Winbond Electronics Corporation Zhubei Building / XRANGE Architects + JJP Architects & Planners

Architects: JJP Architects & Planners, XRANGE Architects
Area: 43000 m²
Year: 2020
Photographs: Kuo-Min Lee, Lorenzo Pierucci Studio
Lead Architect: Grace Cheung
Architecture Design: Grace Cheung, Royce Hong, Emily Lin, Julie Lin, Catherine Kao, Urdaneta Zeberio, Jason Chen, Norince Lee, Miriam Park, Beatrice Cordella, Sonia Pan, Dahwei Wang, Edgar Navarrete, Jason Jen
Structural Engineers: Envision Engineering Consultant
Lighting Design: Unolai Lighting Design & Associates
Mechanical & Electrical Engineering: Majestic Engineering Consultants Inc
Air Conditioning Engineering: Yuan-Tai Engineering Consulting Co., Ltd., Continental Engineering Corporation
Construction: TASA Construction Corporation
Interior Construction Office: L&L Interiors Inc
Landscape Architects: XRANGE Architects, JJP Architects & Planners
Program / Use / Building Function: Office
Wood Structure: Te Feng Lumber Co., Ltd
Curtain Wall: Mega Facade Corporation
Electrical & Plumbing Engineering: Continental Engineering Corporation
Fire Systems Consultant: Continental Engineering Corporation
City: Zhubei
Country: Taiwan

The Zhubei building for Winbond Corporation, a prominent memory solution provider in Taiwan, was designed to prioritize worker well-being and ecological preservation. The 19-floor structure integrates ‘Green Pockets,’ refuge areas with greenery for relaxation and informal meetings, which break the monotony of traditional workspaces and create a distinctive wavy design on the tower. These vertical flutes provide environmental benefits by regulating solar heat gain. The building also includes amenities like a dining floor with a garden patio, a gym, a yoga studio, and an exhibition gallery. The centerpiece is an auditorium with a wooden roof structure inspired by traditional Chinese architecture, reflecting Winbond’s commitment to art and culture.

Winbond electronics corporation zhubei building / xrange architects + jjp architects & planners

For Winbond Corporation, a leading memory solution provider in Taiwan, the Zhubei building was designed to emphasize worker well-being and ecological preservation. The goal was to create a green Gold Energy-listed, people-centric workspace that supports collaboration and efficiency across 19 floors of high-tech offices.

The concept of ‘Green Pockets’ drives the architecture. These are refuge areas with greenery for rest, mingling, brainstorming, and informal meetings, breaking the uniformity of the cubicle-dominated workspace. Vertically stacked, these Green Pockets create large-scale “flutings” on the tower, forming the wavy design of the Tower of Green Pockets.

The wavy flutes of the tower provide significant environmental benefits. They create vertical shadow zones that reduce solar heat gain in the summer and act as heat traps in the winter, maintaining a favorable temperature for the curtain wall year-round.

The tower includes a dining floor with a garden patio, a gym, and a yoga studio. The ground floor features a cafe and an exhibition gallery dedicated to environmental awareness. Wood is extensively used throughout the lobby, with an 8m tall main lobby wall clad in wood panels along its entire 90m length. A 6.8m diameter spiral staircase connects the lobby to the second-floor meeting rooms and the third-floor dining hall and garden. Vertical batons structurally interlocked with wooden blocks create a unique wood screen design used for railings and partitions.

The highlight of the building’s public programs is the auditorium, which extends from the ground floor to create an urban patio underneath. Reflecting Winbond’s support for art and culture, the auditorium features a unique wooden roof structure inspired by the traditional Chinese dugong. This modernized dugong, crafted from engineered wood, forms a spacious diamond lattice of modular 8-point stars, visible from the street through a window wall at the top of the auditorium. The warm wood color on the ground floor enhances the welcoming atmosphere.