Taichung Hill Project
Designed in the form of a hill, out of which architectural volumes of different sizes emerge, the Taichung Hill project is placed as a striking landmark withing the Taichung Gateway Park and functions both as a way signalling the presence of Park and as a stunning landscaped landmark in the new urban streetscape.
The architectural volumes that emerge in the dramatic fashion from the Taichung Hill project are as much for public access as they are to provide light, perspectives, and ventilation and to ensure the proper functioning, comfort and life of the Library and Museum. This composition of volumes emerging dynamically from the landscape creates a garden where landscape and architecture are merging organically as one.
view of the Taichung Hill Project from Gateway Park
view of exhibition rooms opening towards the landscape and the cityscape
view of the first exhibition room seen from the lobby of the art museum
view of the public concourse and the lobby of the art museum from the atrium staircase
The project proposal has taken into account all the urban regulations required for construction (setback, heights, etc.), and also the limitation of the 1.16 hectares footprint for the project. We have proposed an overall area that is 10% higher than the areas required in the brief, as this reflects the need to increase public and technical spaces befitting the importance of the institution. Further discussions with the client will facilitate refinement of areas in the best interests of the project.
The Library sits within the heart of the Hill and is organised across five levels around an impressive atrium area that is open to the sky and rests on a basement level used for technical purposes. The rooms of the Library are lit by large window bays opening toward the surrounding landscape or by light wells open to the sky. The interior palette of the Library is made up of warm wood tones. The plan of the Library alternates large reading rooms looking out over the surrounding landscape with smaller reading rooms leading off from the atriums and under the light wells, or smaller reading areas in the open spaces that break up the interior volumes.
The Museum is located in the core of the Hill and like the Library is organised across five levels of rooms above a basement level used for technical purposes. Most of the exhibition rooms are designed as flexible five-metre areas with no intermediary structures. These ‘ideal’ exhibition spaces open onto the city and the gardens, enjoying spectacular views outwards.
the Library
the Museum
The project’s Library and Museum are integrated withing this spectacular landscape, and the architecture benefits fully from the daylight and views that emanate into the heart of the Hill, creating beautiful underground spaces that are like a quarry space opening up to the garden or the sky.
While mainly dominated by the telluric brown/red colour of the wooden walls and floors, the project incorporates the spectacular white architectural volume of the Museum spaces. The striking contrast between the brown/red dramatic spaces of the Library and the neutral white spaces of the Museum creates a very strong colour scheme for the project and will contribute strongly to the visual identity of the Taichung Hill Project.
view of one of the Library reading rooms opening towards Gateway Park
view of the art cafe in the pavilion overseeing the Gateway Park
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