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A sprawling complex of four theaters billed as the biggest performing arts center in the world has opened in southern Taiwan.
The National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts houses a 1,981-seat concert hall, a 2,236-seat opera house, a play house and a recital hall under a single roof covering 3.3 hectares (8.2 acres).
The center, which opened last month, was built over eight years at a cost of NTD10.7 billion (USD350 million) on the site of a former military barracks in Kaohsiung, a southern city of about 2.8 million people.
The design by Dutch architecture firm Mecanoo reflects the port cityâs tropical location and maritime links. It includes an undulating white roof and a large public space with hoists and other cargo ship features.
The concert hall has the biggest pipe organ in Asia with 9,085 pipes. Built by a German manufacturer, its asymmetric design recalls bamboo.
âI have played many organs both in Taiwan and abroad, but this one is the biggest and the best,â said organist Liu Hsin-hung.
The center also includes an outdoor amphitheater.
old retired physics and chemistry teacher who lives nearby, said he prefers to the art center to another real estate development.
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