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.With suspending gardens terraces, and wide spacious lobbies the proposal seems really embracing.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.
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First Prize. Image Courtesy of SANAA via Taichung City Cultural Center
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Second Prize. Image Courtesy of Jean-Loup Baldacci via Taichung City Cultural Center
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Second Prize. Image Courtesy of Jean-Loup Baldacci via Taichung City Cultural Center
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Second Prize. Image Courtesy of Jean-Loup Baldacci via Taichung City Cultural Center
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Third Prize. Image Courtesy of Eisenman Architects via Taichung City Cultural Center
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Third Prize. Image Courtesy of Eisenman Architects via Taichung City Cultural Center
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Third Prize. Image Courtesy of Eisenman Architects via Taichung City Cultural Center
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Honorable Mention. Image Courtesy of Stucheli Architekten AG / Mathis Tinner via Taichung City Cultural Center
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Honorable Mention. Image Courtesy of MASS STUDIES / Minsuk Cho via Taichung City Cultural Center
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First Prize. Image Courtesy of SANAA via Taichung City Cultural Center
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Honorable Mention. Image Courtesy of Stucheli Architekten AG / Mathis Tinner via Taichung City Cultural Center
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Honorable Mention. Image Courtesy of Stucheli Architekten AG / Mathis Tinner via Taichung City Cultural Center
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Honorable Mention. Image Courtesy of MASS STUDIES / Minsuk Cho via Taichung City Cultural Center
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Honorable Mention. Image Courtesy of MASS STUDIES / Minsuk Cho via Taichung City Cultural Center
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First Prize. Image Courtesy of SANAA via Taichung City Cultural Center
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Second Prize
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Second Prize
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Third Prize
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Third Prize
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Honorable Mention
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First Prize. Image Courtesy of SANAA via Taichung City Cultural Center
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Honorable Mention
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Honorable Mention