Photos reveal Shigeru Ban's Tainan Art Museum building in Taiwan
An overhanging canopy shades the cascading exhibition spaces and outdoor terraces that make up Shigeru Ban's gallery at the Tainan Art Museum.
Revealed in new photos by Paulo dos Sousa, the recently completed museum in Taiwan is designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Ban's studio with Shi Zhao Yon to evoke a Royal Poinciana ? the official tree of Tainan.
It is one of two buildings that form the Tainan Art Museum. The second will be another gallery contained within an old police station dating back to the 1930s that is currently under renovation.
Located in the West Central District, Shigeru Ban Architects' contribution to the Tainan Art Museum opened in January 2019. It hosts a collection of works and artefacts spanning 400 years by both Taiwanese and overseas artists. The Japanese studio first revealed its proposal in 2014 after winning an international contest for the building's design that was held by the local government to aid the development of the city's fine arts industry.
The new photographs reveal the building's distinctive white form that is composed of 2,508 square-metres of exhibition space, stacked over five storeys.
Shaded by the pentagonal, fractal canopy, this complex building form takes its cues from the Royal Poinciana tree in a bid to reduce its visual impact and prevent an imposing facade.
"If a building takes a square form, the sense of direction and frontage becomes too strong," explained Ban on the studio's website.
"I thoug...
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