A couple weeks ago, we featured STL‘s proposal for the Kaohsiung Competition. Now, Sun & Schrempp Associates have shared with us their design for a Marine and Pop Music Center driven by the wave motion of the water experienced at Kaohsiung’s marine port. More images and architect’s description after the break.
Kaohsiung’s Marine port is a vital element to the city’s culture and history. It used to serve as one of the largest marine ports in the world and is still the largest port in Taiwan. The unifying concept of this project is the wave motion of the water in the port. The wave motion drove the design of the site and each building. The Marine and Container industries along with the night market scene are prominent components of Kaohsiung’s history and culture that we want to incorporate. The industries provide the link to the rest of the world and the Kaohsiung night market is the city’s main cultural feature. We will transform the existing storage containers to an area suited for music and cultural performance, markets of fresh local foods, and lines of local shops similar to the city’s night market scene.
