Taipei Performing Art Center proposal by NL Architects

<img alt="" src="http://www.designboom.com/cms/images/ridhika/nl1.jpg" style="width: 210px; height: 157px;" title="" /><br /><br />The design aim of <a href="http://www.nlarchitects.nl/" target="_blank">NL architects</a> proposal for the taipei performing arts center is to make the building accessible to everybody. The public character of the center is guaranteed by the elevation of a substantial part of its program, creating a public square underneath it. As such the square becomes part of the building inside of it.<span id="fullpost"><br /><br /><img alt="" src="http://www.designboom.com/cms/images/ridhika/nl2.jpg" style="width: 395px; height: 256px;" title="" /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">TPAC - taipei performing art center<br />image courtesy NL architects</span><br /><br />DESIGN CONCEPT:<br /><br />The design which could be considered to a table with 'four legs' supports a 'tabletop'that accommodates 3 storeys. inside you'll find an elevated fragment of the city, a public browsing space where cultural facilities such as a multimedia library, music stores, galleries, lobbies, bars, restaurants and clubs will be included.<br /><br /><img alt="" src="http://www.designboom.com/cms/images/ridhika/nl3.jpg" style="width: 394px; height: 333px;" title="" /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">view of TPAC - taipei performing art center<br />image courtesy NL architects</span><br /><br />Balconies and terraces with different programs will also be included in the space consisting of swimming pools, a skate area, playground, hotel garden and cafe.<br /><br /><img alt="" src="http://www.designboom.com/cms/images/ridhika/nl4.gif" style="width: 407px; height: 282px;" title="" /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">side view drawing of TPAC - taipei performing art center<br />image courtesy NL architects</span><br /><br />The performing arts center structure will contain three theaters: a 1500 seat grand theater and two 800 seat theaters for repertory performances. The theaters are positioned on different altitudes. The proscenium playhouse is placed at the base of the southeast 'leg'. The lobby is placed under this theater so that it is flush with the square activating the space around it. the multiform theater is connected to the southwest leg close to the top. The volume of the grand theater is suspended under the horizontal slab. It hovers over the square while being part of it.<br /><br />Source: <a href="http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/5592/nl-architects-tpac-taipei-performing-art-center-proposal.html">Design Bloom</a><br /><br /><img alt="" src="http://www.designboom.com/cms/images/ridhika/nl12_elevators.gif" style="width: 412px; height: 318px;" title="" /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">TPAC - taipei performing art center elevator diagram<br />image courtesy NL architects</span><br /><br /><img alt="" src="http://www.designboom.com/cms/images/ridhika/nl5.gif" style="width: 406px; height: 185px;" title="" /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">side view drawing of TPAC - taipei performing art center<br />image courtesy NL architects</span><br /><br /><img alt="" src="http://www.designboom.com/cms/images/ridhika/nl6.jpg" style="width: 412px; height: 302px;" title="" /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">TPAC - taipei performing art center<br />image courtesy NL architects</span><br /><br /><img alt="" src="http://www.designboom.com/cms/images/ridhika/nl7.jpg" style="width: 414px; height: 260px;" title="" /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">TPAC - taipei performing art center<br />image courtesy NL architects</span><br /><br /><img alt="" src="http://www.designboom.com/cms/images/ridhika/nl8.jpg" style="width: 413px; height: 249px;" title="" /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">TPAC - taipei performing art center<br />image courtesy NL architects</span><br /><br /><img alt="" src="http://www.designboom.com/cms/images/ridhika/nl9.jpg" style="width: 411px; height: 253px;" title="" /><span style="font-size:78%;"><br />TPAC - taipei performing art center<br />image courtesy NL architects</span><br /><br /><img alt="" src="http://www.designboom.com/cms/images/ridhika/nl10.jpg" style="width: 417px; height: 236px;" title="" /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">TPAC - taipei performing art center<br />image courtesy NL architects<br /></span><br /><br /><img alt="" src="http://www.designboom.com/cms/images/ridhika/nl11.jpg" style="width: 415px; height: 171px;" title="" /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">TPAC - taipei performing art center<br />image courtesy NL architects</span><br /><br /><br /><img alt="" src="http://www.designboom.com/cms/images/ridhika/nl13.gif" style="width: 413px; height: 331px;" title="" /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">TPAC - taipei performing art center structure diagram<br />image courtesy NL architects</span><br /><br /><img alt="" src="http://www.designboom.com/cms/images/ridhika/nl14.gif" style="width: 414px; height: 541px;" title="" /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">TPAC - taipei performing art center structure diagram<br />image courtesy NL architects</span><br /><br /><img alt="" src="http://www.designboom.com/cms/images/ridhika/nl15.jpg" style="width: 411px; height: 337px;" title="" /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">TPAC - taipei performing art center<br />image courtesy NL architects<br /></span><br /><br /><img alt="" src="http://www.designboom.com/cms/images/ridhika/nl16.jpg" style="width: 413px; height: 299px;" title="" /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">TPAC - taipei performing art center<br />image courtesy NL architects<br /></span><br /><br /><img alt="" src="http://www.designboom.com/cms/images/ridhika/nl17.jpg" style="width: 411px; height: 334px;" title="" /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">TPAC - taipei performing art center<br />image courtesy NL architects</span><br /></span><br /><br /></span>

