AGORA GARDEN， A SUSTAINABLE RESIDENTIAL TOWER， Taipei， Taiwan

Vincent Callebaut

“ARCHIBIOTIC”（建筑Architecture+生物科技Biotechnology+通訊技術(shù)TIC/ICT）概念的創(chuàng)建者，將生物模擬、生物型態(tài)主義與仿生規(guī)則整合于都市中，將實(shí)驗(yàn)室中的基礎(chǔ)科學(xué)研究與產(chǎn)業(yè)上的應(yīng)用研究相互連接，進(jìn)而使我們的城市變身為生態(tài)系統(tǒng)，市郊變?yōu)樯郑ㄖ镒優(yōu)榭晒┥飾⒌臉淠?，開創(chuàng)全新的生態(tài)責(zé)任生活方式。同時(shí)Vincent Callebaut提出了“巴黎智慧城市2050計(jì)劃”。2014年“陶朱隱園”項(xiàng)目獲得芝加哥建筑設(shè)計(jì)博物館頒發(fā)的“國(guó)際建筑獎(jiǎng)”。他在埃及開羅打造的“大赫里奧波里斯”項(xiàng)目（多功能綜合建筑群）預(yù)計(jì)于2020年完工。Vincent Callebaut曾獲選為五十大“綠色星球建筑師”之一；紐約時(shí)代雜志將他譽(yù)為“在處理全球環(huán)境與社會(huì)問(wèn)題上，最具生態(tài)前瞻性的設(shè)計(jì)師之一”。

2010年11月，VINCENT CALLEBAUT ARCHITECTURES SARL中標(biāo)了臺(tái)北一棟新的奢華住宅樓——陶朱隱園，該項(xiàng)目正在施工，并將在2017年竣工。

生態(tài)理念

陶朱隱園項(xiàng)目在臺(tái)北市信義區(qū)全面發(fā)展的城市網(wǎng)絡(luò)中心提出了一個(gè)可持續(xù)住宅生態(tài)建設(shè)的先鋒理念，旨在通過(guò)研究人與自然之間的正確共生方式來(lái)約束其居民的生態(tài)足跡。

項(xiàng)目所在的位置是該區(qū)域最后也是最大的一塊住宅用地，這個(gè)設(shè)計(jì)概念是想建立一個(gè)真正低能耗的垂直景觀片段。所以這棟建筑采用生態(tài)化的設(shè)計(jì)，不僅把有機(jī)廢物和污水的再利用整合在一起，還采用了所有可再生能源技術(shù)和其他最先進(jìn)的納米技術(shù)（BIPV太陽(yáng)能光伏發(fā)電、雨水回收利用、堆肥等）。因此，該項(xiàng)目的目標(biāo)是提高能效并通過(guò)綠色建筑官方認(rèn)證，并滿足臺(tái)北內(nèi)政部發(fā)布的關(guān)于高環(huán)境質(zhì)量的規(guī)范。

概念之一是樓里的居民居住并栽培垂直農(nóng)場(chǎng)，因而這棟住宅樓前衛(wèi)的建筑造型首先創(chuàng)造了一種依據(jù)自然和氣候設(shè)計(jì)的新生活方式。實(shí)際上，陶朱隱園在垂直方向上提供了寬敞的陽(yáng)臺(tái)作為種植果園、有機(jī)菜園、芳香花園和其他藥用花園之用。它就像一個(gè)活的有機(jī)體，可以進(jìn)行新陳代謝！它超越了能耗的被動(dòng)角色（只會(huì)吸收所有的自然資源然后排出廢物），實(shí)現(xiàn)了自己生產(chǎn)有機(jī)食品。因此，該建筑理念是設(shè)計(jì)一個(gè)能源自給自足的建筑，其能量是電、熱以及食物。

因此，該項(xiàng)目直接回應(yīng)了后哥本哈根時(shí)代的四個(gè)主要生態(tài)目標(biāo)：1）減少全球氣候變暖；2）保護(hù)自然和生物的多樣性；3）保護(hù)環(huán)境和生活質(zhì)量；4）管理自然資源和廢物。

