Akihisa Hirata

The Marine Culture and Pop Music Center . Kaohsiung

source: Kaohsiung Marine Culture and Pop Music Center . Akihisa Hirata

The Ocean and Land are brought together with breathable foam architecture.

The architecture “Foam Form” is one of the pioneers in the 21st century architectural model. In the 20th century, modern architecture reached one of the completions and an international society shared common universality. But we 21st century man should live in a broader framework which relates to ecosystem, which means that, our architectural ideal model shifts from machine to life.

Living world shares tangling order from micro protein structure to macro level like jungle. This is like a single fabric which consists of various hierarchical systems. If the architecture is set as a one of the element for this fabric, is it possible to make a city as an extension? This is a challenge here now.

Go beyond the 20th century’s way of thinking which makes clear distinction between architecture and nature or outdoor and indoor, we would like to create one harmonious order in environmental and manmade elements, and this will create an architecture like a living organism.

I believe KMCPC fits to this new type of framework as it echoes with the humid climate offering nice outdoor space, the boundary location between sea and Kaohsiung city, the background of the marine culture with archipelago network, the performance space for pop music (mixture of the various musics).

Foam Form” has following characteristics:
“Foam Form” resembles bubbles.
“Foam Form” is breathing architecture.
“Foam Form” is architecture connecting the sea and lands.

Tenderer: Akihisa Hirata Nationality
Joint Tenderer: Ricky Liu & Associates Architects+Planners / Ricky Liu Nationality: R.O.C