Taipei Performing Art Center proposal by NL Architects

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Taipei Performing Arts Centre by OMA

<img alt="taipei-performing-arts-centre-by-oma-taipei-parthesius700_2921.jpg" src="http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/taipei-performing-arts-centre-by-oma-taipei-parthesius700_2921.jpg" style="width: 254px; height: 215px;" /><br />Architects <a href="http://www.oma.eu/">Office for Metropolitan Architecture</a> was selected from over 135 entries from 24 countries by an international jury to design a new performing arts centre in Taipei, Taiwan.<span id="fullpost"><br /><br /><br /><img alt="taipei-performing-arts-centre-by-oma-squ-22-taipei-parthesius70.jpg" src="http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/taipei-performing-arts-centre-by-oma-squ-22-taipei-parthesius70.jpg" style="width: 407px; height: 407px;" /><br /><br />The design comprises three auditoriums, positioned around a corrugated glass cube that contains the backstage areas for each theatre. Built above an exisiting food market the design includes a 1,500 seat theatre and two 800 seat theatres which plug into a central cube, clad in corrugated glass,that combines the stage accommodations of the three theatres in a single whole.Each theatre can be used independently or in a combination.<br /><br /><img alt="taipei-performing-arts-centre-by-oma-090115parthesius-2535.jpg" src="http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/taipei-performing-arts-centre-by-oma-090115parthesius-2535.jpg" /><br /><br /><img alt="taipei-performing-arts-centre-by-oma-squ-090115parthesius-2524.jpg" src="http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/taipei-performing-arts-centre-by-oma-squ-090115parthesius-2524.jpg" /><br /><br /><img alt="taipei-performing-arts-centre-by-oma-taipei-ai-screen3.jpg" src="http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/taipei-performing-arts-centre-by-oma-taipei-ai-screen3.jpg" /><br /><br />From OMA:<br /><br />OMA to build Taipei Performing Arts Centre<br /><br />The Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) has been awarded the first prize in the design competition to build the Taipei Performing Arts Centre. The design, led by OMA partners Rem Koolhaas and Ole Scheeren, was selected from over 135 entries from 24 countries by an international jury.<br /><br />The scheme includes a 1,500 seat theatre and two 800 seat theatres which plug into a central cube, clad in corrugated glass, that combines the stage accommodations of the three theatres in a single whole. Each theatre can be used independently or in combination with the other theatres. Connecting the different theatres offers new and experimental theatrical possibilities. A public trajectory inside the cube exposes parts of the backstage areas otherwise hidden in typical theatres. The cube is placed on a socle preserving the existing lively local food market.<br /><br />The project is led by OMA partners Rem Koolhaas and Ole Scheeren. The competition team included associate André Schmidt and architects Adam Frampton and Mariano Sagasta, amongst many others. Koolhaas’s and Scheeren’s previous collaborations include the CCTV Headquarters and TVCC Cultural Centre in Beijing, as well as Prada Epicentre Stores in New York and Los Angeles.<br /><br />Source: <a href="http://www.dezeen.com/2009/01/28/taipei-performing-arts-centre-by-oma/">Dezeen</a> , <a href="http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/5249/oma-wins-first-prize-for-taipei-performing-arts-centre-competition.html">Design Bloom</a><br /><br /></span>

