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Hours on the Slope Fabrik, Kontorsbyggnad by T.E and C Architects Associates

Hours on the Slope Fabrik, Kontorsbyggnad by T.E and C Architects Associates is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award i Brons in Arkitektur-, Byggnads- och Konstruktionsdesign Competition Category.


BronsArkitektur· 2021

Hours on the Slope Fabrik, Kontorsbyggnad

by T.E and C Architects Associates

Client: T.E and C Architects Associates

A' Design Award i Brons Winner in Arkitektur Category

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The Design

About Hours on the Slope Fabrik, Kontorsbyggnad

Hours on the Slope är ett fabriks- och kontorskomplex i Taichung, Taiwan. Tomten är indelad i tre byggnader som är placerade utifrån miljön och orienteringen. På västsidan, där solexponeringen är hög, betonar mörka fönster och minskade fönsterytor volymkänslan. Granit och ett grönt byggnadsbeläggningssystem täcker ytterväggarna. Naturstensmosaik valdes för kontorsbyggnadens böjda yta. Ett nedgrävt rörledningssystem leder in sval utomhusluft i anläggningen, och solpaneler på taket skuggar parkeringsytan på översta våningen.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award i Brons

Hours on the Slope Fabrik, Kontorsbyggnad är vinnare av A' Design Award i Brons, ett högst prestigefyllt erkännande som tilldelas enastående designverk som utmärker sig genom kreativitet, uppfinningsrikedom och klokhet. Bronsvinnare är mycket skickliga och slående kreativa föremål som styrker formgivarnas stora erfarenhet, fantasi och påhittighet. Hours on the Slope Fabrik, Kontorsbyggnad förväntas vara ett högt skattat, beundrat och älskat föremål som är anmärkningsvärt professionellt och innovativt. Detta vinnande verk i A' Design Award i Brons införlivar bästa praxis inom konst, vetenskap, design och teknik och är utmärkt genom sin omsorg om detaljer. Hours on the Slope Fabrik, Kontorsbyggnad tillfredsställer fantastiskt behov, rör vid längtan, charmar känslor och väcker nyfikenhet.

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.

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