Eco Factor: Sustainable tower powered by solar and wind energy.
The Acupuncture Tower by designer Kulthida Songkittipakdee, Jen Hung, Tien Wu and Cheng Pan, graduate students at the I.A. Lab of Taiwan University, has been proposed to be developed in the port of Kaohsiung in Taiwan. The “Harbor Capital” is the second largest city of the country and the sixth largest post in the world. Inspired by the memory of the site’s landscape, the designers conceptualized a form by analyzing the different forces that activate the region.
Blending the existing urban fabric through delicate structures that peel off form the main core and integrate to five different areas of the city, the Acupuncture Tower incorporates several green elements that includes system to desalinate seawater, harvest wind and solar energy and recycle the port’s waste. Another unique feature of the tower is its façade, which has been covered with algae membranes. The membranes use sunlight to produce bio-fuel, which can later be used in a variety of ways.
Via: Evolo