Taipei Performing Arts Centre by OMA

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Taipei Performing Arts Center proposal by Architects Collective

<img alt="image" src="http://bustler.net/images/uploads/architects_collective_tai_4.jpg" style="border: 0pt none ; width: 218px; height: 130px;" /><br />Another remarkable competition entry for the Taipei Performing Arts Center is this proposal by Vienna-based <a href="http://architectscollective.net/" target="_blank" title="Architects Collective">Architects Collective</a>: <span id="fullpost"><br /><br />A WAVE OF SOUND<br /><br />The building possesses a unique appearance that derives from the urban context and the functional criteria merged into the design motif of a sound wave. The buildings undulating roof is reminiscent of an endless sound wave that radiates from the Performing Arts Center into the city of Taipei like a sound instrument.<br /><br /><img alt="image" src="http://bustler.net/images/uploads/architects_collective_tai_1.jpg" style="border: 0pt none ; width: 417px; height: 247px;" /><br /><br />The theater complex fulfills all requirements of the various forms of the contemporary arts and complies with the needs of Taiwan’s diverse performance culture as well. It’s a world-class arts venue which provides both entertainment and the highest professional quality experience. In functional terms the three theaters are individual structures that are joined at their base like a corresponding vessel, sharing repair shop and storage and moving goods, staff as well as a single security point for the back of house. The design tries to achieve a marriage between theatrical and architectural concepts.<br /><br /><img alt="image" src="http://bustler.net/images/uploads/architects_collective_tai_2.jpg" style="border: 0pt none ; width: 418px; height: 299px;" /><br /><br />The three theaters are connected by the Common Lobby at the center of the site, a semi-indoor space that is 24-hour open and requires no ticket, with control points at the theaters entrance. It’s environment will be comfortable and energy- saving by providing sun and rain protection and at the same time natural ventilation and generous feeling of openness. The Taipei Performing Arts Center will be designed according to the perspectives of energy conservation and green architecture.<br /><br /><img alt="image" src="http://bustler.net/images/uploads/architects_collective_tai_3.jpg" style="border: 0pt none ; width: 419px; height: 251px;" /><br /><br />The building design springs not only from its urban and functional context, but also from a need to create a building capable of adapting and reacting to the sub-tropical environment. The roof of the individual theaters is covered like sun hats providing natural and efficient cooling for the building. The semi-enclosed Common Lobby is a partially shaded glass canopy open to the street that does not need to be heated or cooled.<br /><br />A PEOPLE´S THEATER<br /><br />The Taipei Performing Arts Center will be a professional-level facility that meets international standards, providing a world-class performing arts venue for the Taipei area. The design emphasizes the idea of a real people’s theater by creating a flowing urban landscape that allows various interactions by spectators, visitors and the general public.<br /><br />At the heart of the complex is the Common Lobby which is an elevated platform from which the three theaters are accessed. People can visit the venues or the restaurant or just to walk through this urban passage. This multifunctional space can be used as a gathering space, for events or as an open air theater. The human experience is that of openness and connectivity to the outside and an attraction and drawing in toward the building when experienced from outside. The positive and negative space of the complex creates dramatic and fluid inside-outside spaces interacting with the city and the center.<br /><br />URBAN CONTEXT<br /><br />The center consists of a solitary volume that is broken up into four blocks similar to shifting continents. The structure is further differentiated by the southern block (Restaurant) that is articulated as a bridge or gate and the northern block (Grand Theater) which is rotated in plan to open the center towards the Shilin Night Market. Through these manipulations the structure becomes porous and responsive to its urban context serving as a mediator and friendly neighbor to its diverse surrounding. The center is readily seen as a landmark from different main roadways and the TRST train and is a clearly delineated building volume.<br /><br /><img alt="image" src="http://bustler.net/images/uploads/architects_collective_tai_5.jpg" style="border: 0pt none ; width: 409px; height: 245px;" /><br /><br />The Common Lobby and the theaters are placed at an elevated platform like a Piano Nobile to connect the theaters (loading courtyard) on the level below and to provide flood control. The pedestrian edges of this elevated platform consists of shops and two gradual ramps the create a flowing landscape which connects the Shilin Night Market and Jian Tan Rd as well as the surrounding streets.<br /><br /><img alt="image" src="http://bustler.net/images/uploads/architects_collective_tai_6.jpg" style="border: 0pt none ; width: 404px; height: 242px;" /><br /><br />To the south the restaurant consists of a bridge to creating stage-like entry from Jian Tan Road into the Common Lobby for the three theaters. From the TRTS´s Jiantan Station the theaters can be directly accessed by a underground pedestrian passage that also includes the ticket office and a theater shop (optional) and is connected to the Common Lobby, Underground Parking and the sidewalk along Wen Lin Road.<br /><br /><img alt="image" src="http://bustler.net/images/uploads/architects_collective_tai_7.jpg" style="border: 0pt none ; width: 409px; height: 245px;" /><br /><br />Cars and motorcycles leave and enter the site at the north-west corner of the site. Service Trucks enter the building at a single security point at the north-west corner and leave at the north-east corner. The three theaters are accessed by a central covered loading courtyard that allows multiple 40-ft-containers to be loaded and unloaded simultaneously and has three entry points to the theaters and one for the shared repair shops.<br /><br /><img alt="image" src="http://bustler.net/images/uploads/architects_collective_tai_8.jpg" style="border: 0pt none ; width: 406px; height: 243px;" /><br /><i>All images by Architects Collective</i><br /><br />Source: <span style="font-weight: bold;">Bustler<a href="http:///"></a></span><br /></span>

