"Known as the Taichung Green Museumbrary, the pairing is an ensemble of airy white boxes of varying heights. It consists of eight interconnected structures: three for the Taichung Art Museum, four housing the Taichung Public Library, and one that will be used as offices. The sprawling 58,000 sq. m project is located in the city's 67-hectare Central Park, within a decommissioned military airport."
"The library will hold 460,000 physical books, about 40,000 of them art-related; it will also offer access to around half a million digital books. The art books will be found on the fifth floor of the library, which is connected to the museum through a roof garden called the Culture Forest. "This integrated design reflects the museum and library's vision of learning as a shared, living practice," Lai says."
The Taichung Green Museumbrary opens in Taichung, Taiwan, in a SANAA-designed complex of eight interconnected white-box structures. Three blocks house the Taichung Art Museum, four contain the Taichung Public Library, and one serves as offices. The 58,000 sq. m complex sits within the city's 67-hectare Central Park on a former military airport. The library holds 460,000 physical volumes, including about 40,000 art-related titles, and offers access to roughly 500,000 digital books. Art books are located on the library's fifth floor, linked to the museum by a roof garden called the Culture Forest. Municipal funding supports construction and operations to promote accessibility and civic engagement.
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