OMA wins first prize for taipei performing arts centre competition

OMA wins first prize for taipei performing arts centre competition


'taipei performing arts centre', model by OMA
all images courtesy OMA

the office of metropolitan architects (OMA) has been awarded first prize in the design
competition to build the taipei performing arts centre.

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. the building is expected
to cost approximately 120 million USD and is scheduled to be completed in 2013.


'taipei performing arts centre', model - detail by OMA


'taipei performing arts centre', model


'taipei performing arts centre', model

'taipei performing arts centre'





'taipei performing arts centre' rendering

more:
http://www.oma.nl
ridhika db
01.27.09  
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why?
opa   01.27.09
The spanish project of Abalos+sentkiewicz is amazing….
Check it out

http://www.plataformaarquitectura.cl/2009/01/29/abalossentkiewicz/#comments

I don’t know who was the Jury but they really mist a great inovative project.
james robert   01.29.09
Just the name made them to win the project, the work was done by a trainee
mb   01.30.09
Visually it looks very bulky, unsafe & prison like.
DVJ.   01.31.09
I like Morphosis ones better!!
This doesn't fit into Shilin's city context at all!!
It looks all wrong....

Morphosis's Performing Arts Center has a much more flowing form which fit into this area perfectly. Plus the architecture does not seems so bulky!
Judy 1.Feb.2009   02.01.09
I totally agree with all of you guys' comments. just the name brought the 1st prize to OMA office. Honestly, it looks like a crap with the weird sphere...
anonymous person   02.07.09

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