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Taiwan Tower Conceptual Design
The Taiwan tower was designed to establish an iconic
presence in the heart of Taichung
City. The new tower is a
unique distinctive form, ingenious structure, and spatial qualities assumed
through its striking and prominent form.The building is
inspired by the Flower of Taiwan, plum blossom, which represents the spirit of
the Taiwan
people. This dynamic converging presence will be a timeless, elegant landmark
in Taiwan.
Plum Blossom
represents the spirit of Taiwan People. At the top view, the shape of the Taiwan Tower
looks like a plum blossom is blooming. The form of the tower is also generated
by a couple of petal-like shapes.When the wind turbines rotate and spin with
the wind, the pattern of the façade of the Taiwan Tower
change. And this gives a feeling that hundreds of plum blossoms are bursting
into bloom from buds.
The Taiwan Tower
is 350 meter height (without the antenna). The project comprises of
approximately 10000 square meters of offices for the Department of Urban Development,
5000 square meters of Museum
of Taichung City Development
as well as 3000 square meters for the other facilities of the Tower. Additionally,
the scheme offers exhibition space, museum, showroom and retail areas at the
lower level of the Taiwan
tower and it delivers a generous allocation of public realm. This public area
will be representing one of the major attractions to the visitors, offering an
important new meeting space and urban plaza to the people.
Urbanism
and Architectural Strategy
Natural
parameters (wind), site character and the building programme generate the
building’s elegant dynamic profile. The unique building geometry establishes a
distinctive identity while avoiding sterile repetition through its dynamically
changing appearance.
Synergy
The ground level
plays an important role as the shelter for the people. Underground garden like
space with the sunlight penetrate through the skylights on the ground creates a
public realm and appropriate entrance plaza around the building.
Facade /
Structure
An innovative
aspect of the Taiwan
Tower is its unique
design of the façade and internal energy systems. The endeavor is to aim for
the maximum optimization of energy by the use of natural air forces and light
as natural sources of energy. The results are aimed at achieving significant
savings on the average consumption of energy. Furthermore, a secondary
structure could be utilized to support additional elements such as wind
turbines.
Concrete filled
steel profiles follow in sinus waves from the ground level to the top of the
tower, creating a distinctive identity and complementing the tower design. The
concrete filling will give additional strength to the structure and it will
provide fire protection to the steel profiles. The facade structure adjusts to
the building programme and to the structural forces.
Expression
of the wind
Our idea is to
design a new generation of towers with thousands of wind turbines sustained
within the structure that capture the wind and generate sufficient energy for
the entire building. The pattern of the skin changes when these wind turbines
spin with the wind. This protects the interior from direct sunlight, reducing
the greenhouse effect.With the wind,
the organic Tower is “alive”. It shows the secrete whisper of the nature. The
main focus of this investigation is to rethink the ‘skin’ of the skyscraper to
generate renewable energies through the use of new materials and technologies.
This is a new
generation of towers where the wind plays with a façade of wind turbines and
creates energy supplementing the buildings power supply. The diamond-shaped
wind turbines are placed within the tower’s structures. When the vanes of the
wind turbines parallel with the skin of the tower, the tower looks more solid.
The shadows created by the vanes of the turbines will be cast onto the second
façade which protects the building from direct sunlight and will diminish the
greenhouse effect inside the building. This reduces the amount of energy used
to cool it.
On the other
hand, when there is wind blows through the tower, the vanes will be
perpendicular to the tower façade. In this case, the transparency of the tower
will be more obvious. The dynamic of the façade pattern performance makes the Taiwan Tower
more vivid. At night time, the wind turbines also function as a thousand of
lighting as well. There is LED light in the center of each wind turbine, when
the wind turbines spin with the wind, they will generates electricity which
will turn on the LED lights.
