Art in the Making

[...]the concept for the museum came before the hiring of curators or the acquisition of a permanent collection, though from the start officials imagined its exhibitions as featuring work by progressive Taiwanese artists of the early 20th century, a number of whom lived and practiced in the surround...

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Published in:Architectural Record 2024-07, Vol.212 (7), p.55-61
Main Author: Kornblatt, Izzy
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Aluminum
Architects
Architecture
Art galleries & museums
Artists
Design
Steel columns
Tubes
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Summary:[...]the concept for the museum came before the hiring of curators or the acquisition of a permanent collection, though from the start officials imagined its exhibitions as featuring work by progressive Taiwanese artists of the early 20th century, a number of whom lived and practiced in the surrounding area. [...]the firm proposed articulating the two key programs in formally distinct ways-museum galleries stacked above in the rectangular volume, and studios, along with shops and a restaurant, arrayed at ground level in a free-to-enter village of low structures-that together generate a dynamic back-and-forth. Yao's initial suggestion during the competition was that the aluminum tubes, into which round steel columns are subtly interspersed, would reference the reeds of the Dahan River, though as built they are perhaps most effective at giving the museum a distinctive visual identity when seen from afar.
ISSN:0003-858X
2470-1513