The publishers of Taiwan Architect Magazine, the Taiwan Architects Association, announced on Nov. 10 that the improvement work on Terminal One of Taoyuan International Airport, completed in June 2013, has been awarded the first prize in the Oscars of the Taiwan architecture world, the 2014 Taiwan Architecture Award.
Members of the evaluation committee noted the way in which the Terminal One improvement project utilized a third floor outside terrace, the design concept being the wings of a giant bird in flight, incorporating the idea of the traditional Eastern curved roof, with the arrangement of the steel struts making the architectural structure more stable. The design also covered the large area of the original platform, so that there was no need to increase the flooring on any floor, and this created imposing new areas such as the third floor arrivals and immigration hall. The cost of this improvement project was only 1/20, and it created only 1/10 of the carbon emissions and produced only 1/30 of the waste soil, compared to pulling down the old terminal and constructing a new one.
(Liberty Times, translated by Paul Cooper)
中華民國全國建築師公會雜誌社十一月十日公布,於二0一三年六月完工的桃園國際機場第一航廈改善工程,榮獲台灣建築界奧斯卡獎─二0一四「台灣建築獎」的唯一首獎。
Photo: Yao Chieh-hsiu, Liberty Times
照片:自由時報記者姚介修
評審委員認為,第一航廈改善工程在建築設計上利用了三樓室外平台,以飛行中的巨大鳥翼為設計概念,融入東方傳統的大屋頂意象,鋼構骨架排列法也使得建築結構更為穩固,覆蓋原有的平台加大面積,因此無須增加任何樓地板,也營造出氣勢宏偉的三樓入境證照查驗大廳等新擴區。改善工程與拆除舊航廈重建相比,費用僅約二十分之一、碳排放僅十分之一,廢土量更降低至三十分之一。
(自由時報記者姚介修)
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