Doe O-Mega Urban Complex Primary Function: Aedificium Usus Mixti by Peng Architects

Doe O-Mega Urban Complex Primary Function: Aedificium Usus Mixti by Peng Architects is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum in Architectura Competition Category.

AesArchitectura· 2022

Doe O-Mega Urban Complex Primary Function: Aedificium Usus Mixti

by Peng Architects

Client: Peng Architects

Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum Winner in Architectura Category

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The Design

About Doe O-Mega Urban Complex Primary Function: Aedificium Usus Mixti

Book Text: Doe O-Mega Complexus Urbanus est aedificium usus mixti ad locum in Bonifacio Global City Manilae designatum. Forma elliptica et tribus dimensionibus instar litterae O extensa 400.000 metra quadrata continet officia, domicilia, hospitium, tabernas, et spatia conventuum. Atrium maiorem diei partem in umbra manet, spatium externum commodum efficiens, dum canalis venti aerem naturalem ducit ad atrium et vestibulum refrigerandum. Concretum colore claro, tabulae aluminii, et vitrum absorptionem caloris minuunt. Cancelli vitrei photovoltaici energiam solarem colligunt, et tectum podii hortum publicum sustinet.

The Recognition

About the Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum

Doe O-Mega Urban Complex Primary Function: Aedificium Usus Mixti victor est Praemii A' Design Award Aeneum, honoris multum aestimati formis egregiis, creandi ingenio, sollertia et acumine insignibus dati. Victores Aenei opera perita et mire creandi sunt, quae experientiam, imaginationem et solertiam auctorum suorum confirmant. Exspectatur Doe O-Mega Urban Complex Primary Function: Aedificium Usus Mixti rem multum aestimatam, admiratam et carissimam, notabiliter professionalem et novam fore. Haec forma Aeneo victa optimas consuetudines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae amplectitur et in cura minutiarum excellit. Doe O-Mega Urban Complex Primary Function: Aedificium Usus Mixti necessitates egregie explet, cupiditates tangit, sensus capit et curiositatem allicit.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: After the redevelopment, in addition to the renovation of the original working space, the project will create a shared complex space integrating fashion and entertainment which open to the public population. The project is expected to be a landmark building, which also provides a demonstration of the green and sustainable development of the city.
Dimensions & Packaging: The fact that large-scaled buildings will produce microclimatic changes to the environment happens to be an architectural strategy in this project. The atrium is under shade most of the day, naturally becoming a comfortable outdoor space. The setting of the wind tunnel can reduce wind resistance and save structural materials at the same time. Natural wind adjusts the temperature of the atrium and the ventilation of the lobby to adjust the temperature as well, which can reduce the energy consumption of air conditioning.
Tags: Architecture, complex, park, building, office
Production Technology: Considering the hot and humid climate in Manila, the materials need to be rust-proof and moisture-proof. At the same time, the facade of the building uses a light color to reduce the amount of light absorption and reduce the temperature. The main materials adopted include concrete, aluminum plate, and glass.
Design Challenge: To solve the problem of how to integrate the park and landscape in the urban complex, the park landscape is raised to the roof of the podium, becoming a comfortable roof garden that combines the sunlight of the building with the self-shading and ventilation.
Research: Located at the northeast corner of Bonifacio Global City in the Philippines, the project site is the most economically prosperous area in Metro Manila. The original building is the office of the Philippine National Petroleum Corporation and the Department of Energy.
Inspiration: Inspired by the existing atrium office space, the design is combined with the elliptical outline to maximize the utilization rate of the site. Under the conditions of echoing the sunshine, external climate, urban landscape, and commercial connection, the building forms a three-dimensional O-shape urban complex (Mega City) with a scale of 400,000 square meters, including office, residential, hotel, commerce, and meeting space.
Project Duration: The project is designed in 2017 and it has been approved by the President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, and it has gone to further phrase.
Operation Flow: The railings of the building are equipped with transparent photovoltaic glass, which can collect and use solar energy. The roof of the commercial podium is designed as an urban garden, which greatly reduces the heat island effect. It is not only the front garden of the hotel but also a sports park for citizens to share and interact.
Team Members: Peng Chien Chang,
Zixuan Huang,
Kai Wang,
Siru Chen,
Simin Lin,
Yiyao Chen