最后，根據(jù)再生設(shè)計(jì)理論，避免無(wú)謂的“失去”即所有東西都自我轉(zhuǎn)化；所有的建筑和裝飾材料會(huì)選擇有回收和（或）可回收標(biāo)簽的產(chǎn)品。通過(guò)對(duì)自然生態(tài)系統(tǒng)的模仿，重塑臺(tái)灣工業(yè)和建筑的進(jìn)程，從而提供清潔的解決方案，并創(chuàng)建一切都能夠被重復(fù)使用的工業(yè)周期，要么以無(wú)毒的有機(jī)營(yíng)養(yǎng)物回歸大地、要么以能無(wú)限循環(huán)使用的技術(shù)營(yíng)養(yǎng)素重回產(chǎn)業(yè)。作為生物技術(shù)的原型，陶朱隱園項(xiàng)目揭示了人類活動(dòng)與對(duì)自然的積極影響的共生關(guān)系。

形態(tài)理念

該項(xiàng)目既非單塔亦非雙塔，而是沿著中央核心以兩個(gè)螺旋塔升向天空。該建筑提供了一個(gè)高度壓縮的內(nèi)核和具有極大靈活性的居住層（即實(shí)現(xiàn)了不通過(guò)任何人行天橋就能將兩個(gè)公寓單元連接起來(lái)），同時(shí)還提供了看向城市景觀和多個(gè)懸浮花園的低視角。

正如它的名字，設(shè)計(jì)靈感來(lái)自于生命之源——DNA（脫氧核糖核酸）的雙螺旋結(jié)構(gòu)，生機(jī)勃勃、成雙成對(duì)。在項(xiàng)目中每個(gè)雙螺旋結(jié)構(gòu)都表現(xiàn)為由兩套公寓組成的一個(gè)完整樓層。因此，從它的底部到頂部，20層雙螺旋結(jié)構(gòu)在伸展過(guò)程中扭轉(zhuǎn)了90°，所形成的彎度隱喻著通用的諧波音樂(lè)符號(hào)，體現(xiàn)了該項(xiàng)目最終實(shí)現(xiàn)的平衡概念。

90°的扭轉(zhuǎn)對(duì)四個(gè)主要目標(biāo)的回應(yīng)

（1）第一個(gè)目標(biāo)是將建筑南、北兩側(cè)的金字塔輪廓完美結(jié)合。實(shí)際上，該建筑的形態(tài)是根據(jù)其朝向而變化的。它的東、西立面是一個(gè)菱形金字塔，而南北立面是反轉(zhuǎn)的倒金字塔。

（2）第二個(gè)目標(biāo)是形成一個(gè)最大的懸浮露天花園，而不是容積率的一部分。因此，陽(yáng)臺(tái)種植面積很容易滿足不低于10%的規(guī)定，也完全滿足建筑覆蓋率的40%，即3 264m2的要求。

（3）第三個(gè)目標(biāo)是通過(guò)擴(kuò)大橫向視野，為住戶提供無(wú)以倫比的臺(tái)北天際線全景景觀，特別是朝向離項(xiàng)目非常近的101大廈和中央商務(wù)區(qū)的景觀。

（4）第四個(gè)目標(biāo)是從一個(gè)靈活的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)層生成一個(gè)有牛腿的漸變幾何形體，通過(guò)視線的遮擋保證每間公寓的私密性。

受大自然的啟發(fā)，陶朱隱園的形狀來(lái)自于有機(jī)液體和動(dòng)態(tài)幾何形體。簡(jiǎn)單而標(biāo)準(zhǔn)化的雙螺旋元素上下重疊，每層旋轉(zhuǎn)4.5°，通過(guò)凸、凹曲線形成一個(gè)多面的形態(tài)。

事實(shí)上，從周邊街道的行人的視角來(lái)看，建筑表面的變化形成了新的輪廓。除此之外，穿著植物外衣的動(dòng)態(tài)幾何形體有著感性的風(fēng)格，該項(xiàng)目真正體現(xiàn)了一個(gè)內(nèi)置的生態(tài)系統(tǒng)，使動(dòng)物和植物重回城市的心臟，獨(dú)自生成一個(gè)新的亞熱帶生物多樣性的框架。它將成為城市中一處新的棲息之地！

主要構(gòu)成要素

繁茂的森林和空地

為了保證居民的私密性，在整個(gè)場(chǎng)地的周邊挖了一條礦物壕溝，用有機(jī)的城市家具讓外部的公共空間充滿生機(jī)。在場(chǎng)地內(nèi)部，壕溝的墻壁變成了種植圍墻。主入口位于松勇路，這里沒(méi)有城市主干道松高路那么繁忙。塔樓從大樹參天、枝葉繁茂的森林中盤旋而起，保護(hù)著居民的私密性，并使其免受周圍城市污染的傷害。在綠肺的中心，遍植充滿異國(guó)情調(diào)樹木的行人廣場(chǎng)打開了一塊富含礦物和水生植物的空地。