Taipei Performing Arts Center proposal by Architects Collective

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Taipei Performing Arts Centre proposal by Abalos+Sentkiewicz

<img alt="" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-12844" src="http://www.archdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/166111994_2009-004-528x264.jpg" style="width: 238px; height: 119px;" title="166111994_2009-004" /><br /><br />Here's one of the three finalists (together with OMA and Morphosis) for the two-phase international competition for the new Performing Arts Centre in Taipei which included more than 100 offices from around the world. The competition was won by OMA.<span id="fullpost"><br /><br />This is the proposal by Spanish architects <a href="http://www.abalos-sentkiewicz.com/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.abalos-sentkiewicz.com');" target="_blank">Ábalos + Sentkiewicz</a>:<br /><br /><div class="content_obras_proyectos"><img alt="tour_porte_de_la_chapelle" src="http://www.abalos-sentkiewicz.com/proyectos/PerformingArtsCenter/taipei.jpg" style="width: 416px; height: 376px;" /></div> <div class="footer">© Abalos+Sentkiewicz arquitectos</div><br /><br /><img alt="" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-12856" src="http://www.archdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/627918688_cam-par-04-528x293.jpg" style="width: 413px; height: 229px;" title="627918688_cam-par-04" /><br /><br />From human being origins, people doing circles around someone who is speaking, singing, dancing or arguing -under a tree shadow if possible- has been the main characteristic of performing.<br /><br /><div class="imagen_obras_proyectos"><img alt="chapelle01" src="http://www.abalos-sentkiewicz.com/proyectos/PerformingArtsCenter/taipei_03.jpg" style="width: 413px; height: 248px;" /></div> <div class="footer">© Abalos+Sentkiewicz arquitectos</div><br /><div class="imagen_obras_proyectos"><img alt="chapelle01" src="http://www.abalos-sentkiewicz.com/proyectos/PerformingArtsCenter/taipei_06.jpg" style="width: 406px; height: 243px;" /></div> <div class="footer">© Abalos+Sentkiewicz arquitectos</div><br />Our music halls maintain this original condition and extend their geometry to the whole complex, which turns into a group of big trees with a stratified structure, as the local tropical forest, working at the same time as a functional scheme and an environmental strategy:<br /><ul><li>Over the trees a roof tour that conform a new landscape is proposed, giving identity to the complex.</li><li>Music Halls are in the trees, organized around a principal lobby and two secondary ones. Each hall adopts a particular configuration reinforced by its different coloration (gold silver, bronze).</li><li>Under the trees, topography splits in two: Upwards, composing a park protected from the sun and the rain. Downwards composing a complex of commercial galleries that extend the activity from Shilin Night Market and goes through the building.</li></ul><br /><br /><img alt="chapelle01" src="http://www.abalos-sentkiewicz.com/proyectos/PerformingArtsCenter/taipei_05.jpg" style="width: 414px; height: 248px;" /><br />© Abalos+Sentkiewicz arquitectos<br /><br />Against the typical configuration of a principal and a back façade this project achieves a total urban isotropy, not only with four but with five facades in relation with the context.<br /><br /><img alt="" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-12849" src="http://www.archdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/944252757_cam-cub-01-528x294.jpg" style="width: 411px; height: 230px;" title="944252757_cam-cub-01" /><br /><br />Source: <a href="http://www.archdaily.com/12843/abalossentkiewicz-project-for-the-taipei-performing-arts-centre/">ArchDaily</a><br /><br />Architects:<a href="http://www.abalos-sentkiewicz.com/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.abalos-sentkiewicz.com');" target="_blank">Ábalos + Sentkiewicz Arquitectos</a><br /></span>

