The Cultural Square

The Kaohsiung Public Library is a new state-of-the-art multimedia research, study and entertainment space that allows for maximum flexibility. Visitors experience public spaces together at an exhibition or show, or they can “get together to be alone” to read or study. Mecanoo’s response to the design competition comes in the form of a singular building, designed as a garden, which emerges on the site in the shape of a monumental ‘green’ cube.

Cultural Square Day View

• Architect: Mecanoo Architect
• Description: Library and theatre complex with reading rooms, conference facilities, book store, exhibition space, open air theatre, underground parking, public plaza and outdoor space, sedum moss roof, parking garage.
• Client: Public Library of Kaohsiung
• Project address: Singuang Boulevard, City of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
• Scale: 38.000 m2 
• Competition: 2011 (more…)