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Taipei Performing Arts Centre
Various Architects have been asked by the Office of Metropolitan Architecture to join their team of architects as consultants on their competition winning Taipei Performing Arts Centre (TPAC) project in Taiwan. The project will be run from a newly established OMA office in Hong Kong, lead by David Gianotten. The Hong Kong office will also be working on several other projects, including the masterplan of the West Kowloon Cultural District and the Shenzen Stock Exchange.
Partner Ibrahim Elhayawan from Various Architects will be the project leader of the OMA team, and will work closely with Rem Koolhaas and the OMA team to develop the 40,000m2 theatre in Taipei from competition scheme to the definitive design phase. VA partner Jim Dodson will also join the team as an advisor for three two-week periods in Hong Kong during the next year. Various Architects were approached by OMA due to our extensive experience with complex cultural projects and theatres, something we look forward to further extending in Hong Kong.
The TPAC contains a 1500 seat theatre and two 800 seat theatres, which can be connected together in many configurations via an innovative and flexible stage arrangement. We are extremely excited to be a part of the OMA team on this bold theatre project and look forward to our collaboration over the next year.
For more information about the project refer to the OMA project page.
All images by OMA / Frans Parthesius© All rights reserved.
| STATUS: | Schematic Design |
| CLIENT: | Department of Cultural Affairs |
| SITE: | Taipei, Taiwan |
| SIZE: | 40,000 m2 |
| TEAM: | Jim Dodson, Ibrahim Elhayawan |
| PARTNERS: | Lead Architect: Office of Metropolitan Architecture |
Recent news
Monday, October 26, 2009
VA in Hong Kong and Taipei
Jim visits Ibrahim in HK for workshops with OMA
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Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Various Architects to Hong Kong
Consultants on OMA's Taipei Performing Arts Centre
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