FON 23

Urban Textures:

In response to spirit of livable architecture spirit in Taichung, multi-layer planting is applied in the walls and balconies to create a city with low carbon emission. A living space with blue sky, green trees and water brings new look to the city.



Urban Renewal Benefits:

The building is set back inward, combining with adopted sidewalks and local cultural characteristics to make riverside scenery more vivid. Apply large-scale greening and create a space for residents to have a rest.



Architectural Expression:

1.Architectural concrete demonstrates the main expressions of the building, presenting an elegant, simple but characteristic tone without stealing the thunder from the old downtown, where the lasting external looks introduce eternity to the building in the torrent of time.



2.Multi-layered greening, with large-scale retraction and greening per layer and a ratio of green color reaching 573.75%.

3.Vertical Greening: The beehive-shaped multi-layer green wall features, flowers and grass demonstrating prosperity, enhancing the aesthetic of the landscape environment, introducing a sense of beauty to the city along with aesthetic competitiveness.

4.Each of the honeycomb and light presents abundant colors in the night light project, enhancing the visual attraction for space, while fully demonstrating the luminous environmental culture and the aesthetics of brightening.



Energy Saving Design:

1.Develop and fulfill energy-saving and environmental protection through the construction of the new headquarters, where a green design has been set as the pre-requisite starting from the purchase of the land, therefore green energy project is set up for the roof, where large solar energy panels are installed on the roof, the low pollution and sunny energy source responds to the green energy policy, transforming sunlight into electrical power, creating power of about 25.8KW to contribute back to TaiPower, as well as reducing 16,985 tons of CO2, while inverter permanent-magnet motors and power regeneration system are adopted for the power-consuming elevators in the office building.



2.Two barrier-free elevators are installed, which is energy-saving and eco-friendly. No gear oil is needed and power consumption can be greatly reduced. In addition, it’s more stable and cozier when taking the elevator.