![]() ![]() ![]() Its informal, unpretentious, and raw architecture spaces echo the spirits of how citizens of Taipei approach art.’ Kris Yao, Founder of KRIS YAO | ARTECH, the Taiwanese design collaborating architect, says, ‘This new building not only presents itself to the world as a brand new and unique configuration of theater complexes, it also sits perfectly in its location – right at the center where the plebian life of Taipei happens. We are excited by how the building constantly generates new relationships between artists, spectators, and the public.’ Gianotten adds, ‘The Public Loop exposes visitors with and without tickets to these new works and their creative processes. From there, a free-to-access Public Loop-with portal windows open to view inside the three theaters-runs through the infrastructure and spaces for performing arts production that are typically hidden. The central cube is lifted off the ground to create a landscaped plaza. ‘The configuration of three theaters plugged into a central cube has resulted in new internal workings of the performing spaces to inspire unimagined productions,’ comments David Gianotten, OMA Managing Partner – Architect. The Globe Playhouse with a unique proscenium allows experimentation with stage framing. The cube accommodates the stages, back stages, and support spaces of the three theaters, allowing the Grand Theater and the Blue Box to be coupled to form a Super Theater-a massive space with factory quality for unsuspected performances. The building is composed of a spherical 800-seat Globe Playhouse, a 1,500-seat Grand Theater, and a 800-seat Blue Box plugged into a central cube. We are interested to see how this architecture will have an impact in terms of extending what we can do in theater.’Įvening view of Taipei Performing Arts Center, next to the MRT station Here in Taipei, we were able to combine three auditoria in a particular way. ‘We want to contribute to the history of the theater. We have seen contemporary performance theaters increasingly becoming standardized, with conservative internal operation principles,’ says OMA Founding Partner Rem Koolhaas. The monumental architecture is made up of three theaters plugged into a central cube. Situated in Taipei’s vibrant Shilin Night Market, the new cultural landmark is designed as a place for new possibilities in performing arts. The long-anticipated Taipei Performing Arts Center designed by OMA is complete and will officially open to the public on August 7th 2022. ![]() The overall unity of OMA’s design has the ability to form a landmark in Shanghai’s congested skyline – where new developments compete for attention with the same methods: height and form.OMA’s futuristic theater beckons new frontiers in the performing arts A new identity is found by anticipating and utilizing the city’s diversity. ![]() Global Financial Centre on the Bund is grounded in the city’s history and leads the way to its future, creating a new cityscape that adapts both to the varied demands of the program and the complexity of Shanghai. It can become a new landmark for Shanghai that is immediate, unique and identifiable while simultaneously remaining a fully-integrated and representative piece of the city’s rich culture. Global Financial Center on the Bund incorporates the richness of the small and the big, the local and the international, “hard” structures and “soft” elements, natural forms and man-made constructions. The varying scales of each footprint allow different programs to inhabit the same complex and follow the logic of the site, with a smaller scale facing the old town, mitigating the difference between the various typologies surrounding the site. The schizophrenic character of Shanghai calls for a cohesive agent: our project is a cluster of similar tilting towers but with different heights and footprints of different scales. The Global Financial Centre on the Bund – yet another mixed-use project among all these opposing elements – has the natural task of addressing and emphasizing all the contradicting qualities of Shanghai without compromising their benefits. The identity of the city lies in the diversity of traditional, colonial, communist, and “post-modern” architecture united only through the city’s history. Shanghai is a fragmented collage of different scales and styles. ![]()
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