Kaohsiung Competition Proposal / Maxwan
Within this past month we featured STL and Sun & Associates‘ proposal for the Kaohsiung Competition. Now, Maxwan shares with us their design for a Marine and Pop Music Center. Their design, titled ‘LOVE COVE’, focuses on exposing the reality of the various activities that take place at the marine port through a visual showcase while engaging with the culture of the country. More images and architect’s description after the break.
Kaohsiung Competition Proposal / Sun & Schrempp Associates
A couple weeks ago, we featured STL‘s proposal for the Kaohsiung Competition. Now, Sun & Schrempp Associates have shared with us their design for a Marine and Pop Music Center driven by the wave motion of the water experienced at Kaohsiung’s marine port. More images and architect’s description after the break.
Queen Wedding / Hataarvo Architects
Architects: Hata Lo + Arvo Tsai
Location: Yangmei, Taiwan
Client: Mis Lin
Project Team: Hata Lo, Arvo Tsai, Yu Qi Huang
Project Area: 60 sqm
Project Year: 2010
Budget: 1000,000 TWD
Photographs: Arvo Tsai
Kaohsiung Competition proposal / STL
With the intention of framing a new cultural center within the iconic identity of Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, STL has designed a complex program that will revive the cultural atmosphere of the city for the Kaohsiung Competition which is to be submitted by January 10, 2011. More images and architect’s description after the break.
Kaohsiung Port and Cruise Service Center International Competition proposal / Ja StudioInc + Tadj –Farzin studio
Canadian architects Ja StudioInc in collaboration with Tadj –Farzin studio shared with us their proposal for the Kaohsiung Port and Cruise Service Center International Competition. More images and architect’s description after the break.
Terrace Villa / Solid Space Atelier
Architects: Solid Space Atelier
Location: Baoshan Township, Hsinzhu county, Taiwan
Project Area: 308 sqm
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Su Yon & Stone Shih
Kaohsiung Marine Culture and Pop Music Center Competition
The Marine Culture and Pop Music Center is an integral part of the major public investment and construction plan by the Kaohsiung City Government. Through the building of an international art and cultural performance venue and a marine culture center, the aim is to establish Kaohsiung as a fulcrum for Asia-Pacific pop music production and performance and an international exchange platform for marine culture.
The central and direct goal of the Project is to create a Marine Culture and Pop Music Center that highlights the unique character of Kaohsiung City while satisfying the needs of the local people, the industries and future trends. This is to be achieved by basing its design and planning on the cultural assets of Kaohsiung, the strengths and conditions of the Project site and the characteristics of the pop music and marine culture industries.
More information on the competition’s official website. Seen at Death by Architecture.
Wei-Wu-Ying Center for the Arts / Mecanoo
Mecanoo’s Wei-Wu-Ying Center for the Arts has broken ground in Kaohsiung with a festive public celebration hosted by President Ma Ying-jeou and attended by Architect Francine Houben. The new cultural complex will be the largest in Asia at 141,000 sqm, featuring the most modern in theatre technology, housing a concert hall with 2000 seats, an opera house with 2250 seats, a playhouse with 1250 seats, a recital hall with 500 seats, a public library and studios for music and dance.
1st Prize at Taipei Pop Music Center Competition / Reiser + Umemoto
Reiser + Umemoto RUR Architecture PC along with joind tenderer Fei & Cheng Associates received first prize at the Taipei Pop Music Center Competition.
With the Taipei Pop Music Center, Reiser + Umemoto and ARUP have fundamentally rethought the live music and entertainment venue to meet the challenges and opportunities of pop music and digital media in the 21st century.
More images and full architect’s description after the break.
2nd Prize at Taipei Pop Music Center Competition / Studio Gang Architects
Studio Gang Architects, along with joint tenderer J. J. Pan and Partners received second prize at Taipei Pop Music Center Competition.
The idea of this project is to form a live music hub that creates richly diverse experiences reflective of Taipei’s music scene. The design knits together unique venues—large and small—with indoor, outdoor and semi-enclosed public spaces, forming a dense urban architecture connected through the live experience of music.
More images and full architect’s description after the break.
3rd Prize at Taipei Pop Music Center Competition / office dA
Office dA (design architect) with Y. Lin Architect (joint tenderer) and CAZA (design consultant) received third prize at the Taipei 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.
Taipei Pop Music Center proposal / ICE
Our AD Futures #1, ICE, an international office based in Hong Kong shared with us their proposal for the Taipei Pop Music Center competition.
