根據城鎮發展標準，由西班牙建築師事務所ACXT-IDOM所設計位於當地維多利亞地區可容納242戶的住宅大樓，其全紅的外立面實在搶眼，而21層樓高的樓塔區與由4~6樓不同高度呈現U型的區塊更讓住宅大樓更加地顯眼。二處地下室的樓板則包含了整個住宅群的基地面積，以及花園、儲藏室、工作室與會議室，同時能源節省也規劃在設計中的一部份。
事務所表示，特別設計的大樓高度形成了天井並引進最大日光量，同時減少大樓南方的高度以突顯住宅大樓中最高的塔樓區。起居室位於U型的大樓內面對著中庭天井區，而客廰與廚房則面向街道，讓中庭與私人活動區形成一安靜的休憩區；而在屋頂的美觀考量上，事務所也特地以連續式的通風格柵取代了傳統大樓中的煙囪造型通風管道，形成另類的屋頂外立面造型。
在設計初期事務所將基地當成是開放式的空間處理，將房間集中於中央處，並將房間中的管路配置清楚地以黑色標示，同時規劃出像是被光線所區隔交叉的空間配置。大樓中更值得一提的是一套與原本中央設備加熱及獨立管控的熱空調系統共生的設計，在提供大樓所需熱能的同時，更能進一步製造電力並將多餘的電力賣出。
事務所起初的設想便是設計出在當地的都市擴建過程中五座可做為地標的塔型建築，並在周圍的建築物環境及社會福利的考量下，規劃出讓一般人都住的起的住宅，以其鮮紅色的外觀呈現出樂觀、自信與承諾的氛圍。
ACXT-IDOM 事務所
世界排名52，西班牙當地規模為最大的建築事務所ACXT-IDOM，其建築哲學為與夥伴們協力創造出高品質建築作品，在技術與文化上達到建築的最佳成果。ACXT-IDOM實至今日仍尊重傳統建築上的價值、特色建築、尊重建築師的創作理念及社會責任。
【延伸閱讀】
ACXT-IDOM 事務所
http://www.idom.com/en/architecture/acxt/
ACXT IDOM-聖馬梅斯體育場 重啓足球魂
http://solomo.xinmedia.com/archi/20648-ACXTIDOM
ACXT IDOM-IDOM總部 裡外皆綠的河邊綠建築
http://solomo.xinmedia.com/archi/20639-ACXTIDOM
ACXT IDOM-秘密基地般的實驗 Arteche 高電壓測試中心
http://solomo.xinmedia.com/archi/20445-ACXTIDOM
ACXT IDOM-BTEK科技展示中心 自給自足的三角量體
http://solomo.xinmedia.com/archi/20437-ACXTIDOM
ACXT IDOM-112緊急應變大樓 綠能與整合的最佳典範
http://solomo.xinmedia.com/archi/20346-ACXTIDOM
更多建築旅遊資訊，請上【建築行腳】專輯
http://www.xinmedia.com/n/featurestory_list.aspx?collectionid=111
更多國外建築脈動請上【國際脈動】
http://solomo.xinmedia.com/archi/news/International
編譯／蘇琨峰 圖文／ACXT-IDOM
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Profile
蘇琨峰／Andre
一隻喜愛新事物也對舊事物固執的牡羊。台北工專土木工程科、雲林科技大學營建工程結構組畢業，工作後決定離職前往澳洲再度充實自己並一圓留學夢，畢業於墨爾本大學經濟與商業研究所，主修商業與資訊管理。喜歡看建築、旅行探索、研究攝影、愛打網球、沉溺爵士樂當了爵士樂團薩克斯風手。目前為《欣建築／國際脈動》編譯、文字記者、辦理欣建築相關活動及國際領隊。
Development of 242 dwellings Vitoria-Gasteiz／ACXT-IDOM
The plot, in accordance with the criteria established by the town planning, is occupied by a 21 storey-high tower and a continuous U-shaped block with a varying height between four and seven
floors. All the front gates of the development are on the ground floor, as well as nine retail units. The two basement floors occupy the whole plot and house the garage, the box-rooms and technical
rooms and the rest of the surface is used for council housing.
The building is designed from a rationale of energy saving and economy of means, following the criteria established by the developer.
Town planning gave us a certain leeway as regards to the height of the building, which was used to achieve the maximum exposure to sunlight of the patios and the façades that look over it by
limiting the maximum height of the building located to the south.
