AIA IR Taipei - Kwan-Tzu Sky Court Social Housing - A Turnkey Project

When: Friday 15 October 2021 @ 08:00 (Eastern US Time)/ 19:00 (Vietnam time)

CES Credits - Estimated 1.5 LU/ HSW for AIA Members

Speakers:

Yuan-Liang Tsai, Principal/ Architect, EDS International

Tung-Ho Tsai, General Manager, TH Tsai and Associates

Description

Introduce the architectural design and Construction Consideration of “Kwan Tzu Sky Court” Social Housing. 28 stories and 4 basement mixed use with 476 units social housing and long-term care center.

Public social housing has always been a factor of Residence Justice, not to mention the importance of changes in a city’s social and economic development.

Taipei City Government has been securing lands from various channels, with a target to build forty-thousand housing units since 2015. Among acquired lands, Kwan-Tzu Po-Ai Welfare campus will house five mixed-use buildings, including Building “C”, 485 dwelling units.

In order to reduce the time frame, the City Government decided to use the “design/build” method to implement the project. Knowing high-density development will restrict the possible open space, the concept of “Vertical Community” was being developed. In the final scheme, various “court” spaces were provided to meet the need of urban design layers.

The close coordination between design and construction aspects is essential to the project. Various engineering methods, including Precast Staircase, Climbing Scaffold System, Aluminum System Formwork, etc. were applied to the construction.