Building Investment (Nov - Dec 2016)
As we roll out our last issue for the year, it is only natural to cast a retrospective glance on past events. The year 2016 will most likely be remembered for Brexit and Americans electing a billionaire businessman as President. It was also a challenging year for the building and construction sector with the regional economic slowdown, government cooling measures and bank credit squeeze...
As we roll out our last issue for the year, it is only natural to cast a retrospective glance on past events. The year 2016 will most likely be remembered for Brexit and Americans electing a billionaire businessman as President. It was also a challenging year for the building and construction sector with the regional economic slowdown, government cooling measures and bank credit squeeze...
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Design Feature<br />
Community clubhouse in Taiwan<br />
breaks with design tradition<br />
Taiwan-based Chain 10 Urban Space Design turns Green Places Community Clubhouse<br />
in Tainan into a haven for the community. Photo credit: Kuo-Min Lee<br />
52 <strong>Building</strong> & <strong>Investment</strong> | www.b-i.biz<br />
Reading room looking out into the pond.<br />
<strong>Building</strong> exterior night view.<br />
THE LEAD designer of Chain 10 Urban<br />
Space Design, Keng-Fu Lo, sees a building<br />
as a living entity. Breaking with architectural<br />
tradition, he created a distinctive design for<br />
each floor of the Green Places Community<br />
Clubhouse in Tainan, Taiwan.<br />
The Clubhouse is a shared space for the<br />
residents of an independent community<br />
with space for dining, reading, exercising,<br />
learning and community interaction. The<br />
design is based on natural patterns and<br />
includes a reflecting pond, outdoor plaza and<br />
unobstructed view of the nearby hills while<br />
the floors are stacked vertically as a series of<br />
free curves.<br />
Varied surfaces with differing heights<br />
invite visitors to walk in and explore the<br />
interior. Natural elements are brought into<br />
the building and used as interior decoration<br />
with tall trees used as wall partitions. The use<br />
of continuous glass windows breaks spatial
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