Taipei Performing Arts Center Opening this Summer!
Taipei Performing Arts Center (TPAC) will open to the public in summer 2022. The new spectacular landmark of Taiwan’s capital city will become the epicentre of the island’s vibrant contemporary culture where no subject matter and technical demand are off limits.
Image Courtesy of Taipei Performing Arts Center
Image Courtesy of Taipei Performing Arts Center
Commissioned by the Taipei City Government to foster the development of the arts, TPAC has been designed by a global team of the renowned architecture practice, Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), led by Pritzker-Prize-winning architect Rem Koolhaas and David Gianotten, in collaboration with local architecture firm KRIS YAO | ARTECH and engineering company Arup.
The monumental 59,000-square-metre complex floats above the bustle of Taipei’s famous Shilin Night Market, renowned for its pulsating street life and as an international foodie destination. The futuristic design shatters the standardised model of contemporary theatres and embraces inclusivity, reflecting the liveliness and open-mindedness of Taipei and its people.
Image Courtesy of Taipei Performing Arts Center
Image Courtesy of Taipei Performing Arts Center
TPAC comprises three theatres plugged into a lifted central cube that invites the city’s street life on site. The spherical 800-seat proscenium theatre, Globe Playhouse, resembles a planet docking against the cube. The Grand Theatre is a 1500-seat space for a wide variety of performing arts genres. Opposite to it and on the same level is the 800-seat multiform theatre, Blue Box, for the most experimental performances. When coupled, the two theatres become the 2,300-seat Super Theatre, a massive space with factory quality. Equipped with facilities to meet the most daunting challenging pyrotechnical demands of contemporary theatre, the spaces have been specially designed to offer new theatrical opportunities.
Image Courtesy of Taipei Performing Arts Center
Image Courtesy of Taipei Performing Arts Center
Image Courtesy of Taipei Performing Arts Center
The soft opening of Taipei Performing Arts Center takes place from 11 March to 15 May. Fifteen performing arts groups have been invited to offer 46 ticketed performances and 12 free performances, including drama, dance, musical, puppetry.
For more information please visit: https://www.tpac-taipei.org/