Taiwan Today
Date: January 8, 2016
Winner of the 2016 X-site architecture initiative was announced Jan. 6 by
Taipei City-based Shen Ting Tseng Architects’ floating pavilion enables viewers to experience intimate interactions with art and the landscape. (Courtesy of TFAM)
Taipei Fine Arts Museum, with locally based Shen Ting Tseng Architects awarded the NT$3.5 million (US$105,077) landscape installation project.
Floating, an open-air pavilion comprising a polyamide nylon canopy and a landscape sculpture, beat out 22 other contestants to claim first prize. Designed by Shen Ting-tseng and STTA members Huang Hsin-yi and Li Ya-chi, the innovative structure will grace the public square in front of the museum from April through July this year.
Runner-ups are Envision Engineering Consultants, WUIZ Design Taipei and the pairing of Lai Po-wei and Teng Chao-ming. [FULL STORY]