Thursday, February 25, 2010
Two very different buildings are standing next to each other in Taipei, Taiwan.
The Grand Hotel which was built in the fifties to recall the grandeur of the historical Chinese palaces and
Taipei Fine Art Museum which was built at the beginning of the eighties. This Museum has extraordinary dynamic floor plans and elevations. Like a sculpture it looks completely different when seen by different points of view and its scheme is so modern that recalls some of the recent project of OMA ( Vitra Art House) and those of few others contemporary architects. I particularly like the position of the windows located at the end of the "tunnels" only.
The Grand Hotel which was built in the fifties to recall the grandeur of the historical Chinese palaces and
Taipei Fine Art Museum which was built at the beginning of the eighties. This Museum has extraordinary dynamic floor plans and elevations. Like a sculpture it looks completely different when seen by different points of view and its scheme is so modern that recalls some of the recent project of OMA ( Vitra Art House) and those of few others contemporary architects. I particularly like the position of the windows located at the end of the "tunnels" only.
This temporary pavilion is the latest collaboration between OMA and the Prada, with OMA having designed several of there ‘Epicentre’ stores in New York and San Francisco. The transformer opened in the grounds of Seoul’s 16th-century Gyeonghui Palace in April 2009 and was open for 5 months in total.
It housed art, architecture, film and fashion exhibits. Its three sided steel structure is covered with a tensile fabric which is both easy to change and translucent to allow light into the internal spaces.
The idea of a building changing, and not simply being one thing, is an extremely interesting one, which has been proven by the large amount of media interest in the project. It could be the next step for cultural temporary structures, maybe the Serpentine gallery’s yearly temporary pavilion will evolve and transform in the coming years.
It housed art, architecture, film and fashion exhibits. Its three sided steel structure is covered with a tensile fabric which is both easy to change and translucent to allow light into the internal spaces.
The idea of a building changing, and not simply being one thing, is an extremely interesting one, which has been proven by the large amount of media interest in the project. It could be the next step for cultural temporary structures, maybe the Serpentine gallery’s yearly temporary pavilion will evolve and transform in the coming years.
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