Moreover, the landscaped basement for parking will be naturally lighted and ventilated. Along with trees, the tower will also host a vertical twisted garden sitting in the middle along with the aforementioned landscaped balconies, cascades of flowers, fruits, vegetables and aromates. The energy conservation systems are automated. The project has an integration of bioclimatic passive systems (natural lighting and ventilation, a rainwater recycle system, low-e glass, double curtain walls) along with an optimum use of renewable energies, including photovoltaic solar roof and canopies. Each of the high-end apartments will offer maximum flexibility in terms of interior layout.įrom a green standpoint, the structure will be a fusion of climate, landscape and architecture. These are not merely decorative adornments – it is forecast that the trees will absorb 130 tons of CO2 each year.Īs a sustainable residential eco-construction development, Agora Garden Tower will also be home to Taipei’s most luxurious rooftop clubhouses, a swimming pool, gym facilities and car parking. And Callebaut is quick to point out that this twisting effect allows residents to enjoy panoramic views.Īrranged throughout the tower will be 23,000 trees, on the ground and on individual balconies of each of the 40 luxury apartments. Besides the impressive height, the tower twists 4.5 degrees at each floor, for a total of 90 degrees, when all is said and done. That may be saying a lot, but there are many reasons to give Callebaut’s claims credence. “I hope that the Tao Zhu Yin Yuan will become, for the city of Taipei, the new ecological symbol of the right symbiosis between humanity and nature.” “Taipei is for me the new Asian Silicon Valley,” Callebaut says, in a CNN interview.
Also known as the Tao Zhu Yin Yuan, the structure is rising to 22 storeys, and is expected to be completed, finally, by September 2017. It’s been a long time coming, but the spell-binding Agora Garden Tower, a masterpiece of sustainable design conceived by Belgian architect Vincent Callebaut, is twisting its way to completion.Ĭonstruction of this residential tower in Taipei, Taiwan, began back in 2013. Taiwanese twist Vincent Callebaut’s historic Agora Garden Tower the ‘right symbiosis between humanity and nature’ Posted In: Architecture, Building Envelope, Green Energy, HVAC, Ideas, LEED, Style, Sustainability, Technology, Top Stories, Trends ,.