building by the shortest possible distance, placed at the end of the internal service circulation next to the existing staircase. The form and layout inherits the structural orders of the original building and openings. The colour of the new hallway door frame is in sync with the existing black window frames. The arrangement of the interior lighting at the hallway is also based on the structure of the linking passageway. At the next phase, we plan to install spotlights at designated openings, lighting up the front plaza in the evening, engaging with other public buildings nearby and guide directions. By its lighting, vivid color and eccentric style, this bold urban icon revitalises the skyline of the city.
We truly wish to change the way city space is used especially from the ground level, and to reverse the idea that an accessible elevator could only be a back of the house facility serving the building it belongs. We expect this little monstrous unit to keep parasitising other existent buildings, and eventually become a fresh and Extra-Terrestrial object that inspires new ideas for our cities.
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