The opening ceremony has taken place for the world?s largest performing arts center in Taiwan, designed by Mecanoo. The National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts comprises five state-of-the-art performance spaces under a single roof measuring 35 acres (140,000 square meters).

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The opening ceremony has taken place for the world?s largest performing arts center in Taiwan, designed by Mecanoo. The National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts comprises five state-of-the-art performance spaces under a single roof measuring 35 acres (140,000 square meters).Opened on October 13th 2018, the scheme is set across a subtropical park in the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung, occupying a former military training base to symbolize the city?s transition from a major international harbor into a rich, diverse, cultural hub, connecting local and international artistic talent. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mecanoo (@mecanoo_) on Oct 12, 2018 at 4:41pm PDT In total, the scheme took 15 years and $346 million to build. At the opening ceremony, Taiwan?s president Tsai Ing-wen praised the center as a statement of the government?s intent to bring once restricted military sites back into the public realm. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mecanoo (@mecanoo_) on Oct 9, 2018 at 9:12am PDT Weiwuying is one of Mecanoo?s most ambitious buildings and embodies all the key elements of our philo...