Kaohsiung Maritime Cultural & Pop Music Center Proposal by Kubota & Bachmann Architects

Swiss/French practice Kubota & Bachmann Architects have sent us their entry for the Kaohsiung Maritime Cultural & Pop Music Center competition. The colorful proposal made it on the stage 1 shortlist and received an Honorable Mention in the final statge 2 of this highly popular international competition.

Project Description from the Architects:

“She’s like a rainbow” …..

Color is joy, color is love and color is Pop...

Joy is the pleasure of living in front of the sea, strolling along the beach, walking on the port and visiting the Port Market, the ships that come and go, looking into the distance.

Love is the meeting of two programs on a single site. It is the encounter of Kaohsiung Maritime Cultural and Popular Music Center.

Pop is the new symbol of Kaohsiung’s port. A place accessible to all audiences. A place where people sing and dance. A new meeting place in the city of Kaohsiung.

The Kaohsiung Maritime Cultural & Popular Music center is a composition of different programs and components. The arrangement forms a harmony of colors. “She comes in color everywhere like a rainbow.”

She comes in colors everywhere;
She combs her hair
She’s like a rainbow

- The Rolling Stones

Have you seen her all in gold?
Like a queen in days of old
She shoots her colors all around

- The Rolling Stones

Project Details:

Project Name: Kaohsiung Maritime Cultural & Popular Music Center

Client: Taiwan Government

Type of Competition: Two-stage open competition

Program: Outdoor performance area, Large performance hall, Small performance halls, Pop music exhibit area, Pop music industry (incubation) center, Marine culture exhibit center, Music and marine culture commercial area, Harbor wharf and passenger service center and Integrated environment planning

Building Surface (Project)
SUB TOTAL : 45 000 m²
GRAND TOTAL : 73 000 m²

Total Construction Budget (Project)
NT$ 4 395 000 000 (New Taiwan Dollar)

Schedule
The construction is scheduled to be finished by October 2015

Result
Stage 1 : Shortlist Tenders
Stage 2 : Honorable Mention

Stage 2 Team Member
Designer: Toshihiro KUBOTA, Yves BACHMANN
Local Architect: Charles C. Yen Architect
Landscape Architect: Bassinet Turquin Paysage
Environmental Engineer: Øyvind VESSIA
Ingenieurs Structure: Bollinger+Grohmann Ingenieure / Klaas De Rycke
Theather Designer: Ducks Sceno / Michel COVA
Acoustic Consultant: Nagata Acoustic / Yasuhisa TOYOTA
Perspectives: Sebastien RAGEUL, Narjis LEMRINI
Architects: Elen Le DEZ, Ikbal BOUAITA

Stage 1 Team Member
Designer: Toshihiro KUBOTA, Yves BACHMANN
Landscape Architect: Bassinet Turquin Paysage
Environmental Engineer: Øyvind VESSIA
Theather Designer: Ducks Sceno / Michel COVA
Perspectives: Sebastien RAGEUL
Architects: Ikbal BOUAITA, Anthony THEVENONT, Marine ROUANET

See more plans and diagrams in the image gallery below. All images courtesy of Kubota & Bachmann Architects.