如同由水滴產(chǎn)生的波紋那樣，景觀設(shè)計(jì)以塔樓為核心，以圓弧的形式向外輻射。光和大量植物形成的綠瀑通過(guò)一個(gè)圓形的采光井到達(dá)最深的地下室，從而實(shí)現(xiàn)了停車場(chǎng)、游泳池和健身房的自然采光和通風(fēng)。

連接室內(nèi)外的門廳

兩層通高的首層空間，巨大的透明幕墻實(shí)現(xiàn)了室內(nèi)的社區(qū)空間和外部的花園之間的連續(xù)性。

中央核心區(qū)，一個(gè)被天空大堂包圍的垂直扭轉(zhuǎn)花園

中央核心區(qū)把進(jìn)入同一樓層兩個(gè)居住單元的垂直流線完全隔離開。這個(gè)核心區(qū)是固定的（它不轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)）。但為了確保樓板的逐層轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)，用一條可自然采光的水平環(huán)形流線把入口門廳與每個(gè)單元連接起來(lái)。盡管每層都有4.5°的旋轉(zhuǎn)，這個(gè)環(huán)形的緩沖區(qū)使得主入口始終在每間公寓的軸線上。之前也研究了另一種方法，在圓柱形的中央核心區(qū)周圍直接設(shè)置空中大堂，從而形成能夠看到臺(tái)北市壯觀景象的入口門廳。

中央核心區(qū)每層有2部樓梯，4部載重量為24人（1 800kg）的高速電梯，1部汽車電梯（也可用于運(yùn)送大型藝術(shù)品、古董豪華車，甚至是巨大的鋼琴等），2個(gè)玻璃空中車庫(kù)和所有主要流線的垂直井道。所有這些垂直流線被巨大的預(yù)應(yīng)力承重框架所包裹。

公寓體現(xiàn)了空間與技術(shù)的最大的靈活性

平均面積為540m2的公寓被置于中央核心區(qū)旁邊兩個(gè)種滿植物的扭轉(zhuǎn)形體里。每個(gè)住宅單元是由空腹梁的結(jié)構(gòu)系統(tǒng)支撐形成的樓層，此空腹梁系統(tǒng)只設(shè)在偶數(shù)樓層，由玻璃幕墻后可以看到。所有樓層的兩端都由覆蓋著綠墻的兩個(gè)巨型螺旋柱相連，而所有的公寓是完全沒(méi)有柱子的。

結(jié)構(gòu)概念的靈感來(lái)自于DNA鏈，它在室內(nèi)布局方面實(shí)現(xiàn)了極大的靈活性，也確保了看向近處的懸浮花園和遠(yuǎn)處的城市全景的最佳視野。

（1）可以分割成2個(gè)或4個(gè)單元的4個(gè)主要樓層類型的空間靈活性

1）類型A：2個(gè)有圍繞中央核心區(qū)的曲線起居室的單元；2）類型B：2個(gè)南立面被拉長(zhǎng)的起居室的單元；3）類型C：2個(gè)設(shè)有全景客廳的單元；4）類型D：4個(gè)有兩層通高的復(fù)式客廳的單元。

除了這些基本的類型外，屋頂還設(shè)有兩個(gè)巨大的會(huì)所，為保證建筑體量的效果它們后退了一點(diǎn)。因此，由于相同的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)化雙螺旋（每層建筑面積1 250m2）結(jié)構(gòu)形式，樓層的旋轉(zhuǎn)和可定制的室內(nèi)布局為每一個(gè)住戶提供獨(dú)一無(wú)二的樓層！

（2）技術(shù)靈活性來(lái)自于雙層板和雙層墻的概念

除了空間的靈活性之外，建造系統(tǒng)還為每層的設(shè)備路由提供了一個(gè)整體的靈活性。附加的垂直管線沿著玻璃幕墻上的“斜井道”布置。每個(gè)樓層的雙層板系統(tǒng)都集成在雙層地板和吊頂?shù)南旅?。穿過(guò)中央核心區(qū)的管網(wǎng)（如雨水、使用水、熱水、電、地板加熱、冷空氣、熱空氣、光纖等）在水平方向上能夠毫無(wú)困難地服務(wù)于所有樓層。此外，蜂窩梁的運(yùn)用可以保證天花板下方獲得最大的凈高。每間公寓的內(nèi)部分隔將根據(jù)每位住戶的意愿來(lái)確定。雙層墻集成了許多有用的存儲(chǔ)空間，進(jìn)而沿著建筑的曲軸劃分出不同的房間。

