Kaohsiung
Port & Cruise
Service Center

RTA-OFFICE
Design Competition
Kaohsiung / Taiwan
2010

Surface fluidity in water can generate its own natural algorithms through physics. There are no seams in water, which allows the algorithmic sequence to be able to merge with itself at any stage within the movement. For example; a wave, regardless of its size, that travels towards calm waters doesn’t collide, it’s a seamless transaction. We applied this theory to the aesthetics of the façade, landscape and interior. The population also fit into this scheme as the circulation design meanders them in and out of the building, much like minerals in rivers.