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PRESS RELEASE (National Palace Museum, Taiwan)


US ARCHITECT ANTOINE PREDOCK ANNOUNCED AS WINNER OF INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION TO DESIGN THE SOUTHERN BRANCH OF THE NATIONAL PALACE MUSEUM

Antoine Predock has been selected from a field of 6 finalists by the competition jury as the architect to design the National Palace Museum Southern Branch Museum.

Taipei, TAIWAN The National Palace Museum has announced the first prize winner of the open international design competition to design its Southern branch. The winning proposal was submitted by US architect Antoine Predock and selected from a field of 6 finalists by the competition jury on the 23rd of November.

Explaining his concept, Antoine Predock said: “Our proposal brings into focus a synthesizing concept of the intimate, varied Pan-Asian universe that the NPMSB intends to illuminate: ‘the need to know ourselves and other Asian regions as well.”. He also said: “Like Lin Hwai-min and Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan’s 2001 production, ‘Cursive’, visitors move through space and atmosphere, ‘imitating the linear route of ink, full of lyrical flows and strong punctions, with rich variations in energy.”

The winning design centers on the imagery of a mountain as a symbol for the architecture. Visitors can enter from either the south or north side of the museum complex and into the centre court of the museum. In other words, aside from purchasing tickets to view the museum collection, members of the public do not need to purchase tickets to enter the museum complex, pass through the centre court to enjoy the views and courtyard of the museum complex, allowing the museum to be more accessible and have a closer relationship with the public. After entering the museum from the plaza, the principal circulation path continues along a gentle slope, guiding the visitors upward to the regular exhibition hall. Juror, Mr. Aaron Betsky expressed: “There are a number of spectacular experiences the visitor will be able to have here, from moving through the building on a curving walkway without entering, to sheltering in its shadows, to rising up through the magic mountain and its vertical forest of wood lattice works, to becoming immersed in the sequence of dark and glowing spaces where the art of Asia will unfold like the Silk Road, leading to the futuristic and floating space of the new media gallery.”

Mr. Moshen Mostafavi, chair of the jury, said: “The jury was not only seeking the best solution for a building that would house this new collection of artifacts but for a strong visual symbol that would be readily identified with the museum and the region. The scheme by Antoine Predock Architects fulfills all of the above and unites the building with the surrounding landscape.”

Juror, Mr. Gary Hack commented that: “The Antoine Predock Jade Mountain is a unique and wonderful response to the site and its setting. It promises to become a world class museum, recognizing Asian traditions, but reimagining them for the future.’ He also added that: ‘The dualities of open and enclosed, dark and light, tradition and modern, roofed and soaring will create an experience unlike any others.’

“I judge that it will become known as one of the great new museum projects of the early 21st century, being seen as an icon of Taiwan’s culture ambitions, and I am confident that it will be a museum which many will be anxious to experience”, said juror, Mr. Robert Anderson.

Antoine Predock is an architect registered in the USA as well as a registered landscape architect and interior designer. From when the firm Antoine Predock Architect was established in 1967 to today, in addition to residential and commercial spaces, he has also designed major cultural facilities which include numerous museums, art museums, libraries, concert halls, opera houses and schools. Prior to practicing architecture, Antoine Predock studied mechanical engineering and also worked in the aeronautics industry. He graduated with a Masters degree in architecture from Columbia University in 1962, and in 2001, he was conferred honorary doctoral degrees by the University of Minnesota as well as the University of New Mexico. He has taught in numerous prestigious universities in Italy, Argentina as well as Harvard University, Southern California Institute of Architecture and UCLA in the USA. Antoine Predock has won many awards for his work, including the Rome Prize of the American Academy in Rome, National Honor Awards from the American Institute of Architecture (AIA), international design awards as well as the Gran Premio Internacional de Arquitectura de Buenos Aires.

Antoine Predock expressed that the National Palace Museum Southern Branch will be “an approachable, celebratory community center, a fluid, living scroll, that is woven and read, felt and lived, as it travels back in time, spiraling and unfolding toward contemporary Taiwan and the future.”