（3）通過(guò)雙層幕墻良好的隔離性實(shí)現(xiàn)高能效

陶朱隱園項(xiàng)目的圍護(hù)結(jié)構(gòu)是每層重復(fù)出現(xiàn)的線性水晶立面。每間公寓相同的外墻會(huì)先在工廠里預(yù)制好，以加快安裝速度。為了在夏季減少內(nèi)部空間的太陽(yáng)輻射與限制在冬季的熱量損失，將會(huì)在相應(yīng)位置分別采用多層玻璃（空腔+聚乙烯醇縮丁醛）或與百葉窗集成在一起的雙層外墻。

景觀陽(yáng)臺(tái)、花卉、水果、蔬菜和芳香植物組成的綠色瀑布

景觀概念是建立一個(gè)覆蓋整個(gè)建筑的懸浮花園，塔樓就變成了城市中心一個(gè)真正的垂直居住園區(qū)。選用的植物盡量采用可以食用的，這樣每個(gè)居民都可以享用自己的蔬菜。懸浮果園、有機(jī)蔬菜園、芳香和藥用花園將沿著每間公寓的外圍蓬勃生長(zhǎng)，充滿了又寬又深的花池?；▓@家具、把廢物變成有機(jī)肥料的堆肥空間、燃料電池、利用雨水灌溉植物的蓄水箱，以及鳥類的生態(tài)巢都會(huì)和花池的設(shè)計(jì)結(jié)合在一起。為了保護(hù)有機(jī)基層免受太陽(yáng)輻射的損害，種植床上覆蓋了一層蜂窩狀的貝瑟爾（Bethel）白色花崗巖。陶朱隱園的白色將會(huì)呈現(xiàn)出一個(gè)新的、象征性的、純粹而清新的形象。

通過(guò)樓塔形態(tài)的旋轉(zhuǎn)產(chǎn)生兩種非常特別的景觀陽(yáng)臺(tái)類型，主要有以下兩種。

1）上升陽(yáng)臺(tái)或凸陽(yáng)臺(tái)：露天，可以最大限度地享受陽(yáng)光，可以栽種亞熱帶的樹木和灌木。我們會(huì)傾向于把客廳設(shè)置在這邊，也可以根據(jù)每個(gè)居民的意愿在樓板的末端安裝光伏遮陽(yáng)篷，可以用集熱器提供衛(wèi)生間的熱水。

2）下降陽(yáng)臺(tái)或凹陽(yáng)臺(tái)：被上一層樓覆蓋，提供一個(gè)半遮陽(yáng)的休閑空間，可以種植花卉、蔬菜、芳香植物和攀爬植物。我們會(huì)傾向于把臥室設(shè)置在這邊。

在扭轉(zhuǎn)的居住層里布置著一些戶外花園沐浴的避難所，隨著每個(gè)公寓的花園盤旋而上。不同于用混凝土、玻璃和鋼建成的現(xiàn)代城市，陶朱隱園是城市中心一座扭動(dòng)的綠山。隨著季節(jié)的變幻，植物（常綠和落葉）的顏色和豐富程度也會(huì)隨之改變。夏天垂下綠色的華冠，秋天整座大樓流光溢彩，春天萬(wàn)紫千紅，香氣撲鼻。這里，芬芳的微氣候就是居民最好的福利！

光伏屋頂及植物凈化花園

在距地100m高的地方有一個(gè)面積為1 000m2的巨大光伏涼棚，它把太陽(yáng)能轉(zhuǎn)換成直接引入建筑物的電能。在這個(gè)藍(lán)色鋼板的反射層下面是被全景空中花園所環(huán)繞的會(huì)所。在花園中，植物能夠過(guò)濾和凈化雨水，并通過(guò)重力將其重新注入衛(wèi)生間的管網(wǎng)。同時(shí)，從這個(gè)陽(yáng)臺(tái)上可以特別清楚地看到101大廈的全景。

自然采光和通風(fēng)的景觀地下室

與傳統(tǒng)的梁下只有2.10m高、光線陰暗的停車場(chǎng)相反，陶朱隱園項(xiàng)目的停車場(chǎng)具有自然采光。實(shí)際上，與抗震縫結(jié)合在一起的采光井讓自然光和新鮮空氣進(jìn)入到地下室，從而實(shí)現(xiàn)了停車場(chǎng)以及與之相連的設(shè)施（游泳池和健身房）的自然通風(fēng)。地下室的主入口是松勇路上一個(gè)富有雕塑感的大門，其靈感來(lái)自于螺旋葉。