Pop culture is the culture of change. Pop architecture is the space of change. Rather than a building, the TPMC provides a platform for spontaneous activities: a street, a park, a network of pedestrian circulation, which are embedded into an architectural framework. The design strategy for the TPMC defines the site through 3 different elements.
Full architect’s description and more images after the break.
Taipei 101 to become the world’s tallest green building
Taipei 101, famous for being one of the world’s tallest buildings, is set to get some major eco-upgrades in an effort to save money, reduce its impact, and gain the much coveted title of “World’s Tallest Green Building.” In 2007, the Burj Dubai surpassed Taipei 101 in terms of height, but the Taiwanese building won’t give up the fight, throwing down $1.8 million in energy efficiency upgrades, which are expected to yield $20 million annually in savings and make it the Earth’s greenest and tallest building.
Over the next 18 months, the skyscraper will undergo significant energy efficiency upgrades and will also seek LEED Gold certification for existing buildings. The certification will largely depend on the building performance after the upgrades and renovations take place. The owners of Taipei 101 are teaming up with SL+A International Asia Inc., Siemens and EcoTech International Inc. to complete the eco-upgrades. Seen at Inhabitat. More images after the break.
Taiwan Pop Music Center / Visiondivision
Visiondivision’s latest entry for the Taiwan Pop Music Center competition aims to “transcend its visitors into a total escapism of pop.” With different districts that use the effect of the main tower and specific angles of light, the whole building expands dramatically in appearance, from a rather low key building in the distance to a spectacular body of light once approached.
More about the project including images and a further project description after the break.
Wender Police Station / Studiobase Architects
Architect: Studiobase Architects | Ming-Wei Huang
Location: Taipei, Taiwan
Project team: Hao-Min Hsu, Nelson Lin, Chao-Yu Chen,Yin-Yin Cheng, Chien-Nun Sun, Chih-Jen Wang, Can Ho
Site area: 3,270 sqm
Total floor area: 2,943 sqm
Budget: USD $1.41 million
Project year: 2009
Photographs: Wei-Ming Yuan, Jeffrey Hsu
Chen House / C-Laboratory
Architects: C-Laboratory
Location: Sanjhih, Taipei County, Taiwan
Project and Construction team: Marco Casagrande, Frank Chen, Shi-Ding Chen, Nikita Wu, Shu-Gi Bai
Local Knowledge: Missis Lee
Site Area: 3,890 sqm
Building foot print: 138 sqm
Interior space: 62.5 sqm
Materials: mahogany, concrete
Completed: 2008
Photographs: C-Lab
Inotera Headquarters & Production Facility / tec Design Studio
Architect: tec Design Studio
Location: Taipei, Taiwan
Partners in Charge: Sebastian Knorr, Heiko Ostmann
Project Managers: Samson Chua, Jens Niemann
Constructed Area: 26,900 sqm
Project Year: 2004
Photographs: © Hisao Suzuki
Chinatrust Bank Headquarters designed by NBBJ
After an international design competition and nearly two years of design, the high-profile, 2.5-million-square-foot Chinatrust Bank headquarters has broken ground in Taiwan. Designed by the Los Angeles office of NBBJ, in cooperation with the local firm Fei & Cheng Associates, the project is slated to reach completion in 2012.
The Chinatrust Bank development will consist of a 30-story headquarters building, a 21-story commercial office building, a 10-story hotel, and a four-level retail center. The project is designed to accommodate the bank’s growth, while supporting its status as the “Best Bank in Taiwan,” as named in Asiamoney, Euromoney, and FinanceAsia publications.
More images, after the break
Abalos+Sentkiewicz project for the Taipei Performing Arts Centre
The two-phase international competition for the new Performing Arts Centre in Taipei included more than 100 offices from around the world. The competition was won by OMA, and generated an intense discussion on ArchDaily.
Now we bring you a proposal from the 2nd phase by spanish architects Ábalos + Sentkiewicz. We´ll try to get more projects so you can have the whole picture on this competition.
UPDATE: You can read Architect’s description after the break.
Heart of Love River / Malone Chang Architects
Architects: Malone Chang Architects
Project Team: Malone Chang (architect), Yi-Heng Hsu (project architect), Tz-Tzen Huang (design team)
Location: Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Structural Engineer: Tien-Hun Engineering Consultant Inc.
Constructed Area: Approximately 60,000 sqm
Project year: 02/2006 – 11/2007
Photographs: Guei-Shiang Ke, Habou Chen