Taipei Performing Arts Centre proposal by Abalos+Sentkiewicz

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Taipei Performing Arts Center proposal by Emergent Architecture

<img alt="" name="projectimage" src="http://www.emergentarchitecture.com/project_images/project_23/large14.jpg" style="width: 276px; height: 165px;" /><br /><br />Another proposal for the design of the Taipei Performing Arts Center by <a href="http://www.emergentarchitecture.com/">Emergent Architecture</a>. Their aim for the design is to create a world-class urban experience defined by hybrid urban environments not traditionally associated with performing arts theaters.<span id="fullpost"><br /><br />DESIGN CONCEPT: (text from Emergent Architecture)<br /><br />"The three theaters are woven together by way of an elevated Concourse, creating a unified whole which has significant presence in the city. The Concourse is a bridging element which acts as circulation for the theaters but also as a commercial zone which includes lively urban activities such as shopping, restaurants, bars, and other public amenities. It will be a 24 hour space which will support the theater functions but also operate independently. Below the Concourse is an urban plaza which is defined by ground topography and the exotic underbelly formation of the Concourse. This space is both the orientation space for the theaters, but also a place for urban events, meeting people, or simply passing through.<br /><br /><img alt="" name="projectimage" src="http://www.emergentarchitecture.com/project_images/project_23/large9.jpg" style="width: 407px; height: 244px;" /><br /><br />The morphology of the project is based on patterns of armatures and pleats which form an intricate ornamental network. Armatures are woven together to create the circulation and structure of the Concourse, forming deep spaces and views from the plaza into the building as well as from the building down into the Plaza and out into the city.<br /><br /><img alt="" name="projectimage" src="http://www.emergentarchitecture.com/project_images/project_23/large7.jpg" style="width: 407px; height: 244px;" /><br /><br />Micro-pleats track along the armatures but also spread out along surfaces, spatially drawing visitors inside the Plaza. The sensations produced by this fluid geometry are heightened by a gradient of color which is most intense on the interior but fades out to the exterior of the building. Formal and color intensities are at their peak in the Concourse, and begin to atrophe toward the theater blocks at the perimeter of the site. In this way this project attempts to bridge classifications of generic and articulated form as well as monochromatic and variegated color.<br /><br /><img alt="" name="projectimage" src="http://www.emergentarchitecture.com/project_images/project_23/large11.jpg" style="width: 407px; height: 244px;" /><br /><br />The Concourse contains the shops arranged in a looping, multi-level arrangement. Restaurants, bars, cafes, and forms of entertainment will be complimented by cultural activities such as art galleries, bookstores, and the theater library. The Concourse is therefore not a mall, but a cultural space, an urban extension of the institution of ‘theater’.<br /><br /><img alt="" name="projectimage" src="http://www.emergentarchitecture.com/project_images/project_23/large6.jpg" style="width: 407px; height: 244px;" /><br /><br />Urban Massing Considerations<br />The massing of the building responds to external forces, in particular the strong attractor of the Shilin Night Market and the adjacency of the TRTS Jiantan train station across Wen Lin Road. In order to facilitate fluid connection to the Shilin Night Market, the building pulls back and lifts up to become a roof. This becomes a strong linking corridor between the Performing Arts Plaza and the pedestrian entry into the market. The entire east side of the building is carved out to allow views to and from the train station in order to establish a critical connection between the two. An underground passage links the train station, the Night Market, and the Performing Arts Plaza into a robust network.<br /><br /><img alt="" name="projectimage" src="http://www.emergentarchitecture.com/project_images/project_23/large5.jpg" style="width: 407px; height: 244px;" /><br /><br />The zoning requirement of 75% maximum lot coverage is attained by adherence to a 10 M. setback from the siteline as well as additional local setbacks of up to 17 M. Our response to the spirit of the zoning law, however, which is intended to allow for green space, is more comprehensive: by lifting the building off the ground in significant areas, we allow are providing at total of 55% open public space at the ground level. This space will be designed to include soft and hardscape, including exotic flowers, trees, and reflecting pools.<br /><br /><img alt="" name="projectimage" src="http://www.emergentarchitecture.com/project_images/project_23/large13.jpg" style="width: 406px; height: 243px;" /><br /><br />The Theaters and Program Description<br />The Grand Theater is located on the south end of the site, rotated toward Wen Lin Road. It is designed according to the brief as a proscenium type with 1500 seats and two balconies. It contains all the required back-of-house programs as well as a flytower. The Proscenium Playhouse, located to the northwest corner of the site, is also based on the proscenium type, with associated back-of-house programs and 800 seats. The Multiform Theater is located to the northeast corner of the site and has a 500-800 seat capacity. This theater will be flexibly designed so that it can take the form of a thrust stage, theater-in-the-round, or proscenium arrangement. It will have a flat floor to allow for ease of transformation and build-out. Theater interiors are designed based on optimal sightlines as well as acoustics. All three theaters are entered from the Plaza and have their own separate foyers. These foyers are linked to the Concourse, which becomes the ‘linking space’ called for in the brief.<br /><br /><img alt="" name="projectimage" src="http://www.emergentarchitecture.com/project_images/project_23/large3.jpg" style="width: 396px; height: 237px;" /><br /><br />Source: <a href="http://www.emergentarchitecture.com/projects.php?id=23">Emergent Architecture</a><br /></span>

