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Taipei Hoyu Holdings HQ: 1,447 glass units, 102 of them rotated to set a rhythm across the facade.

A 13,500 m² office building uses an algorithm-driven curtain wall so that a flat facade looks as if wind has passed over it, yet it can still be built from standard glass units.

Reference project — not a Eurowindow project. This article summarises public information from the sources listed at the end, with our own commentary. Images belong to their owners and are embedded directly from Pinterest with a link back to the source.

The project at a glance

Image: Taipei Hoyu Holdings Headquarters / r.c. Architects (photo: Kyle Yu) — see the original pin on Pinterest.

Reference clip: curtain wall for commercial buildings

A clip introducing a curtain-wall system for commercial buildings, to help you picture a glass facade in practice.

Clip: Northview (Canada) — see the original pin on Pinterest.

What stands out on the facade

According to ArchDaily, the facade idea comes from fluid mechanics, the way air flows over a car body, which suits a client that is Taiwan’s largest car-dealer group. The geometry is made of two-way orthogonal planes and three-way inclined planes, generated with the Grasshopper algorithm editor.

The whole envelope has 1,447 glass units, of which 102 are rotated along the diagonal axis to create a distinctive rhythm.

Note: figures and descriptions above come from the sources cited at the end; we quote them for reference and have not verified them independently.

Our take

What we like here is that a big effect comes from a few rule-based changes:

  1. Rotate some units rather than redesign the whole facade. When most units stay standard, cost and schedule stay under control.
  2. Parametric design has to match fabrication tolerances. Algorithm-made drawings only work if the factory and the installation crew can hit those tolerances.
  3. Large glass in a hot climate needs the right insulating glass unit. See Eurowindow curtain wall systems.

If you are weighing options for a high-rise project, send your brief to the Eurowindow technical team to discuss specifics.

Sources

This article is for reference only and does not imply Eurowindow took part in this project. If you own an image or content and would like it changed or removed, please contact sonhn@eurowindow.biz; we will act immediately.