Reiser + Umemoto (RUR) was awarded first prize in the international competition for a new cruise port and service center in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, Republic of China.
The contest was sponsored by the Kaohsiung Harbor Bureau, Ministry of Transport and Communications, Taiwan, Republic of China.
For this project, RUR will partner with local architects and Associates Fei Cheng (Taipei), with also working on his first place win Taipei Pop Music Centre project. Also in the project team is Ysrael A. Structural Engineer Seinuk, PC (New York), Reiser + Umemoto and Ysrael A. Seinuk also worked in his office tower S-14, which is currently nearing completion in Dubai, UAE. Rounding out the team in other engineering disciplines ARUP is Hong Kong.
For Terminal Port of Kaohsiung, RUR proposed a 3-dimensional dynamic planning that takes advantage of lateral positioning of the site only with respect to the grid of the city. Existing public pedestrian flows along the elevated boardwalk proposal may be amplified, rather than interrupted by the creation of a steady rise in public esplanade along the coast. speed functions and ferry, meanwhile, are just below the public and held various areas to secure your departure / arrival passengers.
The vertical movement is organized around areas of thickening in the skin of the building which also house structure, utilities, and ventilation. The structure is a system of nested shells, long, consisting of a spatial structure underlying steel tube that is inserted by closing panels to create a usable cavity space.
In general management experience yet functionally separate flows will an aura of energy for space terminal point.
The main hall is divided into three different partitions, each associated with a different itinerary to travel by boat, while the contests are oriented parallel to the shoreline to maximize the interface between water and land. By vertically splitting the functions of the public in general, port companies, and travelers along this coastal edge RUR were able to keep operating the various uses of high efficiency and at the same time allowing the synergy of functions mixture to the general public.
An essential component to the vitality of the Port Terminal Project is the connection with a large public space project along the water's edge. The importance of this waterfront area is different but connected with the city of Kaohsiung is invaluable. The promenade linking the new pop music center, arts and shopping districts within a green necklace along the coast. The walk will be a 24-hour period that encourages shopping, dining and recreation. Moreover, with this vital conduit shall guarantee the continued economic viability of the port terminal, maintaining and expanding the periodic maritime uses cruise and ferry terminal.
The project is scheduled for construction in 2012 and is expected to be operational by 2014, with a construction budget of approximately $ 85 million. The contest was sponsored by the Kaohsiung Harbor Bureau, Ministry of Transport and Communications, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Kaohsiung Port Terminal will have a series of wavy horizontal structures, each with glass facades at the ends, which are merging to the center and fired to form a tower at the opposite end.
The building's facade will feature a series of thin glass openings, following the curves of the structure.
An elevated promenade at street level and provide pedestrian access throughout the building.
This part will be separated from the arrival and departure areas for ships and ferries, which is below.
New York practice Reiser + Umemoto .
Kaohsiung Port Terminal competition
