Pingtung Art Museum Introduction
Pingtung Art Museum (formerly the site of the public office) is oriented east to west and belongs to the first generation of county-administered municipal office buildings after the war, holding local historical significance. It was designed and supervised by public office employee Lin Rongzhang, with a building length of 52 meters, a width of 20 meters, and a total area of about 980 square meters. It was completed and opened in October 1953 and continued to be used until July 2005 when the city government moved to a new administrative building. The original site was borrowed free of charge by the County Government's Cultural Affairs Bureau for five years, during which renovations were carried out with support from the Council for Cultural Affairs to transform it into an art museum. Earlier this year, as the lease ended, the public office reclaimed the site for self-management, with the County Government removing some internal facilities and all lighting fixtures. Currently, the public office is undergoing internal renovations, hoping that the museum's reopening will impress citizens once again. The space of Pingtung Art Museum showcases the early characteristics of modern architecture, with a facade of aligned slender windows and a prominent eave at the entrance emphasizing its role. The interior features tall columns without excessive partitions, and the light introduced through the row of windows enhances the overall sense of openness. Presently, the empty interior of Pingtung Art Museum reveals a ceiling structure built entirely of cedar beams, complemented by either round or square window grilles and circular column capitals with a Western-style leaf shape, adding to the unique beauty of the museum's architecture amid changing light and shadows.
