3rd Prize at Taipei Pop Music Center Competition / office dA

By — Filed under: Cultural , , , ,
 

Office dA (design architect) with Y. Lin Architect (joint tenderer) and CAZA (design consultant)  received third prize at the Pop Music Center Competition.

Located in the Nangang District, the principal space design comprises of an indoor performing hall with 4500-6000 seats, an outdoor performing space with 15000 standing seats, exhibition space for reputed musicians, a digital library, a medium and small indoor exhibition and performing live house, industrial communities and incubation space, etc.

More images and architect’s description after the break.

BLENDING TERRITORIES: HOW TO KEEP THE HABITAT ALIVE

TPMC is born out of a commitment to cultural conditions that can advance the richness of Taipei’s music industry, the activity of the city, and the multiple programs that sponsor its vitality; from this emerges a form of hybridity, a condition that is so characteristic of Taipei itself. The principles behind its success must be those of an open city: a project with urban elements that have been reconfigured to be more than just a hinge between inside and outside but a new geography of cultural pressures and possibilities.

Our design posits the topological surface of the ruled canopy as an architectural figure that can give form and identity to a large expansive site while holding clusters of program together in a loose yet conjoined unity. It is a form that defines an interior volume as acoustically distinct while creating an exterior shell that touches on issues of symbolism, visibility and access in one gesture. The ruled surface, as a figure, also offers at least three ways to engage functional possibilities: a canopy for protection against the elements, a vertical fin for billboards and signage, as well as the scupper for hydrology. Streets, alleyways and market spaces extend through and beyond the pleats of this surface creating opportunities to intensify difference and enable invention. The north is urban, the south is a futuristic botanical universe and the spaces in between are open to the colonization of young, optimistic and entrepreneurial market makers.

 
 
Thumb up Thumb down 0

3rd Prize at Taipei Pop Music Center Competition / Daniel Gallagher:
Daniel Gallagher, from Office dA, received t… http://bit.ly/b4pqJ6

 
# February 15, 2010 at 11:29
Thumb up Thumb down 0
arhitectura says:

3rd Prize at Taipei Pop Music Center Competition / Daniel Gallagher:
Daniel Gallagher, from Office dA, rece… http://tinyurl.com/yf2fdpu

 
# February 15, 2010 at 11:29
Thumb up Thumb down 0

ArchDaily: 3rd Prize at Taipei Pop Music Center Competition / Daniel Gallagher http://bit.ly/9Q7o6P

 
# February 15, 2010 at 11:29
Thumb up Thumb down 0

3rd Prize at Taipei Pop Music Center Competition / Daniel Gallagher: Daniel Gallagher, from Office dA, received th… http://bit.ly/b4pqJ6

 
# February 15, 2010 at 12:08
Thumb up Thumb down 0
Architist says:

I love the scheme. A well intergrated design.

 
# February 15, 2010 at 11:53
Thumb up Thumb down 0

3rd Prize at Taipei Pop Music Center Competition / Daniel Gallagher http://bit.ly/cidMq8

 
# February 15, 2010 at 13:20
Thumb up Thumb down 0
hemaletha says:

3rd Prize at Taipei Pop Music Center Competition / Daniel …: Architecture News: The latest buildings, projects a… http://bit.ly/bMTLS1

 
# February 15, 2010 at 17:05
Thumb up Thumb down 0
arquidocs says:

RT @archdaily: 3rd Prize at Taipei Pop Music Center Competition / Daniel Gallagher http://archdai.ly/dpfX3e

 
# February 15, 2010 at 17:11
Thumb up Thumb down 0
Benito says:

Going by today’s simplified typologies, this scheme resembles a museum or memorial more than a music centre. This is not a bad thing, however, as it addresses the failings of these simplistic typologies. Music does not always equate to a brightly coloured building.

On a personal level I like the scheme, but feel it lacks clarity and does not lend itself that air of legibility that is present in ‘classic’ architecture.

 
# February 15, 2010 at 20:10
Thumb up Thumb down 0
kolohe says:

looks like they were working on a different program than the others. i don’t get it.. seems more like some sort of nike campus by nbbj.

 
# February 15, 2010 at 21:14
Thumb up Thumb down 0
Jacky says:

RT @archdaily: 3rd Prize at Taipei Pop Music Center Competition / Daniel Gallagher http://archdai.ly/dpfX3e

 
# February 16, 2010 at 00:18
Thumb up Thumb down 0
bob says:

I wouldn’t call it boring – more that there is too much going on. I agree that it looks like a different typology.

 
# February 16, 2010 at 04:39
Thumb up Thumb down 0
js says:

it seems very clinical and sober,…somewhat sterile & lifeless compared with the exuberance and energy of the 1st and 2nd

 
# February 16, 2010 at 08:27
Thumb up Thumb down 0
arki says:

i dont know how the judges consider this as 3rd prize.

 
# February 19, 2010 at 10:45
Thumb up Thumb down 0
Hamid says:

Very Good

 
# June 1, 2010 at 03:51
Thumb up Thumb down 0
Pusti Lisac says:

Why the F did they make the Taipei 101 skyline boogerzilla poster montage thing?!!!

So many drawings, so little clarity…

 
# August 11, 2010 at 15:37
Thumb up Thumb down 0

12:35 PM Sep 8th

3rd Prize at Taipei Pop Music Center Competition / office dA | ArchDaily http://t.co/OXORawH via @archdaily

Leave a Reply »

 

Latest Comments »

ariana roberts on First Crescent / SAOTA
stunning house![+]
What about the rest of the...[+]
Nice building![+]
The design of the building doesnt seem to...[+]
Romain Federiconi | Architecture interieure & Design on Bournville College / Broadway Malyan
Hey There. I found your...[+]

Upcoming Architecture Events »

got events? invite us! click here

Architecture Books & Magazines »

Louis Vuitton Architecture and Interiors / Frederic Edelmann, Ian Luna, Rafael Magrou and Mohsen Mostafavi

Louis Vuitton Architecture and Interiors / Frederic Edelmann, Ian Luna, Rafael Magrou and Mohsen Mostafavi

“In the more recent past, it is the architecture of minimalism that has provided the most explicit and significant contribution to the reciprocal relationship between fashion and architecture. In many ways the abstraction and literal emptiness of minimalism has…

 

Made to Measure: The Architecture of Leers Weinzapfel Associates

Made to Measure: The Architecture of Leers Weinzapfel Associates

Made to Measure is a monograph showcasing the work of Leers Weinzapfel Associates, an architecture firm based out of Boston, Massachusetts. Leers Weinzapfel Associates first gained prominence by taking on infrastructure projects that are often left to engineers. Where…

 

Thermally Active Surfaces in Architecture / Kiel Moe

Thermally Active Surfaces in Architecture / Kiel Moe

Departing from the simple question Why do we heat and cool buildings with air?, this book focuses on the technique of thermally active surfaces. This technique uses water in building surfaces to heat and cool bodies – a method

 

Our partners »

AD on iPad via Pulse

Browse by date »

Browse by category »

Friends »