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Ocean Blue Residences
Building
Completed, 2010
No. 111, Sec. 2 Chung Cheng East Road
251
residential
concrete
140.3 m / 460 ft
38
3
193
416
5
65,554 m² / 705,617 ft²
Proposed
Construction Start
Completed
Usually involved in the front end design, with a "typical" condition being that of a leadership role through either Schematic Design or Design Development, and then a monitoring role through the CD and CA phases.
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Usually involved in the front end design, with a "typical" condition being that of a leadership role through either Schematic Design or Design Development, and then a monitoring role through the CD and CA phases.
The Design Engineer is usually involved in the front end design, typically taking the leadership role in the Schematic Design and Design Development, and then a monitoring role through the CD and CA phases.
The Design Engineer is usually involved in the front end design, typically taking the leadership role in the Schematic Design and Design Development, and then a monitoring role through the CD and CA phases.
The main contractor is the supervisory contractor of all construction work on a project, management of sub-contractors and vendors, etc. May be referred to as "Construction Manager," however, for consistency CTBUH uses the term "Main Contractor" exclusively.
Ocean Blue Residences was designed to reflect the riverfront culture of the Dansui area of Taipei, while simultaneously maximizing the great views of the historic Dansui river. The building is set back to allocate the maximum amount of green space in front of the building to connect to its immediate context and the height was increased to minimize its footprint. A continuous balcony with glass balustrades surrounds the building floors to provide sun shading as well as outdoor amenity space for the residences. The balconies are curved to better relate to the nature of the river.
The building’s structure uses a pre-cast concrete system developed to shorten the construction time and ensure the accuracy of the curvatures of the balconies. Because Taiwan is in an active earthquake zone, seismic isolators were employed making Ocean Blue the tallest residential building in Taiwan to utilize such seismic isolation technology. Small wind turbines are located on top of the building which generate electricity for some of the public areas.
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