Taipei City Metropolitan Audit Commission today to scrutinize the Taipei Twin Star change design case, the discussion focuses on including the reduction of building height floor, amend the public welfare hall escalator line can directly see the seven star mountain, etc., the Metropolitan Audit Commission amended through; MRT Bureau estimates that the end of the Republic of China 116 to complete the construction.
The Taipei City Urban Design and Land Use Development Permit Review Committee convened a meeting in the morning to discuss three cases, including the Taipei Station Specific Dedicated Area C1, D1 Joint Development and Construction Project 1st Change Design Case.
According to the information reported by the Metropolitan Audit Commission, the C1 and D1 double-star cases were approved on May 30, 111, and this time, due to the adjustment of the height and floor of the building, the configuration of the lobby at the gate, and the landscape of the ground floor, the design of the change was submitted for discussion.
The report shows that the floor area for commercial use in C1 was originally 53,000 square meters, and has been adjusted to include other uses to become more than 150,000 square meters, with an increase in the area of the green roof, and the height and floor level of the building has been changed from 289 metres and 55 floors to 280 metres and 53 floors.
The original 65,000 sq. m. of commercial floor area of D1 was adjusted to over 200,000 sq. m., the green roof area was increased, and the building height and floor level were adjusted downward from 369 m and 74 m to 360 m and 70 m. The building height and floor level were adjusted downward from 369 m and 74 m to 60 m and 70 m, respectively.
The report pointed out that after the review of the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Audit in March that the applicant unit advocating a change in the elevation of the base, the height does not exceed the total height of the Taipei Station 48 meters, but should be examined to increase the height of the reasons such as the establishment of a double-decker elevator, the sixth floor to the ninth floor of the parking demonstration area of the net high demand, and then submitted to the Metropolitan Audit Council for discussion.
According to the contents of the report, in order to adjust the planning of the public welfare foyer of the State Gate, including the fourth floor of the public welfare foyer passageway of D1 should be widened, the third floor of C1 to the fifth floor of the escalator line to be changed to look directly at the north side of the seven star mountain, the 10th floor adjusted to a larger platform.
The applicant explained that the height of the floor was reduced in response to internal office adjustments, but the appearance remained unchanged, and the adjusted height did not exceed the height measurement of the North Vehicle, as well as increasing the provision of public space for public welfare use by the public and installing a double-decker elevator.
Members of the Metro Council did not express any views on the adjustment of floor heights and the public welfare foyer of the State Council, but in the section on greening, they requested that attention be paid to the planting of tree species and the provision of facilities such as tables and chairs on high floors.
Metropolitan Audit Commission Chairman, Metro Development Secretary Wang Yufen said that the application unit should pay attention to members to remind the planting of tree species, targeting the public welfare foyer space, although there is planning to set up a hawker space, but should not appear in the food trucks and so on.
Officials from the Rapid Transit Authority (MRTA) present at the meeting said that C1 and D1 will adopt a unified operation mode and will be co-managed with Taipei Twinstar, and the Metropolitan Audit Commission (MAC) mentioned that the proposal will be incorporated into the contract and asked Taipei Twinstar to cooperate with the process. The Metropolitan Audit Commission discussed and approved the amendment.
After the meeting, the MRT Engineering Bureau pointed out that the C1 and D1 development projects obtained construction licenses in October 111, and that the investors, in order to optimize the use of functionality and disaster prevention performance, filled in the non-essential floor plate voids and then lowered the number of floors and the height of the building to increase the use of the purpose, which is in line with the market demand for operation.
MRT Bureau said that the public space for the public interest in the adjustment of the dynamic line to be able to look out over the seven star mountain, and increase the three-dimensional planning design of each floor and landscape richness, this time to deal with the changes in the design through the investor commitment does not affect the completion of the deadline and the allocation of public and private landowners than the estimated 116 years by the end of December to complete the construction project.
