New Taipei City Museum of Contemporary Art

New Taipei City, Taiwan | 2011 | 51,045 sqm | Competition

This proposal for the New Taipei City Museum of Art creates a cultural campus that inspires the divergent forces of nature and urbanity, ideas and reality, and art and quotidian life to converge and dissolve into a fluid environment in which these forces become symbiotic and nourish the cultural vivacity of New Taipei City. The museum will not only connect the city and its people to art but will also serve as a bridge connecting the city and to its riverfront.

Art is a reflection of life and culture. This design strives to generate an environment where art, artists, and the people and lifestyles from whom it was inspired converge to create a forum in which to experience and contribute to the creation of art. Aside from providing many public spaces for viewing art an attempt was made to think of art as a function and echo of everyday life. Programmatic elements such as artist studios and residences, affordable art stores and many restaurants have been interwoven into the program.

The design of museum minimizes waste and takes advantage of its natural setting by integrating structure and MEP systems into thermally active surfaces that not only support the building and its loads but also sustainably contribute to its heating, cooling and power requirements.