스티븐 홀의 새로운 계획안, 타이완 해양박물관의 지향점은 동양과 서양의 역사적인 심볼에 대한 현대적인 재해석과 그 재해석 과정; 불교국가인 타이완의 역사성 접목, 바닷가에 면한 지리적 특징이 투영된 재해석과정 속에서 발현되는 건축어휘의 일관된 사용에서 찾아 볼 수 있다. 그의 컨셉드로잉에도 잘 나타난 것과 같이 원은 불교미술, 바이킹 둔-스톤, 로마시대 모자이크 및 기독교의 삼위일체를 묘사하는 상징으로 이번 프로젝트를 이끌어가는 주요한 건축언어로 사용된다. 그리고 건축어휘로 재가공된 원은 교차되고 제거되며 전시장의 돔지붕으로, 인공수면 하부의 선큰으로 적용된다. 특히 수평선으로 무한히 확장되는 리플렉팅 풀과 기하학적 도형의 시퀀스는 정제된 건축의 정수를 맛보게 한다.
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Steven Holl Architects’ schematic design for the Taiwan ChinPaoSan Necropolis has been approved. The scheme, planned for an oceanfront property just 40 minutes from Taipei, will provide a new arrival hall to serve the complex’s 10,000 existing burial sites and an oceanic pavilion for an additional 150,000 ashbox sites.
More than 30 schemes were considered, however Holl’s watercolor explorations lead to the approved idea of intersecting spheres which, as the practice described, “yielded amazing overlapping perspectives that created an astonishing spatial energy.”
Image Courtesy of Steven Holl Architects
Architects: Steven Holl Architects
Location: Taipei City, Taiwan
Design Team: Steven Holl (design architect), Roberto Bannura
(project director), Noah Yaffe (partner), Michael Rusch (associate), Xi
Chen(project architect), Yu-Ju Lin (project architect), Yun Shi (project
team), Bell Ying Yi Cai (project team), Zach Cohen (project team),
Wenying Sun (project team), Yan Zhang (project team), Arseni Timofejev
(project team), Qiyue Hu (project team), Shenpei Ha (project team)
Client: ChinPaoSan Group
Local Architect: Chou Chienping Architects
Local Engineer: TH TSAI and Associates
Structural Engineer: Guy Nordenson and Associates
Mechanical Engineer: Heng Kai Inc
Climate Engineer: Transsolar
Area: 54000.0 sqm
Year: 2018
Photographs: Courtesy of Steven Holl Architects
“The geometry of intersected spheres refers back to a rich ancient history of symbolism,” described Holl. “Borromean Rings appeared in Buddhist Art, Viking rune-stones and Roman mosaics thousands of years ago. Christians have also used this symbol to portray or represent the unity of the Holy Trinity. Borromean Rings also represent the karmic laws of the universe and the interconnectedness of life. In the I Ching, the earth is represented as a square and the heavens as a circle.”
Pulling the ocean horizon into the composition, intersecting spheres will be embedded into a rectangular plan shrouded by a thin sheet of water. Beyond aesthetics, this reflecting pool of water will contribute to the design’s overall sustainable agenda; 60 percent of the complex’s electricity will be provided by underwater photovoltaic cells, while the water’s ability to cool will increase photovoltaic efficiency by 20 percent.
Geothermal heating and cooling, as well as wind power, rain water collection, passive cooling strategies and a displacement ventilation system will also be employed in an effort to obtain LEED Platinum certification upon completion in 2018.
The arrival building, will take the shape of the allotted plot extruded into four levels with spherical subtractions. Openings in the intersecting spheres will bring natural light into the build’s interior. Urn shelving, which occupies most of the building’s section, will be arranged in different typologies: radial, circular, and orthogonal.
Construction of the Oceanic Pavilion will be in white concrete with black granite floors. Hinoki wood will be used for doors and partitions. Ceremonial areas will be treated in translucent alabaster and gold-leaf.
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