Taichung Mediatheque

The main objective of this design is to develop a unique tectonic method and spatial experience in a large-scale building. Typically, large-scale buildings feature a lots of windows and glass as their skin, making people to observe the outside world without understanding the internal system of the building. The program, mediatheque, emphasizes internal resources rather than external surroundings. With this character of the program, a façade has been designed to reduce noise from the main boulevard of the city, which is a important road connected to multiple public transportation, while providing a unique visual experience for the building. Circulation spaces have been placed between the mediatheque space and the façade, acting as a further buffer zone for noise. The circulation spaces that penetrate the stories of the building reveals the internal structure of the building, allowing visitors to experience a stunning scenery and understand a abstract idea of the structure of this building as walk through the space before entering the mediatheque space.