建築由許多系統組合，結構、機電、空調、消防、燈光、垂直升降、內裝、外牆都是建築的主要元素。在大部分建築裡，這些系統都只在建造過程當中可見。本案企圖將這些被裝修的表面覆蓋住而不可見的系統整合為建築整體可見的一部分,盡可能各向公眾如實呈現主要的系統。

複雜的建築型態，講求良好的結構系統,既賦予建築規劃足夠的自由度，同時也具備必要的強度和剛度以抵擋台北頻發的地震。建築的結構概念出奇地簡單:立方體的立面形成一個具有側向和扭力支撐剛度的鋼盒子,承載建築大部分的側向載荷與重力。摩擦鐘擺隔震裝置設置於建築地下室下方的空間，隔震接點能容許高達七百公釐的側向位移。

Architecture consists of many systems: structural, MEP, HVAC, fire engineering, lighting, vertical circulation, interior, and facade. In most designs, these systems are visible only during the construction process. After completion, the interior finishes conceal these systems. This project integrates these systems as part of the entire design, presenting them to the public wherever possible.

The complex architectural form asks for an optimal structural system for the building. This meant a robust and versatile structure, with sufficient strength and stiffness to resist Taipei’s high seismicity. The structural concept is surprisingly simple: the faces of the cube were mobilised as a laterally and torsionally stiff braced steel box carrying almost all the building’s lateral loads and much of the gravitational force. The friction pendulum isolators are located in an undercroft beneath the basement; the seismic joint permits lateral movement of up to 700 mm.