Wei-Wu-Ying Center for the Arts is Taiwan’s Biggest Cultural Investment
in 20 years
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 4, 2012--
Wei-Wu-Ying Center for the Arts will be completed in 2014, providing
millions of Southern Taiwan residents and tourists the opportunity to
participate in cultural events. Scheduled for completion in 2014, the
Arts Center is a 3.3 billion USD project. It is expected to become
Kaohsiung’s new icon, evolving the reputation of this major port city.
The Arts Center’s artistic design is by Francine Houben, Founding
Architect and Creative Director of Mecanoo, and Chinese Architect Luo
Xing Hua. The design was inspired by lush banyan trees in Wei-Wu-Ying
Park. The Arts Center will be shaped like a sound wave, with a floating
appearance that seamlessly integrates with the surrounding landscape.
The 141,000 sqm complex will feature 6,000 seats across the concert
hall, lyric theater, playhouse, recital hall, public library and
orchestra rehearsal room.
Chien Kuo Construction Co. is building the project with the help of Autodesk
Building Information Modeling (BIM) solutions. Mark Lee, Vice
President of Engineering Regulation Division at Chien Kuo Construction,
said, “The competition for civil engineering projects in Taiwan is now
of an international caliber. Faced with complex architecture designs
like those of the Wei-Wu-Ying Arts Center, traditional 2D diagrams alone
are not effective. We’ve adopted Autodesk
BIM solutions to digitally simulate 3D models and 4D construction
processes. We’re able to better detect collisions in advance, and we can
visually communicate the construction schedule. This has helped to
provide a new level of collaboration, as well as resource and
time-savings.”
Chien Kuo Construction is an Autodesk
Subscription customer using the following Autodesk BIM solutions: Autodesk
Revit Architecture software, Autodesk
Revit MEP software, Autodesk
Navisworks software products, Autodesk
3ds Max Design software and Autodesk
Design Review software, as well as Autodesk
360 cloud services.
Ryan Li, Project Manager of Chien Kuo Construction’s BIM Division,
added, “Using Autodesk BIM solutions enables us to show changes in both
2D and 3D, providing a more accurate reference for construction
engineers. As a result, we’ve seen construction time shortened to about
a third of what it used to be. Autodesk 360 cloud services also help
accelerate our operations. While traditional computers may take an
entire day to render a model, we’re doing it in a couple of hours with
Autodesk 360.”
Chien Kuo Construction plans to fully implement BIM on all its projects
by the end of the year. “BIM is still fairly new in the construction and
engineering industry. At present, Chien Kuo Construction has applied the
solutions mostly for pre-construction plan management and simulation
testing, but 3D modeling should play a critical role in maintenance as
well. We aim to actively promote the latter application of BIM,” Mark
Lee concluded.
About Chien Kuo Construction Co. Ltd
Chien Kuo Construction Co. Ltd was founded in 1931. The company is
involved in several of Taiwan’s key construction projects, such as the
Shimen Reservoir Water Conservation Project. Chien Kuo Construction
currently has 17 projects from the construction industry, and is
operating five limestone quarries. The company is recognized for its
human and technological expertise, including machinery capability,
maintenance, security and environmental consciousness. Chien Kuo
Construction Co. also owns seven concrete plants in China and is one of
the largest concrete manufacturers in the eastern China region. For more
information, visit the Chien
Kuo Construction corporate website.
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