The New Taipei City government plans to build a world-class museum of art in its Yingge district. Through an international competition held in 2011, creative schemes were sought in order to give the New Taipei City Museum of Art (NTCArt) a fresh look and versatile art exhibition space. The site for the new museum is an empty field which is surrounded by Huan-he Road on one side and Yingge River and Da-han River on the other, There are existing pedestrian and bicycle pathways along the road and rivers.
The functional planning of NTCArt will differ from the urban museum typology. Complemented by the distinctive characteristic of its location and setting, the museum aims to achieve the multifarious objectives of education, tourism, exhibition and recreation, with the following goals:
1. "ART AS LIFESTYLE" AND "LIFESTYLE AS ART"
An environment where art is a ubiquitous and integral part of life shall be created so that the public can experience a seamless fusion of art and lifestyle.
2. "APPROACHABLE" ARCHITECTURE AND PARK
Both the architectural design and the park planning shall strive to manifest a welcoming image that engages the public to enter and participate, contrary to the conventional perception of art museums as the exclusive territory for artists, patrons and experts.
3. BRIGHT, RELAXED EXHIBIT SPACE
In contrast with the conventional "upscale" image of art, a bright, relaxed exhibit space, readily accessible to the public, shall be created so as to invite them to engage in art as a lifestyle.
4. TOURISM- AND RECREATION-ORIENTED
Aligning with Yingge's gradual shift in industry positioning from ceramic manufacturing to tourism and recreation, the design of NTCArt shall also cater to these new development objectives.
5. A "PEOPLE'S ART MUSEUM"
The conventional positioning ot art museums no longer satisfies the needs of NTCArt. Instead, its design shall consider the distinct site features, global trends and the public's artistic lifestyle needs, with a view to create a "people's art museum".
Here we feature the top three winning entries from the competition.
FIRST PRIZE I "A FIELD OF DREAMS"
The winning entry comes from the team comprising Peter Boronski from New Zealand and Jean-Loup Baldacci from France, who envisions NTCArt as a building for the people.
The building sucks to distinguish itself by formal integration rather than separation from its surroundings. Instead of a singular or rigid structure, the museum is conceived as a field of overlapping volumes. Compartments are irregular, volumes and voids are incorporated, and park and museum spaces interspersed, creating a quasi-urban field. From afar, the museum appears to blend into the landscape. The structure appears to emerge from the ground in an array of fluid elements that mimic the curving and crossing of the converging waters of the Yingge River and Da-han rivers. The flowing and porous building suggests a state of constant movement which parallels the endless stream of ideas, passion and craft that is art, and promotes the idea of multiple and alternative forms of thought.
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