Pine cones

Located in the gateway city of Taoyuan, the Central University is endowed with outstanding geographic accessibility.  The completion of the multi-functional auditorium as part a new learning complex, designed by JJP Architects and Planners, fulfills the university’s ambition as the city’s “generator of creativity” and promotes interactions between the school and the city to achieve the goal of “Scientific NCU, Humanistic NCU.” Jay Liou The auditorium is located on the central axis of the campus and is surrounded by a vibrant pine forest. The design concept is based on the image of pine cones, which is used as inspiration for the gradual unfolding of spatial hierarchies that connote roundness an... More