Agora Garden, a twisting, plant | Agora Garden Taipei
Atwistedtowerisadramaticadditiontoanyskylineanddoesn’trequiremuchelsetocatchtheeyeofanyonewhosesightlineitmaycomeinto.ButanewtwistedtowerfromVincentCallebautArchitectureswilladdametaphoricaltwistontopoftheliteral90-degreetwistitsrecentlytoppedoutAgoraGardenskyscraperalreadyhas.Thenewbuildingwillbepackedwithplants,vegetablegardens,andtreesoneachofits22floors,turningitinto,whatthearchitectcalls,averticalfarm.AgoraGardenislookingtobecometheembodimentofaverticalfarmandwillincludeverticallywidepl...
A twisted tower is a dramatic addition to any skyline and doesn’t require much else to catch the eye of anyone whose sightline it may come into. But a new twisted tower from Vincent Callebaut Architectures will add a metaphorical twist on top of the literal 90-degree twist its recently topped out Agora Garden skyscraper already has. The new building will be packed with plants, vegetable gardens, and trees on each of its 22 floors, turning it into, what the architect calls, a vertical farm.
Agora Garden is looking to become the embodiment of a vertical farm and will include vertically wide planted balconies of suspended orchards, organic vegetable gardens, aromatic gardens, and other medicinal gardens as a means of producing its own organic food.
In addition to allowing the building to produce some of its own food, the inclusion of all of this greenery means the building will be able to absorb up to 130 tons of carbon dioxide annually.
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