The new building of the School of Social Sciences at National Taiwan University in Taipei. It consists of a one-story library building and an eight-story classroom building. The roof of the library building and the surrounding landscape were determined by an algorithm that draws a pattern like a lotus flower from three centers. The classrooms are arranged in a long, narrow line from east to west, and have atriums and voids in various places to allow natural breezes to flow through.

Asia | Taiwan

Shinkenchiku July 2014 issue 60P