從地下一層可以到達(dá)中央核心區(qū)內(nèi)的兩部汽車電梯，并且迅速到達(dá)每個(gè)公寓門口的空中車庫(kù)。停車場(chǎng)設(shè)計(jì)在陶朱隱園酒店原有停車場(chǎng)周邊，以控制基礎(chǔ)開挖的成本。

只有西南墻進(jìn)行了調(diào)整以建立一個(gè)雙螺旋的格局。實(shí)際上，在大廈連續(xù)的旋轉(zhuǎn)過(guò)程中，停車場(chǎng)隨著內(nèi)核附近一個(gè)沿著出口方向上升的內(nèi)部螺旋和沿著入口方向下降的螺旋所形成的圓形平面進(jìn)行變化，整體形成了連續(xù)的欄桿以容納超過(guò)230輛轎車和500輛摩托車。板間的最小高度是3.10m，從而提高了舒適性和這棟潔白無(wú)瑕的建筑物的氣氛。值得注意的是，通過(guò)這個(gè)停車場(chǎng)實(shí)現(xiàn)了大廈結(jié)構(gòu)的整體減重，減少了整個(gè)建筑的荷載。

積極生態(tài)革命的挑戰(zhàn)

在陶朱隱園項(xiàng)目中，生活（Bios）、生物技術(shù)（可再生能源技術(shù)和納米技術(shù)）和NICT（信息與通信新技術(shù)）的結(jié)合，非常符合中國(guó)古代天人合一的思想；肉體和精神不可分割。相對(duì)于以當(dāng)代生態(tài)危機(jī)為主題的先鋒論調(diào)，中國(guó)思想更傾向于事物之間的關(guān)聯(lián)而不是分離。人類及其生命框架依賴于各種變量的融合。

正如專門研究古代中國(guó)的漢學(xué)家葛蘭言在1934出版的《中國(guó)人的思想》中所寫的那樣：沒(méi)有人會(huì)反對(duì)人類來(lái)自于自然；不認(rèn)為人是獨(dú)立于已有元素之外的自由元素。中國(guó)人只會(huì)把時(shí)間和空間看作時(shí)機(jī)和地點(diǎn)的結(jié)合。這些都是相互依賴的，構(gòu)成宇宙的秩序。我們不認(rèn)為人類可以控制自然或精神可以脫離于物質(zhì)之外。

在臺(tái)北的核心區(qū)，在景觀之上建造城市，再在城市上建造城市，現(xiàn)在是時(shí)候讓景觀在城市中重建自身了！從生態(tài)恢復(fù)能力這個(gè)角度來(lái)看，陶朱隱園必須被看作是地理學(xué)的抽象和生態(tài)系統(tǒng)的變形。陶朱隱園在為明天重歸生態(tài)城市生活的努力中建立了一個(gè)大自然！這座大廈明確而肯定地揭示了在住宅樓中重塑一種自給自足、前所未有的新生活方式的挑戰(zhàn)。這是一個(gè)在世界上獨(dú)一無(wú)二的項(xiàng)目，在東方的天空展示著其獨(dú)特的魅力和詩(shī)意，它有著寬敞的懸挑私家花園的精致的空中別墅。

最后但并非最不重要的，它是繼著名的101大廈之后的又一個(gè)獨(dú)特的生態(tài)里程碑與可持續(xù)發(fā)展的新標(biāo)志?。ㄗg/馬琴，校/吳春花）

In November 2010， VINCENT CALLEBAUT ARCHITECTURES SARL was awarded as the successful tenderer for the construction of a new Luxurious Residential Tower located at Taipei. The Project is currently under construction and will be completed in 2017.

The Ecologic Philosophy of the Project

In the heart of the urban networks of Xinyin District in full development， the AGORA GARDEN project presents a pioneer concept of sustainable residential eco-construction that aims at limiting the ecologic footprint of its inhabitants by researching the right symbiosis between the human being and the Nature.

On this site that is the last and only biggest parcel of land for residential use， the concept is to build a true fragment of vertical landscape with low energetic consumption. The building is thus eco-designed. It integrates not only the recycling of organic waste and used water but also all the renewable energies and other new state-of-the-art nanotechnologies （BIPV solar photovoltaic， rain water recycling， compost， etc.）. The project targets thus the energetic performance so as to be officially approved by the Green Building Label， the norm for high environmental quality， delivered by the Home Affairs Ministry of Taipei.

