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| LOT-EK's proposal calls for the use of 1,620 recycled shipping containers as a building material |
New York-based architectural company LOT-EK has unveiled its proposal
for the Taiwan Taichung City Cultural Center. The concept comprises a
public library and fine arts museum, both of which feature sustainable
tech in the form of solar panels, water recycling, and green roofs. The
project is to be constructed using 1,620 recycled shipping containers as
a primary building material.
Both the library and fine arts museum feature large atriums. A
continuous study desk running along the library's inner edge, and
"reading bridges" reaching across its atrium to produce shared spaces.
The fine arts museum's atrium, meanwhile, incorporates a triangular
central space suitable for art installations, performances, and
meetings. The museum also sports a rooftop garden that can be used for
outdoor cinema viewing during summer evenings.
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| LOT-EK's proposal calls for the use of 1,620 recycled shipping containers as a building material |
The facades of the public library and fine arts museum are perforated
with small holes at key points in order to allow natural light to be
utilized, and a green roof is complemented by vertical gardens. Both
buildings measure 200,000 sq ft (18,500 sq m) each, and they are laid
out in the shape of a parallelogram.
Up on the roof, solar panels provide electricity (though no details
are available), and a water recycling system of some sort filters
rainwater and grey-water, repurposing it for irrigation, filling
toilets, cleaning, and temperature-control systems.
LOT-EK cites its choice of 1,620 recycled shipping containers as a
practical and affordable basis for the design, and the company makes
reference to a process of "cutting, shifting, and opening, [to] create
an extraordinary collective object," though again, there's no finer
details on exactly how this will be achieved. The shipping containers themselves would be sourced from unused units located in ports worldwide.
Perhaps one to take with a grain of salt, then, though LOT-EK does
have over 20 years experience in creating buildings from shipping
containers, so should be in a position to bring it about, should the
proposal go forward.
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