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「國立故宮博物院南部分院院區新建工程建築顧問服務案」

徵選結果揭曉

美國建築師Antoine Predock將為未來分院建築設計者


新聞稿
93/11/24


國立故宮博物院甄選南部分院建築顧問，採國際公開競圖，歷經兩階段評選，於11月23日由評審團選出優勝建築師－－來自美國的Antoine Predock將成為南部分院建築的設計者。

Antoine Predock闡述其設計理念：「我們的目標是要將交流密切、多元的泛亞宇宙，聚焦為一種整合的觀念，正如故宮南部分院所試圖呈現的：『認識自己，認識亞洲』。」在他的設計中，參訪者於空間與氛圍間的移動，將會猶如書法作品的墨色線條般充滿詩意的流動，有力的頓挫，與多樣充沛的能量變化。他並於簡報時特別提到林懷民雲門舞集的「行草」，為靈感來源之一。
在Antoine Predock的設計中，故宮南部分院的空間經驗，將有多條敘事軸線同時並存，參觀者於空間與時間中行進。亞洲的藝術、文化、歷史與空間將在他們眼前，如同一幅卷軸般緩慢地展開。
本案以山的意象作為建築物的中心象徵，參觀者可由博物館院區南面或北面進入，而後進入博物館的中庭。換句話說，除了購票參觀博物館，一般民眾不需購票也能進入、穿越中庭路徑，享受院區的景觀與庭院，使博物館與一般民眾的關係更為接近。由廣場進入博物館後，主要的參觀動線藉由一個連續的緩坡，將參訪者由下往上引導至常設展廳。中庭成為主要組織空間的元素，提供參訪者一個視覺與空間的指引定位點。

評審團主席Mohsen Mostafavi表示：「評審團不僅尋找新文物典藏的最佳方案，同時也要尋找一種能與博物館及當地認同的視覺象徵。Antoine Predock的設計正能實現這些目標。」
Gary Hack表示：「Antoine Predock的設計是對當地及週遭環境的一種獨特而精采的回應。可以確定會成為一所世界級博物館，呈現亞洲傳統，同時也是為未來重新想像這些傳統。開放與封閉空間、光與暗、傳統與現代、屋頂與翱翔感等雙重性，將創造一種無與類比的經驗。」
Robert Anderson表示：「我認為這所博物館會成為二十一世紀重大的新博物館之一，成為台灣文化企圖心的象徵。我也確定這會是一所許多人會迫切想來體驗的博物館。」
Aaron Betsky表示：「這個建築提供參觀者許多引人入勝的經驗。Predock透過他對地方與歷史的深入理解，讓我們體會到，過去的經驗如何能夠幫助我們創造新的空間、經驗，與文化。」

Antoine Predock本人是美國註冊建築師，同時也是註冊景觀建築及室內設計師。Antoine Predock事務所從1967年成立以來，除了住宅與商業空間外，設計過無數博物館、美術館、圖書館、表演廳、劇院、學校等大型的文化設施。Antoine Predock在接觸建築之前曾研讀機械工程，並從事於航太工業，1962年取得美國哥倫比亞大學建築碩士、2001年獲明尼蘇達大學與新墨西哥大學頒發榮譽博士學位。曾任教於義大利、阿根廷及美國哈佛、SCI-ARC、UCLA等知名大學。為Rome Prize Fellow，得過AIA國際設計獎、特殊榮譽獎、美國建築獎、Buenos Aires 國際建築雙年展首獎等多項殊榮。
他表示：「國立故宮博物院南部分院將成為一個可親近、可歡慶的社區生活中心，一幅流暢且充滿生命力的卷軸，人們編織它、閱讀它、感受它、體驗它。人們於博物館中走上通往過去的旅程，同時也盤旋而上，朝向當代台灣與未來展開。」

中國山水玻璃屋頂 故宮南院競圖勝出（台灣） 　 2004/11/25

美國新墨西哥州建築師安東尼．皮達克（Antoine Predock），贏得國立故宮博物院嘉義南部分院的國際競圖建築設計案，昨日作品正式公開。但其造型，卻被本地建築行家認為，類似華裔建築名師貝聿銘在日本京都郊區所設計的美秀博物館。

