Thursday, March 4, 2010
"Reiser + Umemoto RUR Architecture PC along with joind tenderer Fei & Cheng Associates received first prize at the Taipei Pop Music Center Competition.With the Taipei Pop Music Center, Reiser + Umemoto and ARUP have fundamentally rethought the live music and entertainment venue to meet the challenges and opportunities of pop music and digital media in the 21st century."
"...Though many aspects of pop culture exist in a hyper-technological or virtual realm, there is a need for a defined physical hub dedicated to the production and reception of pop.Pop music, while a global phenomenon, is regional in its definition. The East Asian music scene typifies the phenomenon; while it crosses borders and cultures and dialects, it nevertheless has produced styles and genres with distinct transnational form and appeal. Though many aspects of pop culture exist in a hyper-technological or virtual realm, there is a need for a defined physical hub dedicated to the production and reception of pop..."
"While such adaptive models continue to host isolated events, they fail to provide an adequate context, identity or home base for the new ways producing, performing and consuming pop music. Only a “branded” piece of city, a flagship venue, can accomplish this sleight of hand: an immediately recognizable work that functions as an organic part of Taipei’s everyday life. It is therefore important to concentrate particular icons and connect them into a super-form that creates a site that will become synonymous with the Pop music industry..." passage & images from Archidaily
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