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Tainan Spring
Tainan Spring
Tainan, Taiwan
Jury Winner, 2020 A+Awards, Concepts - Plus - Architecture +Urban Transformation
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Other Projects by MVRDV
Tainan Spring
Tainan, Taiwan
Jury Winner, 2020 A+Awards, Concepts - Plus - Architecture +Urban Transformation
Project Featured on Mar 19, 2020
Project of the Day on Mar 19, 2020
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Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2020
Architect: MVRDV
Principal in charge: Winy Maas
Partner: Wenchian Shi, Jeroen Zuidgeest
Project coordinator: Hui-Hsin Liao
Design team: Hui-Hsin Liao, Angel Sanchez Navarro, Stephan Boon, Xiaoting Chen, Andrea Anselmo, Yi Chien Liao, Zuliandi Azli, Olivier Sobels, Dong Min Lee, Chi Yi Liao
Visualization: Antonio Luca Coco, Costanza Cuccato, Davide Calabro, Paolo Mossa Idra
Copyright: Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs, Nathalie de Vries
Partners:Urban Planners: The Urbanists Collaborative, Taipei, Taiwan
Local Architect: LLJ Architects, Taipei, Taiwan
Landscape Designers: Progressive Environmental Inc., Taipei Taiwan
Structure Design: Urban Sculptor, Taipei, Taiwan
Traffic Engineers: THI Consultants Inc., Taipei, Taiwan
MEP: Songsing Engineering Consultants Inc., Taipei, Taiwan
Images: Aplus Digital Technology Co., Ltd
Tainan Spring is a public space design that includes the transformation of a former city-centre shopping mall into an urban lagoon and the improvement of a kilometre-long stretch of the nearby Haian Road. The plan includes improved public pathways, a reduction in traffic, and the addition of local plants.
The China-Town mall has been removed and meticulously recycled. The mall’s underground parking level has been transformed into a sunken public plaza dominated by an urban pool and verdant local plants. The pool has been carefully planned to be a perfect gathering spot for all seasons. This space hosts playgrounds, gathering spaces, and a stage for performances, while the artful deconstruction of the building’s concrete frame has left a number of follies that can be converted to shops and kiosks.
This new way of preserving heritage meant that the site was not cleared and renewed in a tabula rasa approach – instead the foundations of the former mall stick out of the park and the lagoon like a contemporary Roman Forum, offering a visual marker of the historical decision to close a port in favour of a mall.
The renovation of Haian Road has brought new life to one of Tainan’s most lively streets. Traffic on the street has been reduced, with cars now occupying just a single lane in each direction. Both Haian Road and the new public square see the introduction of large areas of planting, which makes use of local plant species mixed together in a way that emulates the natural verdant landscape to the east of Tainan
Credits:
- The Urbanists Collaborative - Lustainability/landscape and urban designers - The Urbanists Collaborative
- Frontier Tech Institute - MEP engineers - Frontier Tech Institute
- Yong-ji Construction Co. Ltd. - General Contractor - Yong-ji Construction Co. Ltd.
- Evergreat Associates, SE - Structural engineers consultant - Evergreat Associates, SE
- LLJ Architects - Local architects - LLJ Architects
- THI Consultants Inc., - Transportation planners - THI Consultants Inc.,
- LHLD Lighting Design - Lighting designers - LHLD Lighting Design
Principal in charge: Winy Maas
Partner: Wenchian Shi, Jeroen Zuidgeest
Project coordinator: Hui-Hsin Liao
Design team: Hui-Hsin Liao, Angel Sanchez Navarro, Stephan Boon, Xiaoting Chen, Andrea Anselmo, Yi Chien Liao, Zuliandi Azli, Olivier Sobels, Dong Min Lee, Chi Yi Liao
Visualization: Antonio Luca Coco, Costanza Cuccato, Davide Calabro, Paolo Mossa Idra
Copyright: Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs, Nathalie de Vries
Partners:Urban Planners: The Urbanists Collaborative, Taipei, Taiwan
Local Architect: LLJ Architects, Taipei, Taiwan
Landscape Designers: Progressive Environmental Inc., Taipei Taiwan
Structure Design: Urban Sculptor, Taipei, Taiwan
Traffic Engineers: THI Consultants Inc., Taipei, Taiwan
MEP: Songsing Engineering Consultants Inc., Taipei, Taiwan
Images: Aplus Digital Technology Co., Ltd
Tainan Spring is a public space design that includes the transformation of a former city-centre shopping mall into an urban lagoon and the improvement of a kilometre-long stretch of the nearby Haian Road. The plan includes improved public pathways, a reduction in traffic, and the addition of local plants.
The China-Town mall has been removed and meticulously recycled. The mall’s underground parking level has been transformed into a sunken public plaza dominated by an urban pool and verdant local plants. The pool has been carefully planned to be a perfect gathering spot for all seasons. This space hosts playgrounds, gathering spaces, and a stage for performances, while the artful deconstruction of the building’s concrete frame has left a number of follies that can be converted to shops and kiosks.
This new way of preserving heritage meant that the site was not cleared and renewed in a tabula rasa approach – instead the foundations of the former mall stick out of the park and the lagoon like a contemporary Roman Forum, offering a visual marker of the historical decision to close a port in favour of a mall.
The renovation of Haian Road has brought new life to one of Tainan’s most lively streets. Traffic on the street has been reduced, with cars now occupying just a single lane in each direction. Both Haian Road and the new public square see the introduction of large areas of planting, which makes use of local plant species mixed together in a way that emulates the natural verdant landscape to the east of Tainan
Credits:
- The Urbanists Collaborative - Lustainability/landscape and urban designers - The Urbanists Collaborative
- Frontier Tech Institute - MEP engineers - Frontier Tech Institute
- Yong-ji Construction Co. Ltd. - General Contractor - Yong-ji Construction Co. Ltd.
- Evergreat Associates, SE - Structural engineers consultant - Evergreat Associates, SE
- LLJ Architects - Local architects - LLJ Architects
- THI Consultants Inc., - Transportation planners - THI Consultants Inc.,
- LHLD Lighting Design - Lighting designers - LHLD Lighting Design
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