Taipei Performing Arts Center proposal by Emergent Architecture

Another proposal for the design of the Taipei Performing Arts Center by Emergent Architecture . Their aim for the design is to create a worl...

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Taipei Performing Arts Center proposal by NMDA

<img class="img-bot" src="http://www.nmda-inc.com/files/gimgs/63_tpac-fc-aer-01.jpg" style="width: 363px; height: 204px;" /><br /><br />Here's another proposal prepared for the Taipei Performing Arts Center design competition by <span style="color:black;"><a href="http://www.nmda-inc.com/">Neil M. Denari Architects</a></span>. The competition was won by OMA.<span id="fullpost"><br /><br />DESIGN CONCEPT: (text from NMDA)<br /><br />"Given the near schizophrenia of the site (lush green vs beige postmodernism), surely a powerful reason to choose this location, we have proposed a scheme that rises to a height of 57 meters (top of the Grand Theater fly tower) as a way to challenge the vertical dominance of the perimeter blocks. This decision has other positive benefits (as will be stated later), yet it is the anticipation of an even taller city that inspires such logic."<br /><br /><img class="img-bot" src="http://www.nmda-inc.com/files/gimgs/63_tpac-fc-aer-03.jpg" style="top: 115px; left: 0px; width: 405px; height: 228px;" /><br /><br />"The slope away from the site footprint has been mirrored in the East facing perforated façade of our scheme, essentially setting up a corridor of space between the rail station, the green mountain, and the Shilin Night Market to the North. In fact, the low rise portion of our scheme simply flows from the major mass of the TPAC toward the market as way to continue not only a finer scale but also the 24 hr life of the city."<br /><br /><img class="img-bot" src="http://www.nmda-inc.com/files/gimgs/63_tpac-fc-psp-01.jpg" style="width: 415px; height: 253px;" /><br />Photos by NMDA<br /><br />"Here, because of live action, bodies moving in the theater of visceral experiences, architecture is actually an equally vital organism, shaping experience before, during, and after the performance. When multiplied by a motivation toward verticality, the populist discourse of the program is an ‘x’ factor that suggests spectacle on the one hand, the temptation toward aggressive formalisms, and on the other, a project that is egalitarian in its disposition. Our scheme attempts to merge these tendencies, to bring into focus the project of the icon with the project of the surmountable mass. Like a ball of string, we have sought to make a coherent form through the accumulation of variably scaled events."<br /><br />Source: <a href="http://www.nmda-inc.com/index.php?/institutional/taipei-perfroming-arts-center/">NMDA</a><br /><br /></span>

Taipei Performing Arts Center proposal by NMDA

Here's another proposal prepared for the Taipei Performing Arts Center design competition by Neil M. Denari Architects . The competitio...

