The Kaohsiung harbor is truly at the heart of the Kaohsiung urban landscape.
Adjoined by the surrounding downtown areas, where the Taiwan Strait meets the
love river, there is a critical opportunity to establish a new urban fabric as a
fulcrum for the Asia-Pacific music culture and an international exchange
platform for marine culture. The project presents a unique opportunity to impact
a large area of Kaohsiung with an ambitious complex program. The challenge
arises from the need to provide the new center with an iconic identity while
allowing it to be an urban space of civic stature for the enjoyment of locals,
tourists and concert goers.
The ambition to provoke urban change can be understood as a desire to create
a marine culture and pop music center that highlights the unique character of