The dwellings are double fronted, the bedrooms being on the façade that looks over the garden patio, whilst the kitchen and living areas face the street. Thus, the public area of the house is
linked with its urban equivalent, and the more private one destined for rest, is linked with the inner courtyard as a space of peace and quiet.
Given the view from the rest of the towers of the roof of the lowest block of the building, an important effort was made to treat its appearance with care, considering it, without a doubt, as the
building's fifth façade. For that purpose, all buildings services are grouped around the central axis of the building and are ventilated through a continuous ventilation grille, thus avoiding the
presence of rooftop typical chimneys.
As regards to the proposed typology, how space is dealt with is worth noting. It is as if we were dealing with an open and free space, its centre occupied by a cluster of rooms with plumbing in
them, all served by a single shaft, which is painted black, educationally showing how the building services work and, at the same time, offering a perception of a unique space crossed by light from
one façade to another.
Apart from the typical building services of a block of flats, the installation of a cogeneration system complementary to the conventional thermal production of a central heating boiler with
individual management is worth mentioning. This system covers part of the hot water and heating needs of the building whilst producing electricity to sell.
The cogeneration unit consumes natural gas to generate 70 KW of electricity and 109 KW of thermal power in the same process, by making the most of the heat generated during the cooling of the motor
and exhaust fumes. That implies a considerable reduction of CO2 emissions to the atmosphere and, furthermore, the fact of producing and managing its own energy allows, in turn, for a considerable
saving in the electricity bill of the users.
The decisions regarding the image that we put forward for the building were conditioned by the proposed idea to build five towers on Salburua Avenue as a town planning landmark and as an answer to
its intention of identifying different areas of the city in its expansion process. In this case, not churches but council subsidized houses rise above the skyline of the city, an expression of the
creed of the society of welfare and its commitment with citizenship's right to a decent home, regardless of the economic level of the people who live in them.
The building we are showing occupies the central position of these five towers and it signifies "a milestone within the milestone" which, with its red colour, intends to express optimism,
confidence and commitment with the future in a mainly grey social and architectonic frame.
ACXT-IDOM
ACXT, an architecture services provider, started off as a society of professionals who came together with the aim of offering a quality alternative within the field of architecture, becoming a
valid option for the professional development of architects interested in high level architecture. Its philosophy marks the creation of a professional framework of collaboration and avail of its
members’ synergies, always from a full understanding of architecture: both technically and culturally.
The philosophy that guides ACXT is based on the respect for traditional values, still in force today, generated during the secular practice of architecture. ACXT is committed to signature
architecture, understood in terms of respect for the creative values that architects, with a clear customer orientated practice, have historically contributed throughout the whole intellectual and
constructive process. ACXT aims to offer a quality solution to the huge social credit that the practice of architecture implies in its double commercial and cultural dimension.
ACXT-IDOM has become the largest provider of professional services to architecture in Spain and one of the most relevant worldwide. In the January 2015 edition of the BD World Architecture’s Annual
Survey, a British publication that gathers the hundred most important architecture firms worldwide, ACXT-IDOM was ranked number 52.
【More Information】
ACXT-IDOM
http://www.idom.com/en/architecture/acxt/
SAN MAMES STADIUM／ACXT-IDOM
http://solomo.xinmedia.com/archi/20648-ACXTIDOM/2
Headquarters Bilbao／ACXT-IDOM
http://solomo.xinmedia.com/archi/20639-ACXTIDOM/2
ACXT IDOM-Arteche High Voltage Laboratory
http://solomo.xinmedia.com/archi/20445-ACXTIDOM/2
ACXT-IDOM-BTEK Technology Interpretation Centre
http://solomo.xinmedia.com/archi/20437-ACXTIDOM/2
112 Building／ACXT-IDOM
http://solomo.xinmedia.com/archi/20346-ACXTIDOM/2
More architecture tour information, here you go【Architecture Footprint】
http://www.xinmedia.com/n/featurestory_list.aspx?collectionid=111
More architecture works abroad, here you go 【International】
http://solomo.xinmedia.com/archi/news/International
Text & Photos／ACXT-IDOM
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Andre Profile
A male Aries, loves learning new things and being nostalgic to old things. Academic background: Bachelor of Construction Engineering Department at National YunTech University, Taiwan and Diploma of
Graduate School of Business and Economics at University of Melbourne. With character of a little introvert, addicting to architecture, photography, tennis, Jazz music and saxophone and being the
translator of Xin Architecture/ International, reporter, holder of activities and international tour leader.