也就是由一座類似中國傳統建築的雙坡玻璃屋頂所構成的中庭，再將方正的厚重博物館環繞方庭一圈。評審團取其富有「紀念性、適宜亞洲文物展示」而勝出，擊敗其他競圖。

安東尼為西班牙裔，長期以來固守美國南方，在新墨西哥、亞歷桑納、內華達、德克薩斯等州有不少案例，亞歷桑納科學中心與加拿大人權博物館是其履歷最亮眼的作品，在拉斯維加斯一堆炫目亮眼的飯店中，他設計的圖書館與兒童博物館卻以厚重、保守，如沙漠動物般的堡壘建構而另類存在。

論者認為，安東尼．皮達克因久居新墨西哥州沙漠地帶，其建築設計風格偏向形塑巨大量體，宛如沙漠中大型仙人掌；建物又少開口，門窗在封閉的牆體中，所佔比例甚小，以避免風沙及陽光的過度曝曬；此外，他也擅長在幾何量體組合中，拉拔一座高聳的塔狀體，讓建物有通天地的象徵，可說是十足的「沙漠地區風土建築師」。

他的故宮南院設計，基本上也呈現這種格局，但幾何量體組合所呈現的大地建築卻是呼應嘉南平原，借用對比形式，欲把南院的大山水融入。

例如水景荷花池象徵平原、玻璃高塔詮釋為玉山、塔下叢竹中庭及所充滿的水氣，他詮釋為阿里山森林的山嵐；而如大學方院所圍塑的展館，他用最傳統的封閉房舍環繞一圈，並用黑色的花蓮大理石來打造，形成「厚重展館vs輕盈中庭」的簡單概念。

然而，安東尼似乎運用過多的本土符號和字眼以搏得評審青睞，例如玻璃塔象徵玉山、概念設計就強調將用黑色花蓮產大理石等等，空間與動線被形容為書法，是充滿詩意的流動，安東尼還說：林懷民的舞作「行草」，是他的設計靈感之一。

而評審團也認為其設計符合故宮意象，前大英博物館館長羅伯．安得森說：「取安東尼的設計，主要考量的是故宮亞洲文物展品所呈現的意象，而紀念性更是博物館的第一考量。」

這次巧合的是，另外5家建築師事務所，都揚棄保守與傳統的路線，設計九一一世貿重建建築師丹尼耳．李比斯金，宛如法蘭克．蓋瑞，設計一座神龍擺尾造型的自由量體﹔姚仁喜突破以往，以覆土分散的島嶼建築，設計出一座極富創意的地景博物館﹔荷蘭MVRDV則以3個小丘上頂一座正方形薄量體開天窗的博物館﹔日本隈研吾的玻璃圓形博物館，表現極其空靈的精神性。

相比之下，評審團說他們是在極短時間內就有共識，為故宮南院選出唯一的保守設計，這件作品將花費20億台幣，但立法院尚未通過預算。

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http://yam.udn.com/yamnews/daily/2486704.shtml

故宮南院、台博會建設列車 啟動

記者葉長庚／太保報導 01/28 04:06

故宮南院及台灣博覽會等重大建設所需龐大電力，經濟部同意以6.8億元進行電纜地下化，並已編定預算，縣府將協助取得用地，讓台電公司儘速完工；從高鐵太保站至故宮南院長1.8公里的道路拓寬為50公尺，用地與工程款預算共4億餘元都沒問題。

聯外道路拓寬用地取得與預算編列，是故宮南院與台灣博覽會重要關鍵，如今相關經費正一一獲得解決，象徵故宮南院建設列車順利啟動。

縣府表示，將於2008年開館的故宮南院，主建築已完成規劃，因台灣博覽會嘉義展場同年開展，負責台灣博覽會景觀規劃的美國歐林設計公司專案主持人仙蒂絲露馨達，昨天向縣府簡報。