Temperature of
the air also takes into account. The colors of the LED lights will change based
on different temperature of the seasons. As long as visitors see the different
color of the Tower Light, they will know the temperature at that moment. The
façade of the Taiwan
Tower is a Nature
decoder.
presence in the heart of Taichung
City. The new tower is a
unique distinctive form, ingenious structure, and spatial qualities assumed
through its striking and prominent form.The building is
inspired by the Flower of Taiwan, plum blossom, which represents the spirit of
the Taiwan
people. This dynamic converging presence will be a timeless, elegant landmark
in Taiwan.
Plum Blossom
represents the spirit of Taiwan People. At the top view, the shape of the Taiwan Tower
looks like a plum blossom is blooming. The form of the tower is also generated
by a couple of petal-like shapes.When the wind turbines rotate and spin with
the wind, the pattern of the façade of the Taiwan Tower
change. And this gives a feeling that hundreds of plum blossoms are bursting
into bloom from buds.
The Taiwan Tower
is 350 meter height (without the antenna). The project comprises of
approximately 10000 square meters of offices for the Department of Urban Development,
5000 square meters of Museum
of Taichung City Development
as well as 3000 square meters for the other facilities of the Tower. Additionally,
the scheme offers exhibition space, museum, showroom and retail areas at the
lower level of the Taiwan
tower and it delivers a generous allocation of public realm. This public area
will be representing one of the major attractions to the visitors, offering an
important new meeting space and urban plaza to the people.
Urbanism
and Architectural Strategy
Natural
parameters (wind), site character and the building programme generate the
building’s elegant dynamic profile. The unique building geometry establishes a
distinctive identity while avoiding sterile repetition through its dynamically
changing appearance.
Synergy
The ground level
plays an important role as the shelter for the people. Underground garden like
space with the sunlight penetrate through the skylights on the ground creates a
public realm and appropriate entrance plaza around the building.
Facade /
Structure
An innovative
aspect of the Taiwan
Tower is its unique
design of the façade and internal energy systems. The endeavor is to aim for
the maximum optimization of energy by the use of natural air forces and light
as natural sources of energy. The results are aimed at achieving significant
savings on the average consumption of energy. Furthermore, a secondary
structure could be utilized to support additional elements such as wind
turbines.
Concrete filled
steel profiles follow in sinus waves from the ground level to the top of the
tower, creating a distinctive identity and complementing the tower design. The
concrete filling will give additional strength to the structure and it will
provide fire protection to the steel profiles. The facade structure adjusts to
the building programme and to the structural forces.
Expression
of the wind
Our idea is to
design a new generation of towers with thousands of wind turbines sustained
within the structure that capture the wind and generate sufficient energy for
the entire building. The pattern of the skin changes when these wind turbines
spin with the wind. This protects the interior from direct sunlight, reducing
the greenhouse effect.With the wind,
the organic Tower is “alive”. It shows the secrete whisper of the nature. The
main focus of this investigation is to rethink the ‘skin’ of the skyscraper to
generate renewable energies through the use of new materials and technologies.
This is a new
generation of towers where the wind plays with a façade of wind turbines and
creates energy supplementing the buildings power supply. The diamond-shaped
wind turbines are placed within the tower’s structures. When the vanes of the
wind turbines parallel with the skin of the tower, the tower looks more solid.
The shadows created by the vanes of the turbines will be cast onto the second
façade which protects the building from direct sunlight and will diminish the
greenhouse effect inside the building. This reduces the amount of energy used
to cool it.
On the other
hand, when there is wind blows through the tower, the vanes will be
perpendicular to the tower façade. In this case, the transparency of the tower
will be more obvious. The dynamic of the façade pattern performance makes the Taiwan Tower
more vivid. At night time, the wind turbines also function as a thousand of
lighting as well. There is LED light in the center of each wind turbine, when
the wind turbines spin with the wind, they will generates electricity which
will turn on the LED lights.
Temperature of
the air also takes into account. The colors of the LED lights will change based
on different temperature of the seasons. As long as visitors see the different
color of the Tower Light, they will know the temperature at that moment. The
façade of the Taiwan
Tower is a Nature
decoder.
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