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Proposal for Library and Concert Hall in Bodø, Norway by Langdon Reis Architects

<img alt="image" src="http://bustler.net/images/uploads/lrz_bodo_library_concert_01.jpg" style="border: 0pt none ; width: 255px; height: 180px;" /><br />Here's one of the finalists for the international competition to design <i>The Bodø Kulturhus and Library</i>in Bodø, Norway. This exciting proposal by London-based <a href="http://www.langdonreiszahn.com/" title="Langdon Reis Zahn">Langdon Reis Zahn</a> in collaboration with 4B Arkitekter and Gullik Gulliksen Landscape Arkitekter made it into the second round of the competition which was eventually won by <a href="http://www.drdharchitects.co.uk/" target="_blank">DRDH Architects</a>. The third one who made it into the final shortlist is General Architecture of Sweden.<span id="fullpost"><br /><br /><img alt="image" src="http://bustler.net/images/uploads/lrz_bodo_library_concert_15.jpg" style="border: 0pt none ; width: 407px; height: 504px;" /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Architect's Project Description:</span><br /><br />"The Bodø Kulturhus and Library consists of two public buildings; a new city library (5,500m²) and a concert hall/theatre (7,350m²), with a construction budget of approximately 800,000,000 NOK."<br /><br /><img alt="image" src="http://bustler.net/images/uploads/lrz_bodo_library_concert_02.jpg" style="border: 0pt none ; width: 409px; height: 577px;" /><br /><br /><img alt="image" src="http://bustler.net/images/uploads/lrz_bodo_library_concert_03.jpg" style="border: 0pt none ; width: 407px; height: 575px;" /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="image" src="http://bustler.net/images/uploads/lrz_bodo_library_concert_04.jpg" style="border: 0pt none ; width: 409px; height: 509px;" /><br /><br /><img alt="image" src="http://bustler.net/images/uploads/lrz_bodo_library_concert_05.jpg" style="border: 0pt none ; width: 407px; height: 167px;" /><br /><br />Bodø’s new cultural centre will be:<br /><ul><li><i>a social, public and communal space;</i></li><li><i>a space that connects both the local community and its visitors;</i></li><li><i>a space that responds to the expectations and imagination of both the local community and its visitors – tourists and/or migrants;</i></li><li><i>a space that enhances the local democratic and social traditions, as well as the natural and pre-existing built environment;</i></li><li><i>a space that seeks interaction (open to communal and diverse ranges of activities), playfulness and poetic contemplation</i></li><li><i>an accessible space, a place to be proud of and belong to.</i></li><li><i>a glistening jewel which plays with the diverse qualities of light in the arctic region and brings the spectacular atmosphere of the northern landscape into the buildings</i></li><li><i>an urban project that seeks to create a cultural ecology </i></li><li><i>a space intrinsically linked to the sense of human scale, participation and creativity. </i></li></ul><br /><br /><img alt="image" src="http://bustler.net/images/uploads/lrz_bodo_library_concert_06.jpg" style="border: 0pt none ; width: 408px; height: 265px;" /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Building Synergy</span><br /><br />"The Bodø Nye Kulturhus and the Bibliotek need to be intrinsically linked both through their own architecture, and by the space in between. This interstitial space must be cohesive, connected, fluid and dynamic. It must define and delimit the cultural precinct, whilst connecting to other public spaces located in the immediate vicinity and in other parts of the city. Together the buildings must form an ensemble of parts that make up a clearly identifiable and distinctive precinct that will leave a lasting memory in the minds of both locals and visitors to Bodø.<br />The diverse activities- recreational, cultural, communal and commercial, must collide and intersect to create a vibrant and dynamic cultural ecology. The buildings must form the foundations for this activity to occur."<br /><br /><img alt="image" src="http://bustler.net/images/uploads/lrz_bodo_library_concert_07.jpg" style="border: 0pt none ; width: 408px; height: 310px;" /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Built form hypothesis</span>:<br /><br />"The built forms take their initial inspiration from the merging between natural and artificial landscapes i.e. the natural glacial topographies/fjords and the rigid city grid. The buildings merge with the ground, almost as if carved from the same solid mass. They stand like rocks in a stream.