Yen Liang
PICNIC OFFICE Office Building Design Feng Chia University Department of Architecture
CONTENTS
Office-SQUARE(electronic payment system) Site analysis Issue Concept Program Plan/Section/Facade
SQUARE
Square, Inc. is a financial services, merchant ser vices aggregator and mobile payment company based in San Francisco, California. The company markets several software and hardware payments products, including Square Register and Square Reader, and has expanded into small business ser vices such as Square Capital, a financing program, Square Cash, a person-to-person payments service, and Square Payroll. The company was founded in 2009 by the founder of twitter Jack Dorsey and Jim McKelvey and launched its first app and service in 2010. It has been traded as a public company on the New York Stock Exchange since November 2015 with the ticker symbol SQ.
SITE ANALYSIS Park Lane is different from the others business districts by its atmosphereof picnics and markets. As a result of these advantages attracting the crowds and consumer groups not only strong this business district but promote surrounding business activities.
Yizhong St.
Fengjia night-marketÂ
Park Lane
traffic circulations
traffic flow
picnic & markets
performances
catering
shopping
banks
system
ISSUE
Picnic Spirits: social contact, shared Along of the urban development, Taiwanese pay attention to their life quality gradually. Picnic is the kinds of most popular outdoor activities, and it has been popular for a while time. Park Lane is a new business district in Taichung, and by its atmosphere of picnics and markets to attract more crowds and consumer groups, not only strong this business district but promote surrounding business activities.
Square Business Concept: creative, shared, interactive From the concept of Shared, spaces as different kinds of picnic blanket to distinguish the levels of shared. Between office space and business space as the urban green to make creativity and transaction shuttle freely; office space and business space are arranged by different size proportion of picnic blanket to enhance each other’s interaction.
CONCEPT: picnic+shopping
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Activities
Picnic Blanket
Space
Picnic Basket
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From the concept of picnic spirit and company spirit “Shared”, spaces as different kinds of picnic blankets to distinguish the levels of shared. Between office space and business space as the urban green to make creativity and transaction shuttle freely. Office space and business space are arranged by different size proportion of picnic blanket to enhance each other’s interaction.
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PATTERN1 To enhance the using of ground floor and to continue the original behaviors, there are open spaces arranged on the low floors.
PICNIC People choose an area to have a picnic, whether there is a picnic blanket or not, back to its spirit, sharing has unchanged.
The markets are arranged on the ground floor and are combined with company to make the shopping behavior more orderly and efficient.
PATTERN2 SPACE
The working space is sharing by all of staffs.
On the same land, picnic blankets have the functions to classify, and spaces are founded invisibly. To change the space from the square surrounded by trees and its spirit, the modules are arranged around the working spaces as a result of the company pay attention to sharing ideas each staffs.
functional volumes
Picnic Blanket Proportion As the number increases, the shape is more like square to form the result of cohesion and contact.
circulations of crowds and vehicles connection
90.00mm
60.00mm
2:3 1people
90.00mm
150.00mm
5:3 2people
invitation
circulations of guests
150.00mm
200.00mm
4:3 4-6people
150.00mm
180.00mm
ground floor public space 6:5 4-6people
stairs & elevators 300.00mm
300.00mm
twisted volume market
1:1 8-10people office
facade
divided by functions
entrance(workers) entrance (guests)
parking space
activities
entrance (workers)
in/out (car) entrance(workers)
entrance
indoor open space
outdoor open space
circulations of workers
open space
working space
view
market office
building space
invite
markets
private
public
working communication
public space in office
private space in office
office
Electronic payment has been a kind of popularity under the current trend of globalization. However, it’s hasn’t be feeling in Taiwan which is going toward internationalization. Since Industrial Revolution, people order to pursue to the promotion of life quality, and it is more obvious on the development of electronic products, volume, operating methods, appearance, etc. inventing and innovating constantly. Come to the present 21st century, no matter taking a walk, doing exercise, getting together, shopping, people always take cell phones along with them while going out. Cell phones have become people’s necessity. Because of the markets, picnic, and other related amusement activities in the business district of Park Lane, enhance the times of shopping constantly and the flow of money is more frequent. Banks have been everywhere around here. By establishing the Taiwan headquarters of Square in Taichung, combining the advantages of products, managing the flow of money efficiently. Set up the network between banks and businessmen to make more convenient transaction between businessmen and customers.
DATA
GFA:406% Plot Ratio:51.5%
main entrance for guests main entrance for staffs
vertical circulation recepation desk toilet market & gallery ramp
Ground Floor
N
scale:1/600
vertical circulation toilet R & D office
7-11/13-17th Floor
scale:1/600
outdoor of gallery
vertical circulation shop toilet gallery
1st Floor
N
scale:1/900
vertical circulation toilet gallery meeting N
scale:1/900
wc
2nd Floor
vertical circulation cafe restaurant kitchen
3rd Floor
N
scale:1/900
vertical circulation toilet restaurant bowl recycling room
4th Floor
scale:1/900
vertical circulation toilet products exhibition meeting
5th Floor
N
scale:1/900
vertical circulation toilet products exhibition meeting N
6/12th Floor
scale:1/900
vertical circulation toilet R & D office foundation office
18th Floor
scale:1/900
vertical circulation toilet care space
19th Floor
N
scale:1/900
vertical circulation gym
20th Floor
N
scale:1/900
vertical circulation toilet sky lounge
21th Floor
N
scale:1/900
vertical circulation toilet bar control room
22th Floor
N
scale:1/900
vertical circulation equipment N
scale:1/900
wc
23th Floor
vertical circulation toilet R & D office foundation office
Basement 1
N
scale:1/900
N
Basement 2
scale:1/900
Basement 3
scale:1/900
N
Detail 1
scale: 1/50 unit: mm
Detail 2
scale: 1/25 unit: mm
AA’ Section
West Facade
scale:1/1500
scale:1/1500
South Facade
scale:1/1500
control bar sky lounge gym
toliet toliet
Office
toliet
Office
toliet
Office
toliet
Office Office meeting
toliet
Office
toliet
Office
toliet
Office
toliet
Office Office meeting
toliet
Products Exhibition
toliet
restaurant
market/gallery
PARKING
BB’ Section
shower room
Office
multinedia room gallery market/gallery
LOBBY
PARKING
scale:1/900
22F
toliet
care space
cafe
market/gallery
toliet
19F
toliet toliet
toliet toliet
6F
kitchen bowl recycling room
3F
toliet
1F
toliet
GF
PARKING
N
Site Plan
scale:1/1200
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