Mecanoo MAYU architects   Taiwan   The 37,000-square-meter building for Taiwan’s oldest city presents an inverted stepped shape designed by Mecanoo, the Dutch firm headed by Francine Houben, in collaboration with the local office Mayu Architects. Held up by quartets of slender white c

MAYU architects De Architekten Cie   Taiwan   A series of membranes are arranged between the four main volumes of the art center, generating a sequence of covered public spaces that offer shelter to visitors. Their shape has been designed to deal with situations of extreme rainfall such as typho

MAYU architects   Taiwan   The aluminum perforated screens of the main facade pay tribute to the Biblical metaphor of the eagle, arranged as feathers. Their orientation is calculated according to the Fibonacci sequence and varies by increments of two degrees from feather to fe