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CEUBUILDINGTYPESTUDY1,04860TaipeiPerformingArtsCenterTaiwan|OMA68OrangeCountyMuseumofArtCostaMesa,California|MorphosisArchitects76CharlesNègreLibraryandCulturalCenterGrasse,France|IvrySerresArchitectureandBeaudouinArchitectes84DavidGeffenHallNewYork|DiamondSchmittandTodWilliamsBillieTsienArchitectsCONTINUINGEDUCATIONLearningObjectivesAIA/CESCourse#K2212ACEUARTSCULTURECEUOMA’sTaipeiPerformingArtsCenterfloatsabovethecity,promisingnewpossibilitiesforthemakingoftheater.BYIZZYKORNBLATTPHOTOGRAPHYBYIWANBAANjdy1LOCATEDATamajorintersection(opposite),TPACcommandsattentiondespitethecity’svibrantlightsandsigns(above).90SECTIONA-ACEUCULTURE1PLAZA1PLAZA2LOBBY2LOBBYKCALUEBOXTHEATERM121012850FT.15M.2AAA30100FT.SECOND-FLOORPLAN30SECOND-FLOORPLAN30M.567050FT.EIGHTH-FLOORPLAN15M.publicspaces,includingthemultilevellobby(right),pullsvisitorsfromaplaza(above)intothebuilding.SphereshavebeenaleitmotifforKoolhaasatleastsincehis1972“cityofthecaptiveglobe”speculativeproject(opposite,bottomleft).63CEUCEUARTSCULTUREASee-ThroughMachineATTHETAIPEIPerformingArtsCenter,severalfamiliarelementsofpastOMAprojectsmakeappearances,nonemorenoticeable,perhaps,thanthecorrugatedglassthatcladsthreesidesofthecentralcube,recallingtheCasadaMúsicainPorto(2005)andQatarNationalLibrary(record,April2018).Ineach,thedistortedviewsandreflectionscreatedbytheglassbecomeacriticaldesignelement—butcorrugatedglassalsobringsimportantpracticalbenefits.Itsstructuralstiffnessmeansthatlarge,thinpanelscanbeused—inTaipei,mostmeasuremorethan15feetinheightandvaryindepthbetweenahalf-inchandaninchdependingonwindload—withouttheneedformullionsorverticalstructureofanykind.Anditsundulatingformdiffractssoundratherthanreflectingitinasingledirection,reducingechoesinspacesusedforrehearsalsandsmallperformances.TheglassusedinTaipei,anannealedlami-natemanufacturedbyBarcelona-basedCricursa,isanimprovementoverthatofpastprojectsintheplanimetricprofileofeachpanel:whereasthepanelswereformerlyomega-shaped—thatis,thejointswereatthecrestsoftheundulatingwaves—heremostareS-shaped,sothejointsarelocatedbetweenthewavesandarelessvisiblewhenthefacadeisseenstraight-on.(Certainpanelsarehalfaswide,andthoseatthebuilding’scornersarethree-quartercircles.)Eachpanelisverticallysupportedatthreepointsbysteelshelvesthatareinturntiedtothefloorslabs,accordingtoRonaldWenting,afacadeengineerwiththefirmABT,whoworkedbothonTPACandtheQatarNationalLibrary.“Theforcesneedtoruninaclearwaythroughthestructure”inordertopreventtheglassfromcracking,hesays—especiallygiventhatTaiwanregularlyexperiencesbothearth-quakesandtyphoons.(Thestructureisbase-isolatedtoaddressTaipei’shighseismicity.)Thedesignandexecutionofthefacadewasinasense“thebiggesttechnicalchallengeoftheproject,”saysKrisYao,thefounderofKRISYAO|ARTECH,whichpartneredwithOMAaslocalarchitectofrecord.Particularlydifficultwasproducingthecustompanelsthatinter-facewiththealuminumsphereoftheglobetheater.Becausealready-curvedpanelscouldnotbecuton-site,contractorscutplywood“dummypanels”thatreflectthesphere’snot-always-exactcurvatureandthatwerethenusedtomakemoldsfortheglazing.Intotal,thebuildinghasover1,200corrugatedglasspanels,ofwhichmorethan50arecustomized.Eachpanelhasatwo-elementPVB(polyvinylbutyral)interlayerthatreducessolarheatgainandgivesthebuildingadarktintwhenseeninbrightsunlight.Furtherchallengesaroseindealingwiththetoleranceswheredifferentmaterialsmeet,and,inafewspots(includingtheinterfacewiththesphere),thecontractors’executionofvisibledetailsleavessomethingtobedesired.But,inabuildingasindustrialasthisone,suchevidenceofdifficultywillnotbenoticedbymostvisitors.Muchmoreimportant,thecorrugatedglassenablesthecubeatnighttobecomean“almostsee-throughmachinethatsuggestswhat’shappeninginside,”saysChiajuLinofOMA—asharpcontrasttotheopaquetheatersthat,shesays,“floatmysteriouslyintheair.”IKe