Sun Rock Taichung, MVRDV Taipower Building Design, Modern Taiwan Architecture Images
Sun Rock in Taichung, Taiwan, design by MVRDV
17 January 2022
Architects: MVRDV
Location: Changhua Coastal Industrial Park, near to Taichung, Taiwan
MVRDV?s ?Sun Rock? is a built manifesto for Taipower?s carbon-free future in Taiwan

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Sun Rock by MVRDV in Taichung, Taiwan
Rotterdam, January 17th 2022 -MVRDV has revealed Sun Rock, an operations facility containing offices, a maintenance workshop, storage spaces, and a public gallery for Taiwan?s government-owned power company Taipower. Anticipating Taiwan?s planned transition to green energy, the features of the Sun Rock building, from its shape to its façade, are focused upon generating solar energy as efficiently as possible. The building therefore acts as a definitive statement of intention, and a ?manifesto in a building? to communicate Taipower?s goals to the public. Located at the Changhua Coastal Industrial Park, near to Taichung, the building?s primary purpose is for the storage and maintenance of sustainable energy equipment:

Located at the Changhua Coastal Industrial Park, near to Taichung, the building?s primary purpose is for the storage and maintenance of sustainable energy equipment. The site for Taipower?s new facility receives a significant amount of solar exposure throughout the year, and so the rounded shape of Sun Rock is designed to maximise how much of that sunlight can be harnessed for energy....