Part of the concept of inhabited and cultivated vertical farm through its own inhabitants， this project of residential tower enables first to design by its avant-gardist architecture a new life style in accordance with the nature and the climate. Actually， the AGORA GARDEN tower superimposes vertically wide planted balconies of true suspended orchards， organic vegetable gardens， aromatic gardens and other medicinal gardens.

Such as a living organism， the tower becomes metabolic！ It overpasses its energy-consuming passive role （absorbing all the natural resources and rejecting only waste） to produce its own organic food. The architectural concept is thus to eco-design an energy self-sufficient building， whose energy is electric， thermal and also alimentary.

Therefore， the project answers directly to 4 main ecologic objectives of the After Copenhagen： 1）The reduction of the climatic global warming；2）The protection of the nature and the biodiversity；3）The protection of the environment and the quality of life；4）The management of the natural resources and waste.

Finally， according to the Cradle to Cradle concept where nothing is lost， everything transforms itself； all the construction and furnishing materials will be selected through recycled and / or recyclable labels. By imitating the processes of natural ecosystems， it deals thus with reinventing in Taiwan the industrial and architectural processes in order to produce clean solutions and to create industrial cycle where everything is reused， either back to the ground as non-toxic organic nutrients， or back to the industry as technical nutrients able to be indefinitely recycled. Biotechnological prototype， the AGORA GARDEN project reveals thus the symbiosis of human actions and their positive impact on the nature.

The Morphologic Philosophy of the Project

Neither single tower， nor twin towers， the project arises towards the sky with two helicoidal towers gathering themselves around a central core. This architectural party offers a hyper-compacted core and a maximal flexibility of the housing storeys （with the possibility to unify two apartments units in one without any footbridge）. It brings a reduction of view angles towards the urban landscape and a hyper-abundance of suspended gardens.

The AGORA GARDEN tower is， as its name indicates it， directly inspired of the structure in double helix of the DNA （Deoxyribonucleic acid）， source of life， dynamism and twinning. Every double helix is represented in the project by two housing units forming a full level.

Thus， from its base to the top， the 20 inhabited levels in double helix stretch themselves and twist themselves at 90 degrees. By metaphor， the obtained sinuosity corresponds to the universal musical symbol of harmonic revealing the notion of ultimate balance praised by the project.

This twist of 90 degrees answers to four major objectives

（1）The first objective is to be perfectly integrated in the North / South pyramidal profile of the Building Volume. Actually， the morphology of the project changes according to its orientation. Its East / West elevations draw a rhomboidal pyramid whereas the North-South ones represent a reverse pyramid.

（2）The second objective is to generate a maximum of cascades of suspended open-air gardens， not part of the F.A.R.（floor area ratio）. Thus， the planted balcony surface area can easily exceed the limit of the required 10 percents. The global framework of 40 percents of building coverage ratio， i.e. 3 264 M2 is thus totally respected.

（3）The third objective is to offer to the inhabitants exceptional panoramic views on the skyline of Taipei by multiplying the transversal views， especially towards the very close Taipei 101 tower and the Central Business District in full emergence.

（4）The fourth objective is to generate from a flexible standardized level a progressive geometry with corbels which assures the intimacy and the confidentiality of each apartment by avoiding the indiscreet vision axes.

Inspired from the Nature， the AGORA GARDEN project is shaped with an organic fluid and dynamic geometry. From the simple and standardized element of the double helix of housing superimposed vertically and put in successive rotation of 4.5 degrees level by level， a multi-facial morphology appears all in convex and concave curves.

Actually， according to the point of view of the pedestrian from the surrounding streets， the AGORA GARDEN tower changes of faces and proposes new profiles. Besides this moving geometry wearing a planted dress with sensual style， the project represents really a built ecosystem that repatriates the fauna and the flora in the heart of the city and generates alone a new box of subtropical biodiversity. It is a new nest in the city！

The Main Components of the Project

The luxuriant forest and the glade

In order to ensure the confidentiality of the residents， the whole perimeter of the site is bordered by a mineral moat that animates the outside public space with organic urban furnitures. Inside the parcel， the walls of this moat transform themselves into planted surrounding walls. The main access of the site is located at the Song Yong Road which is less busy that the main avenue， Song Gao Road. The tower is coiled up in the centre of a heavy and luxuriant safe forest of mature trees that protects the intimacy of the inhabitants from the surrounding urban pollution. In the heart of the vegetable lung， the pedestrian square of exotic wood opens itself on a mineral and aquatic glade.

