The program of the new Beigang Cultural Center is mainly composed of a 400-seat auditorium, a permanent exhibition space and a special exhibition space. Because of its significant volume and being a civic building, the cultural center can anchor the adjacent streets and establish an important city block.
The L-shaped building is further divided into two volumes, responding to the adjacent street intersection. The larger auditorium volume and the smaller exhibition hall volume are each sheathed with different types of granite.
Beigang Cultural Center
The L-shaped cultural centre in Taiwan by MAYU architects+ is composed of a 400-seat auditorium, a permanent exhibition space and a special exhibition space.
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- 07 March 2017
- Yunlin
The plaza in front of the building varies in elevation, and elongated stairs form the linear edge along the paved walkway next to the adjacent street. Unique in Taiwanese cities, this site planning creates subtle grading variance and generates dynamic visual effect that changes with viewing angles.
The interior spatial flow and the transparency created by the ground-touching ribbon glass windows do contrast with the substantial opaque building volumes above. The linear lobby extends out the circulation along longitudinal axis of the building. It joins with the stairs at the center turning node of the L-shaped plan and unites the stacked exhibition spaces with the secondary entrance in a dynamic way. The movement inside the transparent foyer is also being displayed to the public until the circulation of visitors is returned inwardly toward the auditorium.
Beigang Cultural Center, Yunlin, Taiwan
Program: cultural centre
Architect: MAYU architects+ – Malone Chang, Yu-lin Chen
Design team: Malone Chang, Yu-lin Chen, Ya-yun Wang, Pin-min Huang, Shi-hong Yao
Structural engineering: Li-Yen Wang Structural Engineers Associates
Area: 2,918 sqm
Completion: 2015