The winners of the Taichung City Cultural centre competition have been announced. The winning team is a collaboration between Kazuyo Sejima+ Ryue Nishizawa/SANAA and local partners Ricky Liu and associates. SANAA’s design proposal of white transparent boxes arranged on top of others create a cluster of interconnecting spaces varying in size, volume and orientation.
© Jean-Loup Baldacci via Taichung City Cultural Center
With suspending gardens terraces, and wide spacious lobbies the proposal seems really embracing.
© Eisenman Architects via Taichung City Cultural Center
Second prizewinners in the competition are Jean-loup Baldacci , Felice Fanuele and Tai Architects and Associates. They propose a rather sublime longitudinal building with a tower to cap it off submerged in well-designed greenery. Peter Eisenman Architects come in third with a massive suspended centre on pilotis.
© Stucheli Architekten AG / Mathis Tinner via Taichung City Cultural Center
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