台中西屯区不仅是台湾的重要交通枢纽,更是全新崛起的工商业中心。Aedas院士及全球设计董事温子先博士(Dr. Andy Wen)、执行董事刘燕带领团队在其中的核心区域,将城市肌理与未来展望有机结合,打造了台中TOP1环球经贸中心,与同样由温子先博士设计的NTC商贸中心,台中商业银行企业总部“台中之钻”项目遥相对望,形成了包罗万象的城市地标。
Xitun District in Taichung City serves as a vital transportation hub and a rapidly developing industrial and commercial centre in Taiwan. Led by Global Design Principal Dr. Andy Wen and Executive Director Nicole Liu, the Taichung Top1 Global Trade Centre is situated in the heart of Xitun district as an urban icon.
▲ 项目与NTC商贸中心、台中商业银行总部遥相对望
Global Top1 Trade Centre and the NTC, Commercial Bank Headquarters Mixed-use Project
The Top1 Global Trade Centre is located at the core of Xitun District, a prime location close to the transportation systems and landmarks. ‘The centre sits at a busy traffic intersection, offering excellent urban scenery. We hope to integrate the urban context into the design and build a new landmark in the bustling city.’ Says Nicole.
The office tower uses streamlined lines to break the rigid building mass, retreating inward through the curved outline to create sufficient open space along the street, facilitating an inviting arrival experience. A retail space is designed underneath the office floors, complemented with a clubhouse at the top, which offers stunning panoramic views of the city and a sky pool.
The design draws inspiration from the bustling city and surrounding roads, merging the lines of the highway with the collar of the traditional Chinese cheongsam through modern design techniques. An elegant ‘S’ curve is embedded in the building’s main façade, creating a curvy gap that flows down to the podium. The streamlined building mass complements these curves, descending from the top of the building and extending toward the base. Integrating traditional elements into modern architecture, the design preserves the urban context while imparting a sense of auspiciousness to the building. Several curvy cuts at bottom and the tapered top curtain wall further enhance the building’s dynamism and elegance.
▲ 体量生成
Massing generation
▲ 将旗袍的线条融入建筑
Design inspired by traditional Chinese cheongsam
▲ 曲线自塔楼顶端蜿蜒而下
A curvy gap flows down to the podium
The curtain wall features prominent horizontal lines and subtle vertical lines, with the golden glass curtain wall matched with horizontal aluminium decorative strips of the same colour. The sun-facing side features widened, curved decorative strips which reduce heat gain through natural shading while creating rhythmic lines that enhance the visual experience. Additionally, the cantilever green terrace of the podium creates a welcoming city living room, providing an eco-friendly environment for people to relax and socialise.
The bright high-ceiling lobby and double-height terrace create an open and inclusive urban office space. The indoor stone walls extend to the ceiling with soft horizontal lines, while the rhythmic curved light strips complement and shine with the golden curved shape of the building’s façade.
▲ 明亮的大堂空间
A bright lobby
▲ 柔和的横向线条
Soft horizontal lines
▲ 办公空间
Office spaces
“希望可以在繁忙的城市路口,打造一座可以让人停留驻足的建筑。在奔波中放慢脚步,以建筑为媒介,感受空间、时间与文脉前世今生的交织融合。”温子先博士(Dr. Andy Wen)说道。
‘At this busy traffic intersection, we aim to create a building that encourages people to slow down and experience the interplay of space, time, and cultural context amidst the hustle of the city.’ Andy shares.
▲ 夕阳中的台中TOP1环球经贸中心
Taichung TOP1 Global Trade Centre
▲ 地标轮廓
The landmark
位置:中国台中
业主:兴富发建设股份有限公司
设计及项目建筑师、景观概念设计师、室内概念设计师:Aedas
建筑面积:31,912平方米
竣工年份:2024年
主要设计人:温子先博士(Dr. Andy Wen),Aedas院士及全球设计董事;刘燕,执行董事
摄影:李易暹摄影工作室
Location: Taichung, PRC
Client: Highwealth Construction CO., LTD.
Design and Project Architect, Landscape Designer, Interior Designer: Aedas
Gross Floor Area: 31,912 sq m
Completion Year: 2024
Design Directors: Dr. Andy Wen, Global Design Principal and Nicole Liu, Executive Director
Photography: Yi-Hsien Lee Photography Studio