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Kaohsiung Marine Gateway
The new Kaohsiung Marine Gateway Terminal designed by Asymptote is a new
state of the art transportation interchange, an urban destination with
both terminal and public facilities including exhibition and event
spaces for the people of Kaohsiung as well as for national and
international visitors. The project transforms the site from its
industrial roots into a dynamic urban hub and a global gateway that
bring a powerful and electric experience to the city 24 hours a day.
The port terminal as envisioned by Asymptote is designed to invigorate
and activate Kaohsiung’s city edge at the water. The port terminal
extends the urban realm from the center of Kaohsiung to the city’s
waterfront and connects this new urban space with the vitality of the
future Pop Music Center and other public recreational and commercial
activities that are to be located along the planned park at water’s
edge.
Key components of Asymptote’s design are two elegant towers, a
sculptural terminal hall that is framed and hovers in an elevated
position between them, and a plinth below that connects the towers and
accommodates a new public urban space. This open plaza is an articulated
yet continuous public space that is located at the very intersection of
circulation paths that seamlessly draw the urban space of Kaohsiung
into the heart of the project through to the water’s edge and back
towards the city. These provide access to a number of important public
spaces and programs as well as contribute to the dramatic entry sequence
to the port facilities. This intertwining of public and private access
as well as programming creates an activated public realm, providing a
unique experience to ship passengers and city dwellers alike.
The curved form of the terminal hall sits delicately yet majestically
above the large open plaza activated by the flow of people moving back
and forth between the harbor and the city. From the city, the terminal
forms an urban scaled aperture that frames the harbor and water beyond.
The sculpted underside of the floating building provides shelter to the
urban space from the strong sun and seasonal rains while at night it
provides dramatic illumination for the ongoing public activities, events
and celebrations. The interior of the terminal building provides a
spectacular culmination; a soaring vertical space naturally lit from
above leads up to the large clear span of the terminal hall with
sweeping panoramas of the City and the Kaohsiung skyline on one side and
of the Sea, the sky and the horizon on the other. These are experienced
within a dramatic space defined by the sophisticated geometry of the
curved shell roof and the lightweight sculptural panels suspended below
where the geometric pattern of the assembly creates ever-changing
spatial and light effects, celebrating the events of both arrival and
departure.
state of the art transportation interchange, an urban destination with
both terminal and public facilities including exhibition and event
spaces for the people of Kaohsiung as well as for national and
international visitors. The project transforms the site from its
industrial roots into a dynamic urban hub and a global gateway that
bring a powerful and electric experience to the city 24 hours a day.
The port terminal as envisioned by Asymptote is designed to invigorate
and activate Kaohsiung’s city edge at the water. The port terminal
extends the urban realm from the center of Kaohsiung to the city’s
waterfront and connects this new urban space with the vitality of the
future Pop Music Center and other public recreational and commercial
activities that are to be located along the planned park at water’s
edge.
Key components of Asymptote’s design are two elegant towers, a
sculptural terminal hall that is framed and hovers in an elevated
position between them, and a plinth below that connects the towers and
accommodates a new public urban space. This open plaza is an articulated
yet continuous public space that is located at the very intersection of
circulation paths that seamlessly draw the urban space of Kaohsiung
into the heart of the project through to the water’s edge and back
towards the city. These provide access to a number of important public
spaces and programs as well as contribute to the dramatic entry sequence
to the port facilities. This intertwining of public and private access
as well as programming creates an activated public realm, providing a
unique experience to ship passengers and city dwellers alike.
The curved form of the terminal hall sits delicately yet majestically
above the large open plaza activated by the flow of people moving back
and forth between the harbor and the city. From the city, the terminal
forms an urban scaled aperture that frames the harbor and water beyond.
The sculpted underside of the floating building provides shelter to the
urban space from the strong sun and seasonal rains while at night it
provides dramatic illumination for the ongoing public activities, events
and celebrations. The interior of the terminal building provides a
spectacular culmination; a soaring vertical space naturally lit from
above leads up to the large clear span of the terminal hall with
sweeping panoramas of the City and the Kaohsiung skyline on one side and
of the Sea, the sky and the horizon on the other. These are experienced
within a dramatic space defined by the sophisticated geometry of the
curved shell roof and the lightweight sculptural panels suspended below
where the geometric pattern of the assembly creates ever-changing
spatial and light effects, celebrating the events of both arrival and
departure.
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