仙蒂絲露馨達指出，台灣博覽會將結合故宮南院主體建築，設有人工湖，戶外規劃包括日本等亞洲國家庭園，將是最大特色，室內空間設計則呈現當代最前衛的亞洲數位藝術，讓亞洲庭園與數位藝術對話。

縣府昨天討論台灣博覽會亟待解決問題，包括電力供應及50公尺道路拓寬等，交通局說，經濟部已同意編列6.8億元進行電纜地下化，一周內將完成道路中心樁定位，由地政局協助用地取得，讓台電儘速動工。

至於高鐵太保站到故宮南院長1.8公里道路拓寬，交通局長莊湧龍說，營建署今年已編列2億餘元用地費，2億餘元工程款則列入95年度預算。

莊湧龍說，縣府今年將先墊支設計費，由營建署南區工程隊先行設計，一旦95年度預算通過，即可趕在94年底或95年初發包；這兩項重大難題都已獲解決。

故宮南院停車空間規劃1000輛小客車及200輛大客車，可供平日到故宮參觀5000名民眾停車，台博會期間估計每天湧入成千上萬人潮，縣府希望增加停車空間；此外，緊急救護系統路線亦需規劃，一旦發生地震，緊急疏散人潮與消防救援路線都能順暢

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More photos and infos about the museum at the following link:

http://www.npm.gov.tw/sbranch/ppt/256,1,Slide 1

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Wait... is that done by the same architect whose designing the renovations for the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Canada?

Wait... is that done by the same architect whose designing the renovations for the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Canada?

No.. Daniel Libeskind should be the architect for the Royal Ontraio Museum in Tornoto.

As far as National Palace museum goes, he did participate this competition and won the "2nd" prize. His concept of "Wing of Asia" design for the project lost only to Antoine Predock's winning design.

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APA NATIONAL PALACE MUSEUM PRESS RELEASE

National Palace Museum Southern Branch International Design Competition
Chiayi County, Taiwan ROC
The National Palace Museum (NPM), Taipei, Taiwan, (ROC), was the Sponsor of an open international architectural competition, which concluded November 23, 2004. Antoine Predock was selected as the Architect to design the Southern Branch of the National Palace Museum to be located at Taibo City, Chiayi County.

The open international competition attracted a total of over 40 entries from 14 countries. Six finalists were chosen on September 23 rd to develop design solutions to bring to the final round. They were:

Antoine Predock Architect (USA)
Artech Architects (Taiwan)
MVRDV (The Netherlands)
Kengo Kuma & Associates (Japan)
Valerio Olgiati (Switzerland)
Studio Daniel Libeskind (USA)

The international jury panel of architects and critics was chaired by the Director of the National Palace Museum, Mr. Shou-chien Shih, and included Aaron Betsky, Director of the Netherlands Architecture Institute, Dr. Gary Hack, Chair of the University of Pennsylvania School of Architecture, Dr. Robert Anderson, Former Director of the British Museum, Mohsen Mostafavi, Chair of the Cornell University College of Architecture, and Lin Sheng-fong, Minister in the Executive Yuan. Taiwan’s Premier Yu attended the local press conference and congratulated Mr. Predock with praise for his design.

The National Palace Museum in the Republic of China is one of the most prominent cultural institutions in the world. Renowned for its treasured collections of Chinese art and culture, the body of the collections are the Ch’ing Imperial Possessions left behind on the departure of the Last Emperor from the Forbidden City, some 600,000 pieces constitute an exquisite collection representing the entire range of Chinese art including paintings, textiles, ceramics, scrolls, etc.

The winning design by Antoine Predock, for the 75 million dollar museum project, conveys an episodic scroll–traveling through Asian space and time. The Museum is an abstract landscape, an analogous mountain foregrounded by water. From a base of Taiwanese marble, a faceted, jade-like central space rises from the museum courtyard…surrounded by a spiraling and unfolding bronze-clad gallery sequence. The architectural and landscape design intend to engage the larger Taiwanese community and visitors in an atmosphere that invites community activities and public use of thematic gardens referencing Asian landscapes rich with meaning.

