DESIGN NAME: Mangrove Pavilion
PRIMARY FUNCTION: Reception Lobby
INSPIRATION: The inspiration is from the nature. Mangrove is significant to all humans.
Mangrove’s characteristic became the inspiration of ecological architecture.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Mangrove:1.Climate adjustment, Protect rivers 2.Provide shades for intertidal organism /Mangrove Pavilion: 1.Three-dimensional net structure combined with water design and airflow.2.The lobby with glass-box concept provides good views and blocks sun light that comes from either east or west.
Mangroves grow in biologically diverse intertidal habitats. The most common type of mangrove in Taiwan is Kandelia obovata, nicknamed “water pen” by the Taiwanese. These “water pen” droppers, once settled in the soil, can root, sprout and grow within weeks. That characteristic is where the core concept of this project lies, and from which the designing of the building, its exterior, flooring, interior patterns, lamps and lights, is developed. The exterior is a steel structure, standing out of a clear pool surface that mirrors the imagery of sprouting and shooting of “water pens” from tidal flats. For the interior, the idea is a transparent glass case obscuring the indoor/outdoor divide, facilitating men’s dialogues with nature. The traffic flow is also designed like the way mangroves grow out of mudflats: One takes the transparent lift in the basement and, as the glassy shaft breaks through water surface, arrives in the reception lobby on the ground floor.
OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: 1. Energy-conserving and environment-protection
2. Combined with local ecology
PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: Tamsui,Taiwan
June,2013
FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Architecture, Building and Structure Design
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PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: Steel,Glass,Marble
SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: 275 square meter
TAGS: Mangrove Pavilion
RESEARCH ABSTRACT: Developing the ecological architecture with the idea of mangrove by
observing local natural environment , humanities, history, ecology,
and then collect information to analyze data.
CHALLENGE: The design of the ecological architecture has the ability to change the airflow.
With the penetration ,it creates visual effects and the style of the glass-box,
the western exposure problem can be figured out.
ADDED DATE: 2014-01-26 19:26:11
TEAM MEMBERS (1) : King Wang / Paul Chiang
IMAGE CREDITS: Ccplan Design Co., Ltd, 2013.
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