The Civic Square
The design concept is to construct a pavilion under the sky where students, teachers, and visitors gather. Two-layered glued-laminated timber beams are used to construct the spatial structure, with directions echoing the spatial connections linking the key spaces. The project transforms an existing semi-outdoor transitional space into a civic square for the members of the academy, in the name of Professor Charles Kao, the pioneer of the development and use of fiber optics in telecommunications.
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