OMA发展西九文化区,必须面对一项挑战:将一个盛载政府极大抱负,以及持分者多元利益的超大型多用途项目,转化成一个既有趣又严肃、既有规划又允许即兴、既中国化又国际化的文化区。这个文化区规模庞大,但不失亲密融洽的感觉;富地标性,但十分谦和;容易理解,却能带来惊喜。为避免造成过分冲击,OMA采纳了一种每个香港市民都熟悉的建筑类型作为方案的发展 OMA’s development of the West Kowloon Cultural District must face the challenge of transforming an ultra-large multi-purpose project containing the great ambitions of the government and the multiple interests of its stakeholders into a multi-purpose project that is both fun and serious, both planning and allowing for improvisation, Both Chinese and international cultural area. This cultural area is large but nevertheless harmonious; it is landmark but very modest; it is easy to understand and surprises. To avoid over-shocking, OMA adopted a type of construction that every Hong Kong resident is familiar with as a solution