Taoyuan Museum of Arts, Taiwan
Note: Tender schedule now available!
Sponsor: Taoyuan City Government
Type: open, international, two-stage
Fee: none
Languages: English and common Chinese
Timetable:
14 December 2017 – Deadline for receipt of tenders
Overview
In view of the fact that the existing Taoyuan arts and cultural facilities are mainly for performing arts activities and for small exhibition events. which are inadequate for displaying visual arts and large arts exhibition, and that there is no dedicated institution to coordinate arts events and store professional art works, Taoyuan city government realizes that an international Art Museum is needed for encouraging local and international arts exchange activities and serve as a platform for the improvement of knowledge of the visual arts.
Site
Taoyuan Museum of Art (TMoA) will be situated in park 12 and park 13 area in Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR) Taoyuan Staion Zone, adjacent to Taoyuan International Airport MRT A19 station. The museum shall integrate Taoyuan’s local cultural characteristics and the unique landscape featuring numerous ponds in the area. It is anticipated that the exterior of the museum should recognize local art works in appearance. The goal of the Taoyuan Museum of Art is to collect and exhibit local art works and to combine digital multimedia to form an arts learning complex to supplement the education of visual arts in Taiwan
l Total site area: 9.86 ha (98,600 m²)
l Estimated floor area: approx. 33,930 m².
l Construction budget: approx. NTD 2,375,000,000
l Design and Supervision Service Fees: Budget amount of this procurement: NTD 237,500,000 (US$7,867,104 = Service Fee for this procurement is calculated with a fixed percentage of 6% of the total construction cost)
Competition Method and Honoraria
Adopting open bid and two-step process
First Place: Service contract signing.
Second Place: NT$2,500,000 (approx. US$83,000)
Third Place: NT$1,500,000 (approx. US$50,000)
Fourth and Fifth Places: NT$1,000,000 (approx. US$33,000)
Sixth prizes: NT$200,000
Contact Personal:
|Transcend Engineering Consultants Co., Ltd. Ms. Jasmine Lin
Tel: +886 2 28265836
Fax: +886 2 28265837
Email: jasmine@pro2009.com
Address for obtaining tender document:
7F.,No.1,Xianfu Rd.,Taoyuan Dist., Taoyuan City 33001, Taiwan
Link to tender document:
http://tmoa.com.tw/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/招標公告英.pdf
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by Jean-Pierre Chupin and G. Stanley Collyer
published by Potential Architecture Books, Montreal, Canada 2020
271 illustrations in color and black & white
Available in PDF and eBook formats
ISBN 9781988962047
What do the Vietnam Memorial, the St. Louis Arch, and the Sydney Opera House have in common? These world renowned landmarks were all designed by architects under the age of 40, and in each case they were selected through open competitions. At their best, design competitions can provide a singular opportunity for young and unknown architects to make their mark on the built environment and launch productive, fruitful careers. But what happens when design competitions are engineered to favor the established and experienced practitioners from the very outset?
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