The Agora Tower by Vincent Callebaut Architectures, known for their distinct eco-vision, designed this tower to be placed on the biggest, not to mention last, parcel of land for residential use in Taipei City, Taiwan. The twisting foliage-filled tower allows for a high-density space to exist that will also limit the ecologic footprint of the inhabitants. The aim of this building is to forge a symbiotic relationship between the urban dweller and nature.
CLIENT: BES Engineering Corporation, Taipei
CONTRACT LOCATION: XinYin District, Taipei City, Taiwan
PROGRAM: 40 Luxurious Apartments + Facilities
SURFACE AREA: 42.335.34 m²
DELIVERY: 2016
CURRENT PHASE: Construction Documents – Below grade under construction
GREEN CERTIFICATION: LEED Gold
INTERNATIONAL DESIGN ARCHITECT: Vincent Callebaut Architectures, SARL Paris
LOCAL ARCHITECT: LKP Design, Taipei
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: King Le Chang & Associates, Taipei
LOCAL MEP ENGINEERING: Sine & Associates, Taipei
INTERNATIONAL INTERIOR ARCHITECT: Wilson & Associates (WA), Los Angeles
INTERNATIONAL LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT: SWA, Sausalito, San Francisco
LOCAL LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT: Horizon & Atmosphere (H&A), Taipei
INTERNATIONAL LIGHTING DESIGNER: L'Observatoire International, New-York
LOCAL LIGHTING DESIGNER: Unolai Design, Taipei
GREEN CONSULTANT: Enertek, Taipei
VCA’S TEAM: Emilie Diers, Frederique Beck, Jiao Yang, Florence Mauny,
Volker Erlich, Philippe Steels, Marco Conti Sikic, Benoit Patterlini, Maguy Delrieu, Vincent Callebaut
MODEL MAKER: Patrick Laurent
The helicoidal towers appropriate their form from the structure of DNA, conceptually speaking to the building blocks of life, as well as dynamism and twinning. In a single level, four types of housing units are present, and in the structure as a whole there are 40 luxurious apartments as well as facilities. The act of twisting the form creates the optimization for open-air hanging gardens consisting of tall planted balconies of suspended orchards, organic vegetable gardens and medicinal greenery. Multiplying the transversal views of the overall east-west rhomboidal pyramid is produced by angling the apartments also allowing them to have exceptional views of the city.
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