Antoine Predock expressed that the National Palace Museum Southern Branch will be “an approachable, celebratory community center, a fluid, living scroll, that is woven and read, felt and lived, as it travels back in time, spiraling and unfolding toward contemporary Taiwan and the future.”

Antoine Predock is deeply indebted to his associates and staff who brought to the project, professionalism, commitment and passion, resulting in our selection.

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NPM unveils management, exhibit plans

2005-01-21 / Taiwan News, Staff Reporter / By Hungfu Hsueh

The National Palace Museum yesterday revealed detailed plans for the museum management and exhibition line-up for its southern branch in Taibao, Chiayi County. NPM's southern branch will be dedicated to exploring Asian culture and helping people gain more in-depth insights on it.

"What does 'Asia' really mean to us? What is our understanding of Asia?" Director of the NPM Shih Shou-chien questioned.

"We hope our future exhibitions in NPM's southern branch would allow our visitors to reflect on such questions," Shih continued.

"The mission for NPM's southern branch would be to help its visitors re-discover Asia and I believe this would be beneficial and educational for Taiwan, Asia and the rest of the world," Shih said.

Shih added that the term "Asia" had not been a widely-circulated concept until the 17th century, known as the age of great exploration in Western society, and a period when different peoples migrated to the region.

Future exhibitions will feature the inter relationship of Asian arts and culture through examining religion, trade and international relations. The exhibitions will examine both the spiritual and physical meanings of the collections.

Shih disclosed that the NPM will also ensure that the best quality of artworks will be featured in order to attract foreign visitors around the world.

"Visitors must come to the NPM's southern branch to see our exclusive collection of the Tibetan Kanjur (the wooden carved Buddhist script) and the bronze-gilt sculpture of Buddha Shakyamuni," Shih said.

Sixty-five percent of the items on exhibit is part of NPM's collection, while the rest of the items will be borrowed from foreign museums. The NPM has allocated 43 percent of the annual general budget to finance the borrowing of collections from foreign museums. NPM is also working on an exchange program, whereby exhibit items can be swapped between museums, in order to lower expenditures.

NPM also revealed its plan for the layout of the exhibit grounds for the future branch. Upon completion, the new branch will house five Permanent Exhibition Galleries, two Temporary Exhibition Galleries, one New Media Gallery and one Children's Creative Center.

NPM had also laid the groundwork for the first programs to be featured in the new branch. The first five program for the the Permanent Exhibition Galleries are: "A Handbook to Life: Asian Texts and Writing," "Incarnation Represented: The Buddhist Arts of Asia," "The Ultimate Luxury: The Cultures of Asian Textiles," "Blue-and-White: An Aesthetic of Asian Ceramics," "Western Influences: Trends in Later Asian Art."

NPM had developed a Children's Creative Center, where interactive games will be available, to boost children's interest and knowledge of Asian arts and culture.

Since families account for a big portion of its visitors, the museum has put priority on designing the children's creative center to encourage more parents to bring along their children.

The government on January 2003 decided on Taibao, Chiayi County as the location for the NPM's southern branch. On November 2004, NPM commissioned American architect Antoine Predock to design the museum. The NPM is scheduled to be completed in 2008.

NPM estimated that the new museum will attract around 950,000 visitors on its first year, and around 775,000 visitors for the succeeding years. First year revenues are forecasted to reach NT$66,025,375 while total spending is expected to hit NT$306,088,824. As such, NPM's southern branch will require NT$240,063,449 in subsidies from the government.

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Detail description of the project including photo rederings:

http://www.npm.gov.tw/sbranch/ppt/aor.ppt

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Wait... is that done by the same architect whose designing the renovations for the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Canada?

Here is the 2nd place winner "Daniel Libeskind"'s design on National place museum - Chiayi. He is also the winner of the new 911 world trade center rebuilding project.

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Personally, I don't really like his style. It's too common in today's modern arch. museum design. The geometry style is his forte, which made me felt similarities between his design and the Guggenheim museum bilbao and the LA Disney Concert Hall of Frank Gehry.

