Kaohsiung| CSC Headquarters| 135m| 29 fl | U/C

[williamchung taiwan]

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boupy
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[kalifese]

it's a nice design, but i feel like those white cross bracket frames are too thick and glaring. it's really distracting. it should be like the hearst building: small window frames are thin and black; big structural frames are thick and metallic. it creates a nice contrast and a more elegant look. you can see the difference:







but then i guess if it looked more like the hearst building, it would be an even more obvious the design was copied from it.

[williamchung taiwan]

Originally Posted by kalifese

it's a nice design, but i feel like those white cross bracket frames are too thick and glaring. it's really distracting. it should be like the hearst building: small window frames are thin and black; big structural frames are thick and metallic. it creates a nice contrast and a more elegant look. you can see the difference:







but then i guess if it looked more like the hearst building, it would be an even more obvious the design was copied from it.

In other way, they can use less cross frames and make each frame thicker to present detail from distance. Maybe reduce to 1 or 2, I guess that is enough.
Or remove all the thin cross bracket frame and leave the thick frames, and then add another thick frame intersect with existing frame to make crossing feature.

[kalifese]

Originally Posted by williamchung taiwan

In other way, they can use less cross frames and make each frame thicker to present detail from distance. Maybe reduce to 1 or 2, I guess that is enough.
Or remove all the thin cross bracket frame and leave the thick frames, and then add another thick frame intersect with existing frame to make crossing feature.

no, my way is better. i'm a designer. you're just an engineer, remember???

[williamchung taiwan]

Originally Posted by kalifese

no, my way is better. i'm a designer. you're just an engineer, remember???

No, I'm not engineer. I perhaps will be developers or managers of construction company. I may start with labor in construction sites.

[kalifese]

Originally Posted by williamchung taiwan

No, I'm not engineer. I perhaps will be developers or managers of construction company. I may start with labor in construction sites.

you clean bathrooms, dont you?

[williamchung taiwan]

Originally Posted by kalifese

you clean bathrooms, dont you?

If someone need contractors to erect building or infrastructure I will be there.

[kalifese]

Originally Posted by williamchung taiwan

If someone need contractors to erect building or infrastructure I will be there.

so have you had many erections lately?

[williamchung taiwan]

Originally Posted by kalifese

so have you had many erections lately?

No sure, who knows?
And k, which design company you working with or you are studying in UN?

[duabi]

June 2011

[williamchung taiwan]

by originevian
taiwan-city.forum

[williamchung taiwan]

by bingo

[kalifese]

nice. it hasnt even topped out yet huh?

[williamchung taiwan]

Originally Posted by kalifese

nice. it hasnt even topped out yet huh?

The main structure have finished a long time ago.
Sorry it will never grow higher. That is it!

[kalifese]

No youre wrong. they haven't built roof yet.

[williamchung taiwan]

Originally Posted by kalifese

No youre wrong. they haven't built roof yet.

The structure of roof is already there. The steel frame on the top is actually the roof of this building
.
No more addtional structure will be added in the future.

[kalifese]

They covered up roof yet.it's still exposed.and they haven't added antenna and other stuff that goes in the roof.

[williamchung taiwan]

http://www.archdaily.com/224858/in-p...ch-architects/

In Progress: China Steel Corporation Headquarters / Artech Architects16
Apr 2012

By Kritiana Ross — Filed under: In Progress ,Office Buildings , Artech Architects, Kaohsiung, Taiwan


[align=left]© Jeffrey Cheng[/align]
Architects: Artech Architects + Kris Yao Architect
Location: Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Clients: China Steel Corporation (CSC)
Design Team: Willy Yu, Hua-Yi Chang, Nai-Wen Cheng, Jun-Ren Chou, Yen-Hsun Li
Site Area: 11,037 sqm
Lot Coverage Area: 2,590 sqm
Total Floor Area: 81,054
Completion: Expected 2012
Photographs: Jeffrey Cheng



[align=left]© Jeffrey Cheng[/align]
Four multi-faceted square tubes are bundled together to optimize seismic resistance and express the aesthetics of strength in steel.
The port city Kaohsiung located in southern Taiwan is transforming itself from an industrial town to a multi-functional business-trading city. The China Steel Corporation Headquarters is situated in an area adjacent to the port, where the largest urban development in Kaohsiung in recent years is taking place. This area will facilitate functions ranging from transportation, logistics and trading to culture, recreation and institution. The headquarters will be an integral element of this new area, and will also become the new landmark for the Kaohsiung Port.
[align=left]© Jeffrey Cheng[/align]
The building is composed of four square tubes bundled together by a shared central core. Each tube is turned 12.5 degrees in increments of eight stories, forming a dynamic geometry. The exterior mega-bracings span every eight stories, with their tiebacks forming terraces on every interval. The diamond-shaped double skin curtain wall allows for optimized natural lighting and ventilation that reduces heat-gain, minimizes energy consumption and shields traffic noise in this warm urban climate. On the ground level, the square tower sits on a round water pond at the center of the site. The remaining site is densely landscaped with trees to provide a comfortable pedestrian environment.

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