Department of Health and Welfare Office Building
YEAR
2009 - 2012
LOCATION
Taipei
CLIENT
Ministry of Health and Welfare
SITE AREA
35,774 ㎡
BUILDING AREA
33,333 ㎡
STATUS
Completed
TYPOLOGY
CERTIFICATION
LEED Gold Certification / EEWH Diamond Certification / IGB Qualified Certification
The Nangang Health and Welfare Building of the Ministry of Health and Welfare is the highest guidance agency for public health in the country. The steel-frame building is 49.35 meters high, including 12 floors above ground and 2 floors underground. At the initial stage of the design and development of this project, the care and attention to environment, ecology and health extended to green buildings, making the topic of sustainable development become the focus of international attention with the completion of the building. In order to strengthen the image of the portal, it is necessary to take into account the stable and solemn appearance of the public sector and the provision of “integrated, shared, and open” internal office space. Therefore, green buildings should be used with environmentally friendly strategies such as sound, light, air, and water to reduce energy use. In the initial planning, energy-saving design is introduced, and at the same time, the smart building concept is used to achieve indoor environment comfort to improve the work efficiency of personnel, and to obtain the domestic diamond green building mark, the smart building mark and the American LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green building certification gold level is the goal.
The spatial structure of the symbiosis and development of man and nature
This project is located at the intersection of Xinyi District, Neihu District and Nangang District. It takes into account human activities, biological habitat and local climate, and creates wind corridors with the concept of landscape ecology. In summer, breeze is introduced and windows can be opened in both directions. Guide convection. On the ground floor, the gradual overlying gentle slope and the mass configuration of the building block the winter monsoon, creating a comfortable environment that is warm in winter and cool in summer and the flexibility of natural ventilation in spring and autumn, reducing the demand for air conditioning and achieving the effects of energy saving and ventilation.
High-efficiency office building surrounded by greenery
The base retains the largest green area, and at the same time it is open to the community. The main entrance is retracted by six to six meters to create a green corridor. The use of permeable pavement also reduces surface radiant heat and enhances outdoor comfort. The green corridor is connected to the natural landscape behind. The green soil slope, planting and retreat also serve as buffer spaces to reduce the noise interference caused by the road and the east viaduct. With the double-winged atrium and rooftop recreational garden, the multi-level greenery is extended to the interior; the large floor-to-ceiling curtain on the north side introduces sufficient light, and indoor natural lighting reduces the use of lighting; intelligent sensors provide indoor air quality monitoring and air conditioning The system automatically provides ventilation and control functions in linkage, direct introduction of external air, and the introduction of external air with the external air conditioning box to reduce air conditioning energy consumption. The energy saving efficiency can reach about 15.8%, creating a low-polluting, high-efficiency and comfortable working environment.
Integration of wisdom and green buildings and humanity management
In addition to the green building design application to obtain the diamond and green building marks, this case also applies for the US LEED green building mark to target the gold level in the five major categories of sustainable base design, water-saving design, energy-saving design, materials and resources, and indoor environmental quality. Extending the orientation of green buildings within the scope, and implementing the requirements of the green building content can enable the office air-conditioning electrical and mechanical system to meet international energy-saving standards, indoor air quality to meet comfort standards, and to meet health requirements. Consider the installation of bicycle spaces and showers during planning. Car parking spaces, shared parking spaces and special parking spaces for environmentally friendly vehicles encourage low-carbon transportation; implementation of resource recycling and reuse in the construction phase, construction waste recovery rate of 80%, increase of recycled content building materials by 22%, and local building materials use rate of 36% . The water resource design reduces daily water consumption by 70%, and installs a “rainwater storage tank” that can recover 345 metric tons of rainwater each year. The collected rainwater is processed and reused for toilets and planting irrigation, saving more than 12,466 metric tons of water annually. In addition, water-saving sanitary equipment and plants are selected with native drought-tolerant landscape design to reduce water consumption.
In order to enhance the convenience of later management and maintenance, and enhance the support and expansion of future replacement, smart technology is also integrated into the scope of architectural design; automatic induction lighting and ice storage high-efficiency air-conditioning systems, smart energy management systems and Conference room reservation system, parking management and license plate recognition system, etc., all provide flexible use flexibility, which is of great help to improve staff efficiency and physical and psychological feelings.