Such as the shock wave created by a water drop， the landscape design is made in circles arches and radiates from the epicentre of the tower. A circular light well， curved this time， makes the light， the abundant plants in cascades to the deepest basement. The car parks， the swimming pool and the fitness are thus naturally lightened and ventilated.

The lobbies in indoor-outdoor connectivity

The ground floor in double height sets through its great transparent facades a high connectivity between the interior community spaces and the exterior garden.

The central core， a vertical twisted garden surrounded by sky entry foyers

The central core has been designed to separate totally the vertical circulations into two housing units on the same level. This core is fixed （it does not pivot）. But in order to ensure the rotation of the storeys floor by floor， it is surrounded by a （naturally lightened） horizontal circulation loop welcoming the entry foyer dedicated to each unit. This buffer loop enables thus to set the main entrance always in the axis of each apartment and this despite of the 4.5 degrees rotation storey by storey. An alternative has been studied to build sky entry foyers directly around the cylindrical central core offering thus planted entry foyers with spectacular front view on the city of Taipei.

By level， the central core gathers 2 staircases， 4 high speed elevators of 24 people （1800 kg）， 1 car elevators （also useful to carry enormous art pieces， luxury antique vehicles， or even huge pianos， etc.）， 2 sky garages in glass and also all the vertical shafts for the main flows. All these vertical flows are covered by a huge bearing exoskeleton in reinforced steel.

The apartments， a maximal spatial and technical flexibility

The apartments of 540 M2 on average superimpose themselves under the shape of two planted twists unified around a central core. Each unit presents a storey structurally made with Vierendeel beams system behind glass facades only on even floors. All levels are linked at both ends by two spiralling mega columns covered by green walls. Each apartment is completely free columns！

This structural concept inspired of the DNA chain enables a maximal flexibility in terms of interior layout. It ensures also an optimal visual permeability （indoor outdoor connectivity） towards the suspended gardens of the balconies in foreground and the urban panorama on the background.

（1）The spatial flexibility is divided in 4 main typologies of storeys of 2 or 4 units

1）Typology A ： 2 units with curved living rooms around a central core；2）Typology B ： 2 units with living rooms stretched in the length behind the Southern fa?ades；3）Typology C ： 2 units with living rooms set in bow by the panoramic storey；4）Typology D ： 4 units in duplex with living rooms benefiting from a double height.

In addition to these basic typologies， two huge clubhouses are set up on the roof floors so as to respect the setback required by the building volume. Therefore， from the same standardized double helix （1.250 M2 floor area）， the rotation of the storey and its customizable interior laying-out makes every level be a unique floor for each resident！

（2）The technical flexibility is obtained by the integration of the double deck and double wall concepts

Spatially hyper-flexible， the constructive system proposed also a total flexibility to the level of technical distribution of the flows. Additional vertical flows are organized with “oblique shafts” along the glass fa?ade. The system of double deck is integrated at each level under the shape of a double floor and a suspended ceiling. The network of the flows （rain water， used water， hot water， electricity， under floor-heating， cool air， hot air， optic fibre， etc.） crossing the central core can thus irrigate without any difficulty on the horizontal way all the surface area of each storey. Moreover， the use of castellated beams will enable to take advantage of a maximal free height under ceiling. The interior partitioning of each apartment will be à la carte according to the wishes of each inhabitant. The double walls will compartmentalize the different rooms following the curved axes of the building by integrating also many useful storage spaces.

（3）The energetic efficiency is obtained by isolating fa?ades with high performance named inter-layer or double-layer：

The AGORA GARDEN tower is covered by linear crystalline fa?ades repeating themselves at each level. The identical facades in every apartment will be pre-manufactured in factory to accelerate their setting-up during the works. A multilayer glass （airspace + Polyvinyl Butyral） or double layer fa?ades with integrated blinds will be directly associated there in order to protect the interior spaces from the solar radiation in summer and to limit the calorific loss in winter.

The landscape balconies， green cascades of flowers， fruits， vegetables and aromates

The landscape concept is to build a cascade of suspended gardens which cover the entire building. The tower becomes then a true vertical inhabited park， in a box of nature in the heart of the city ！ The selected essences will be preferably eatable in order to make each inhabitant gardener in its own vegetable consumption. Suspended orchards， organic vegetable gardens， aromatic and medicinal gardens will flourish the wide and deep jardinière along the global periphery of each apartment. Garden furniture， compost spaces from waste to organic fertilizers， fuel cells， rain water tanks for the irrigation of plants， and ecologic nests for birds will be directly integrated in the design of these jardinières. In order to protect the organic substrate tanks from the heating coming from the solar radiation， the planting beds will be covered by a layer of Bethel white granite on honeycomb. The white colour of the AGORA GARDEN tower will provide a new emblematic， pure and fresh identity.

