Hours on the Slope Falefaigaluega, Fale Ofisa by T.E and C Architects Associates

Hours on the Slope Falefaigaluega, Fale Ofisa by T.E and C Architects Associates is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Apamemea in Mamanu Fausaga Fale Competition Category.

ApamemeaFausaga Fale· 2021

Hours on the Slope Falefaigaluega, Fale Ofisa

by T.E and C Architects Associates

Client: T.E and C Architects Associates

A' Design Award Apamemea Winner in Fausaga Fale Category

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The Design

About Hours on the Slope Falefaigaluega, Fale Ofisa

'O Itula i luga o le Malifa ose fale gaosi oloa ma fale ofisa e tuufaatasi i Taichung, Taiwan. Ua vaevaeina le nofoaga i ni fale se tolu ua faatulagaina e tali atu i le siosiomaga ma le faasagaga. I le itu i sisifo, lea e maualuga ai le oso mai o le la, o faamalama pogisa ma le faaitiitina o vaega faamalama e faamamafaina ai le lagona o le tele. O maa granite ma se faiga ufiufi fale lanumeamata e ufiufi ai puipui i fafo. Na filifilia le mosaic maa faanatura mo le mata piʻo o le fale ofisa. O se faiga paipa maufunefune e taʻitaʻia ai le savili malulu mai fafo i totonu o le fale, ma o pane la o luga o le taualuga e faamalu ai le eria paka o le fogafale pito i luga.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Apamemea

O le A' Design Award Apamemea na manumalo ai Hours on the Slope Falefaigaluega, Fale Ofisa, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu ese e iloga i le fatufatuaʻi, le atamai ma le poto. O ē manumalo i le Apamemea o mea e iai le tomai atoa ma fatufatuaʻi mataʻina e faamaonia ai le poto masani tele, le mafaufau ma le atamai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina Hours on the Slope Falefaigaluega, Fale Ofisa e avea ma mea e vivii tele, ua pelepelea, e iloga i le tomai faapolofesa ma mea fou. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Apamemea e tuufaatasia ai faiga sili i le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi ma e sili ona lelei i le mataituina o mea itiiti. Hours on the Slope Falefaigaluega, Fale Ofisa e faamalieina matagofie manaʻoga, pa i manaʻo, faalataina lagona ma faaosofia le fia iloa.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: The entire area is mainly divided into three buildings, while the design takes into consideration the relationship between the environment and the direction, adopting dark windows while reducing window area in ordered arrangement on the west side with excessive sun exposure to highlight the sense of volume.
Dimensions & Packaging: The project is 63767 square meter.
Tags: Architecture, Factory, Office, Plant, Building
Production Technology: The factory plant with the largest area has adopted the coating system with the Green Building Mark, which contains no formaldehyde, TVOC volatile organic compounds, and hazardous substances; moreover, it is a coating system featuring low-carbon-footprint, no excessive external wall decorative wastes…etc. Due to the characteristics of the coating system such as gapless and low water absorption, etc., it can clean itself when the rain pours, making it easy to maintain.
Design Challenge: This project has also set up a rainwater recycling pool, collecting roof water for watering potted plants, it further set up an eco-pool in the alfresco retracted 20m of greenbelt, establishing water recirculation system to proceed with the conditioning of the microclimate inside the base.
Research: A large area of approximately 12,250 m2 of solar energy layout is placed on top of the roof, where besides conducting solar energy power generation, it can also act as a heat insulator for the parking lot on the top floor. The design also placed the air-conditioned factory plant underneath the parking lot, capable of completely blocking off the roof heat transmission caused by the large roof, thereby decreasing the air-conditioning energy consumption.
Inspiration: The main materials for the external wall include granite and green building coating system. To create the rock solid spirit of the enterprise and the fusion with the environment, the office building selected natural stone for the mosaic on the curved surface.
Project Duration: The project finished in December 2018 in Taichung, Taiwan.
Operation Flow: The main factory plant section is air-conditioned with the special arrangement of buried pipeline wind-guiding system, which guides in the external air at a lower temperature from the inlet/outlet on the north side together with potted plant section via the particular height difference of this base, which then cools the temperature down via the deep soil 10m underground, thereby accessing outdoor fresh air for air-conditioner cooling and exchange through the most natural cooling approach.
Team Members: Design Director: Wen Tong Hsieh
Designer: Kang Cheng Liu
Yung Chi Huang
Sheng Xiang Lin
Cheng-Tsung Chen
Ming-Hsing Su
Pei-Yu Lin
Yu-Chien Huang
Image Credits: Image #1-5: Photographer Pei Yu Lin, Hours on the Slope, 2019.