Overall, I am happy that Antoine Predock won the competition. :)

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Antoine Predock, an American architect well known for his innovative designs, has been chosen by The National Palace Museum, Taipei as the winner of the international Competition for the new National Palace Museum, Southern Branch to be located on 70 hectares of sugar cane fields in Taipao, Chiayi county. The new museum with its Pan Asian theme is expected to open in July 2008. The competition drew entries from 40 architects from 14 countries. The six finalists, of whom Predock was the winner, included Daniel Libeskind of the US, Kengo Kuma & Associates of Japan, Kris Yao of Artech Architects Taiwan, MVRDV of the Netherlands and Valerior Olgiati of Switzerland. Predock's design is described by the architect as bringing into focus a synthesising concept of the intimate, varied Pan-Asian universe that the NMSB intends to illuminate: 'The need to know ourselves and other Asian regions as well'.

Predock's design of a pyramid of glass and cypress rising out of a lake evokes Chinese ideas of the importance of mountains and water in landscape. Predock explains that his design also incorporates the museum's radical ideas of presenting Chinese culture from the perspective of how it influences and interacts with other world cultures. In keeping with the Pan-Asian theme of the museum, Predock designed various gardens around the museum building which convey the image of a mountain peak surrounded by four rectangular shapes alongside a lake. Viewed from a distance the building is likely to resemble a Chinese landscape painting.

Predock believes that through his work he has tried to present the philosophy of local culture, which emphasises great respect for nature. Adopting the Chinese definition for 'landscape', the design encompasses the shape of a 'mountain' alongside the 'water' (the lake).

The international panel of judges was chaired by National Palace Museum Director Shih and included Dr. Robert Anderson, former director of the British Museum, Mohsen Mostafavi, Chair of Cornell University College of Architecture, Dr. Gary Hack Chair of the University of Pennsylvania School of Architecture and Aaron Betsky, Director of the Netherlands Architecture Institute.

The Jury Comments were as follows. Hack is quoted as saying that 'the Antoine Predock Jade Mountain is a wonderful response to the site and its setting which promises to become a world class museum, recognising Asian traditions but retaining them for the future'. Anderson judges 'that it will become known as one of the great new museum projects of the 21st century, being seen as an icon of Taiwan's cultural ambitions, feeling confident that it will be a museum which many will be anxious to experience'. Mohsen Mostafavi commented that 'the jury were not only seeking the best solution for a building that would house this new collection of artefacts but for a strong visual symbol that would be readily identified with the museum and the region'.

Predock himself feels that his museum 'is an approachable, celebratory community centre, a fluid living scroll, that is woven and felt and lived, as it travels back in time, spiralling and unfolding toward contemporary Taiwan and the future'

Maggie Pai

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Predock's design of a pyramid of glass and cypress rising out of a lake evokes Chinese ideas of the importance of mountains and water in landscape


INfo. Taken from ASian Art Newspaper

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帥!大概要在2008年左右蓋好,是不是?那就太帥了!我下一次去台灣的時候,一定要去看工程現場.

this project has been forgotten because there hasn't been any significant news about it. many people probably thought it's not being built. but here's a small excerpt from taipei times today. AND IT'S BEING BUILT!!! :banana: let's continue posting news and future pics about it here.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2008/01/31/2003399596


Museum to open in 2011

Chiayi County Commissioner Chen Ming-wen (陳明文) said on Tuesday that despite serious construction delays, the southern branch of the National Palace Museum will open in 2011. Because of the delays in the construction, there has been criticism that the project might never take off, but Chen said that the project would "definitely be accomplished." Chen said the southern branch of the National Palace Museum is being built on a site of 70 hectares with a total budget of more than NT$6 billion (US$192 million). The budget for clearing the land alone was NT$450 million. The land-clearing work includes digging an artificial lake, planting trees, irrigation and water-release systems. As of Jan. 7, construction should have been 20.81 percent complete. However, the actual rate is just 11.9 percent.

WHAT?! I could have swore I remember reading it was going to be completed last year or this year at the latest. Goddamn delays.......well, at least it's getting built. All the designs look nice.

