| Tall office buildings are a rational response to a concentration of urban population growth and high cost of land. Because the usable floor areas are stacked functionally to produce a high-rise, their consequent density has also over burdened the support infrastructure of major business districts. Throughout history, large buildings have been interrelated with certain indigenous characteristics such as regional climate, culture, and religion. In addition, the evolution of technologies to control regional climate in tall office buildings in the modern age have been developed in architecture. Architecturally, this design trend causes a lack of climatic concerns, which directly affects a large energy consumption and a negative ecosystem in nature. This study is based on the proposition that a design methodology can be developed to consider regional climate adaptability during the initial design process, which can simultaneously optimize energy efficiency and minimize negative ecosystem in nature. Based on analysis of current design methodology, the eQUEST energy program was used for the comparative analysis that evaluates the significant architectural design variables within several regional climates. From the statistical results, tall office buildings physically need less energy when the architectural design responds to regional climate, so that design with regional climate adaptability produces a more reasonable design and can result in a more aesthetic solution for tall office buildings that is more harmonious with nature. |
