Taichung Mayor Lin Chia-lung has temporarily “pulled the plug” on Sou Fujimoto‘s ambitious Taiwan Tower, saying he would rather pay a penalty for breaking the contract than spend an estimated NT$15 billion to realize the “problematic” project.
The Banyan tree-inspired tower was hoped to become the “Taiwanese version of the Eiffel Tower,” as well as a model for sustainable architecture by achieving LEED Gold with its energy producing features. Its steel superstructure, which proposed to hoist a triangular section of the Taichung Gateway Park’s greenbelt 300-meters into the air, intentionally had “no obvious form” and was to be perceived as a natural phenomenon.
However, since Fujimoto’s competition-winning proposal was originally selected back in 2011, its budget has nearly doubled. And, as Chia-lung stated, safety concerns have also mounted. The mayor will be organizing a “special team” to review the project and come up with a replacement plan.
News via Taipei Times
Mayor Rejects Sou Fujimoto’s Taiwan Tower Over Fears of Soaring Cost originally appeared on ArchDaily, the most visited architecture website on 20 Jan 2015.
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