The architecture could be more traditional.

Does anynoe know the size of this one compare to the one in Taipei? Will it be the same size or significantly smaller?

I like Antoine Predock's design, but I wanna see Kengo Kuma's proposal.

they're finally back working on this. hopefully they will finally construct it and finish it!! i like antoine predock's winning design better but kris yao is good enuff so whatever! as long as its not c.y. lee!!


http://taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/03/26/2003499166

Museum releases designs for south branch

TRUDGING ALONG:The main structure of the National Palace Museum’s branch in Chiayi has been designed to reflect the ancient civilizations of China, India and Persia

After years of delays, the National Palace Museum yesterday unveiled the final architectural design for its southern branch and the park in which the new facility will be located.

The project, with a budget of more than NT$7.9 billion (US$268 million) and covering an area of about 70 hectares, is expected to be a new cultural and tourist attraction in the Chiayi area, museum officials said.

Two architecture firms chosen to design the museum and the overall landscaping were announced at a press conference yesterday.

Inspired by three different calligraphy strokes, architect Kris Yao (姚仁喜) of Taiwan designed the main structure, which consists of black and white curved buildings that meet and intertwine at each end.

A white bridge running between the buildings will allow visitors to walk past the museum without entering, Yao said.

The curves in the design symbolize the three mainstream ancient civilizations of Asia — China, India and Persia, he said, adding the intertwining also signifies the exchanges of the three cultures.

An advanced technique called “base isolation” will be used to protect the buildings from earthquake damage, Yao said.

An area of about 37 hectares has been planned for four Asian-style gardens, including a Japanese one and another featuring orchids, an important plant in southern Taiwan, said Teng Hao, director of the landscaping project.

Approved in 1994 by the Executive Yuan, the project had to surmount various obstacles, such as contract annulments, until the museum commissioned the Construction and Planning Agency to invite public bidders for the construction in 2009.

Typhoon Morakot, which struck southern Taiwan that same year, caused serious flooding at the construction site, dealing the long-delayed project another blow.

After more than two years of efforts, however, the branch is now expected to open in 2015, said Chou Kung-shin (周功鑫), director of the museum.

“It will be a great place to learn about Asian cultures,” she added.


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Architect Kris Yao, left, gives National Palace Museum director Chou Kung-shin an introduction to a model of the museum’s southern branch. Yao has designed the main structure of the new museum, which is expected to open in 2015.

like the 2nd winner :D

I like the old design =/

i would think it will be hard to create gallery space with all those curves.

I like the old design =/me too!

but it's too late....:(

me too!

but it's too late....:(

It's so dumb....the new design looks like a fking place to ride bikes on and do tricks or something.
Unbelievable...
if your investing freaking 200 million (I think) then do not freaking freaking build a shetty building.
omg.
THe first design was freaking beast.
> : (

It's so dumb....the new design looks like a fking place to ride bikes on and do tricks or something.
Unbelievable...
if your investing freaking 200 million (I think) then do not freaking freaking build a shetty building.
omg.
THe first design was freaking beast.
> : (what do u want? it's that kmt's taiwan, controled by mafia, corrupted and mediocre politicians, some dpp's politicians are not better....:down:

it couldve been worse. it couldve been designed by c.y. lee.!! artech's work is usually pretty nice. you cant tell from the model what the design really looks like so you should wait til he comes out with renderings.

but i dont know why they couldnt let antoine predock finish the project.:dunno:

what do u want? it's that kmt's taiwan, controled by mafia, corrupted and mediocre politicians, some dpp's politicians are not better....:down:

They are no different.
People vote these parties based on which party has advantage to the region they are living.

what do u want? it's that kmt's taiwan, controled by mafia, corrupted and mediocre politicians, some dpp's politicians are not better....:down:

It's all about guanxi.
FACK.
Why?
That building looks really bad.
Artech is a good designer most of the time but this one disappointed me ....
:ohno: The other buildings this designer designed is pretty good...but this one...
ugh.
Besides I don't think it could match the winner before.
Man I'm so disappointed.
200 million all gone into a pile of concrete.