（1）The tower generates through its morphology in rotation two types of very specific landscape balconies ：

1）The balconies called ascending or positive：

From the level B1， we can access to both car elevators inside the central core and go very quickly to the sky garages located at the entrance of each apartment. The car park is designed in the existing perimeter of the current car park of the pre-existing Agora Garden hotel in order to limit the works cost of excavation and foundations.

Only the South-West wall has been corrected so as to set up a laying-out with double helix. Actually， in the continuation of the rotating tower， the car park is drawn according to a circular plan with an ascending interior helix around the core in the direction of the exit and a second descending helix in the direction of the entrance. The whole set forms a continuous banister that welcomes more than 230 cars and 500 scooters. From slab to slab， the minimal height is 3，10 meters which improves comfortably the atmosphere of the building of an immaculate white. It is important to notice that the structure of the tower weights through this car park in order to facilitate the descent of the loading of the whole building.

The Challenge of a Positively Ecologic Revolution！

In the architecture of the AGORA GARDEN project， the association of the living （Bios）， the biotechnologies （renewable energies and nanotechnologies）， and the NICT （New Technologies of Information and Communication）， can meet the Chinese antique thought which always refused to separate the nature and the humanity that nourishes itself from it； the body from the spirit that did not exist without it. Avant-gardist on the theme of contemporary ecologic crisis， the Chinese thought prefers the relationships rather than the separated elements. The human being and its life framework depend from the fusion of the variables：

As humbly wrote the influent sinologist， specialist in old China Marcel Granet in the Chinese Thought in 1934： None opposes the human being from the nature； do not think of opposing them such as the free element from the determined element. The Chinese people only see in the Time and the Space a gathering of occasions and sites. These are interdependences， solidarities that constitute the order of the Universe. We do not think that the Man could form a reign in the Nature or that the spirit distinguishes itself from the material.

In the heart of Taipei， after having built the city on the landscape， after having then built the city on the city， it is now time for the landscape to rebuild itself on the city ！ In this perspective of ecologic resilience， the AGORA GARDEN project must be considered as an abstraction of geography and a distortion of ecosystem. The AGORA GARDEN project is a Nature built from the living that fights for the re-naturalisation of Ecopolis of tomorrow！ This tower reveals strongly and surely the challenge of reinventing a new lifestyle for residential tower， that is self-sufficient， sculpturally unprecedented. It is a project absolutely unique in the world and charismatic drawing with poetry in the Oriental sky， a delicate superposition of sky villas with wide suspended private gardens.

Last but not least， it is a unique ecologic landmark， new symbol of sustainability at the bottom of the prestigious 101 tower！

業(yè)主：臺(tái)北BES工程公司

建設(shè)地點(diǎn)：臺(tái)灣臺(tái)北市信義區(qū)

建筑功能：40套奢華公寓及配套

總建筑面積：42 335.34 m2

竣工時(shí)間：2017年

目前階段：施工圖設(shè)計(jì)、地下部分正在施工

建筑設(shè)計(jì)：Vincent Callebaut Architectures SARL（巴黎）

當(dāng)?shù)卦O(shè)計(jì)院：LKP Design（臺(tái)北）

結(jié)構(gòu)工程師：King Le Chang & Associates（臺(tái)北）

當(dāng)?shù)貦C(jī)電工程師：Sine & Associates（臺(tái)北）

室內(nèi)設(shè)計(jì)：Wilson & Associates（WA，洛杉磯）

景觀設(shè)計(jì)：SWA，Sausalito（舊金山），Horizon & Atmosphere（H&A;，臺(tái)北）

照明設(shè)計(jì)：LObservatoire International（紐約），Unolai Design（臺(tái)北）

綠建咨詢顧問(wèn)：Enertek（臺(tái)北）

智能視頻分析團(tuán)隊(duì)：Emilie Diers，F(xiàn)rederique Beck，Jiao Yang，F(xiàn)lorence Mauny，Volker Erlich，Philippe Steels，Marco Conti Sikic，Benoit Patterlini，Maguy Delrieu，Vincent Callebaut

模型制作：Patrick Laurent

獲獎(jiǎng)：2010年11月獲國(guó)際競(jìng)賽一等獎(jiǎng)

綠色認(rèn)證：LEED金獎(jiǎng)

資料提供：?Vincent Callebaut Architect