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TaiSugar Circular Village
TaiSugar Circular Village (TCV) is located within the Shalun Smart Green Energy Science City, Tainan. This residential project is the first of its kind in Taiwan—if not the world—focusing on the concept of circular economy in the built environment. Taiwan Sugar Corporation (TSC) has taken a bold initiative to experiment with this new economic model. This project is aptly placed within the master plan that was initiated by the government in 2016 with the vision to build a smart ecosystem city that co-develops with nature, as well as to build a people-oriented community and the necessary green life system. In response to the advent of a sustainable economy and the policy goals of a nuclear- free homeland in Taiwan, the government has listed circular economy as an important issue of its policies.
The site is 10 minutes away from Tainan High Speed Rail station with a site area of 13,994.07 square metres. This development consists of three identical housing blocks, a circular demo house (C-House) and an eco-house (E-house). There is a total of 429 rental units of mainly studio apartments with a small number of one-bedroom, two-bedroom and three-bedroom apartments.
The Circular Village is made up of the three Circular Blocks, where the living quarters are located; and a Circular Field with a C-House, an E-House and a C-Farm. The C-House functions as the ‘living room’ of the village; the E-House as the ‘kitchen’; while the C-Farm is the ‘garden’ where food is produced. In this project, the designers have incorporated the idea of circularity in the following aspects of concept, management, resources, living and policy to help them explore new possibilities and solutions in the area of ‘circular architecture’.
This project has been awarded the following: Public Construction Golden
Safety Award (2020); FIABCI-Taiwan Prix D’Excellence Awards Planning & Design Excellence Award (2019); and World Architecture Festival Awards, shortlist (Residential – Future Project category; 2018).
1 Aerial perspective 2 Overall schematic diagram
PROJECT DATA Project Name TaiSugar Circular Village (TCV) Location Tainan, Taiwan ROC Status Ongoing
Expected Completion 2021 Site Area
4,499.94 square metres Gross Floor Area 28,580.53 square metres Number of Rooms 386
Building Height
29.5 metres (A); 33.2 metres (B); 26.5 metres (C); 16.5 metres (D) Client/Owner Taiwan Sugar Corporation
Architecture Firm
BaF (Bio-architecture Formosana) Principal Architects
Ying Chao Kuo; Ching Hwa Chang Main Contractor Feng Yu Group
Mechanical & Electrical Engineer Ming Cheng Consultants Co. Ltd. Civil & Structural Engineer Strucpro Engineering Consultants Co.,Ltd. Fire Engineering
Snow Peak Fire Equipment Company HVAC Engineering Green HVAC. & R. Consultants Traffic Esco Tech Environment Science Corporation Images/Photos BaF
ROOF FARMING
NATURAL RESOURCES
ECOLOGY GREEN ROOF
AQUAPONICS REPAIR WORKSHOP CIRCULAR HOME
COLLABORATION
SOLAR PANELS POND
WASTE MANAGEMENT
RAIN WATER COLLECTION
WORKSHOP/COSHARING CIRCULAR HOUSE
URBAN FARMING GREEN TRANSPORT
FARMERS MARKET 2
74 FUTURARC
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