Mandarin
Daily News Tower
newspaper headquarter + education center + bookstore
Mandarin Daily News is well-known as an important press and educational organization founded at 1947, which specialize in teaching children about Chinese culture and language.
As its new building, the project was expected to maintain its image under the concept of the Song Dynasty landscape printings. It could hence emphasize the connection between natural elements and urban environments. In the meantime, it would be a 19 story modern skyscraper, offering a friendly atmosphere to the neighborhood.
As the chief designer of the project, I was in charge of all the works of schematic design and detailed development, including the concept development, regulation analysis, consultants communication and the documentation production.
While encouraging interactions between the programs and the neighborhood became the goal of this architectural design, the main challenge was to fulfill the strict regulation for this crowded urban area.
After many tests and experiments, we decided to take advantage of
the set-back-line rules to create friendly outdoor spaces that connect the views from existing parks and historic buildings.
The main entrance of the tower is facing diagonally toward the intersection between main avenue and local street
Stepping terraces decreases the impact of a tall building and creates visual connections to ground level
Project Info
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name: Mandarin Daily News Tower
lead architect: AAT architect
location: Taipei City, Taiwan
date: 2015- present
client: Mandarin Daily News, Sendfuel Land Development
building type: Office + Education Mixed-use
site area: 1,086 m²
total floor area: 14,780m²
number of stories: 19 levels with 6 basement levels
height: 63.3 m
position: chief project designer
responsibilities: concept development, AutoCAD drawings, 3D modeling, Rendering, Presentation, and documentations.
consultants: Kaiju Engineering Consultant (structure), Tungnan Mechanicals Group (MEP), Chengyi Engineering Consultant (trasportation)
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