<br />The forms of the buildings are in harmony with their surroundings, both natural and man-made. They have been shaped in response to view corridors, solar access, wind, visibility and access.<br />Careful manipulation of the building forms and the creation of sheltered entrances aims to slow passers-by and provide shelter from extreme weather when needed.<br />The aesthetic qualities of the buildings seek to both connect and contrast with the existing urban fabric with respect and understanding. Heights have been set so as not to dominate the existing buildings."<br /><br /><img alt="image" src="http://bustler.net/images/uploads/lrz_bodo_library_concert_08.jpg" style="border: 0pt none ; width: 409px; height: 174px;" /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Façade Concept</span>:<br /><br />"Both the Bodo Nye Kulturhus and the Bibliotek are clad using the same façade system. The solidity and continuity of the two building’s facades strengthens links across the sites and clearly defines the new cultural precint. The façade emphasises the carved geometries of the buildings by creating large planar surfaces that include subtle creases and directional lines that relate to views, wind and access to light. The interplay of faceted surfaces means the building will take on a wide variety of qualities when viewed from different angles or at different times of the day, whether it’s clear and sunny, overcast or dark."<br /><br /><img alt="image" src="http://bustler.net/images/uploads/lrz_bodo_library_concert_09.jpg" style="border: 0pt none ; width: 418px; height: 189px;" /><br /><br /><img alt="image" src="http://bustler.net/images/uploads/lrz_bodo_library_concert_10.jpg" style="border: 0pt none ; width: 414px; height: 167px;" /><br /><br />The Ceramic Tile Panel:<br /><br />The tiled panel will be approximately 1.5m X 3m. The tiles themselves will be 600mm X 200mm with one splayed edge. When viewed from a distance the large panels will be recognisable and when viewed in close proximity the individual tiles will be more dominant. The tiles themselves may come from Hoganas, the company who made the Sydney Opera House tiles (a homage to Utzon), they will be white ceramic, however some tiles will be lightly pigmented using natural ochres from the regions around Bodo, colours will range from brown, red and yellow. These colours will give the buildings a dynamic quality and a soft elegance that will reflect the surrounding landscapes, sky, buildings and light, in many ways.<br /><br /><img alt="image" src="http://bustler.net/images/uploads/lrz_bodo_library_concert_11.jpg" style="border: 0pt none ; width: 417px; height: 103px;" /><br /><br /><img alt="image" src="http://bustler.net/images/uploads/lrz_bodo_library_concert_12.jpg" style="border: 0pt none ; width: 412px; height: 222px;" /><br /><br />Pattern + Shape<br /><br />The shape of the single tile is an abstraction derived from drying codfish on traditional timber structures (please refer to diagram). Each tile has one splayed edge, the adjacent tile is then rotated 180º to form a rectangle between two tiles. This pattern is then repeated across each panel. From a distance the pattern jumps in scale ,12 tiles form one panel. The panels are placed parallel to the angle of the facets they are on.. This means on each facet the tile pattern creates lines that slightly change in direction, helping reinforce the buildings shape, and referencing the rock formations near the Saltstraumen.<br /><br /><img alt="image" src="http://bustler.net/images/uploads/lrz_bodo_library_concert_13.jpg" style="border: 0pt none ; width: 416px; height: 112px;" /><br /><br /><img alt="image" src="http://bustler.net/images/uploads/lrz_bodo_library_concert_14.jpg" style="border: 0pt none ; width: 417px; height: 146px;" /><br /><i>Images: Langdon Reis Zahn<br /><br />Source: </i><a href="http://bustler.net/index.php/article/langdon_reis_zahns_entry_for_library_and_concert_hall_competition_in_bod/">Bustler</a>, <a href="http://www.archdaily.com/17391/langdon-reis-architects-proposal-for-library-and-concert-hall-in-norway/">ArchDaily</a><br />Architect: <a href="http://www.langdonreiszahn.com/index.html">Langdon Reis Zahn</a><br /></span>

Proposal for Library and Concert Hall in Bodø, Norway by Langdon Reis Architects

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