「漂浮」是我們對這個建築的想像。
北藝大科藝館的計劃內容是做為新媒體及科技藝術的實驗基地。主要的硬體設施為幾個大小迥異的「黑盒子」，以做為科技藝術的多功能展演及教學使用。另外也包括了營運中心、辦公室、演講廳、實驗室及工作坊。
設計的理念來自兩條並行的思考脈絡：一是如何去對應校園中原有的建築傳統與形式，二是如何重新鏈結校園的空間，並創造新的藝術實驗場域。
原有校園的建築樣式多為斜屋頂，對稱、且有著穩重基座固著於坡地上，空間形式則多為中庭或合院。然而科技藝術館做為北藝大新媒體藝術的實驗基地，「當代性」甚至於「未來式」該是其建築精神。因此在設計的策略上則一反原有校園的建築傳統，採用了「抬昇」於空中的「黑盒子」和「灰盒子」做為建築的主體。「黑盒子」、「灰盒子」的空間定義是機能性的，也是構築性的。「黑盒子」的皮層空間有著滿足服務機能的坡道連接，同時也是自然通風的風道；「灰盒子」是機能未被明確定義的空間，其包覆的皮層是由外牆與透光的擴張網所組成，有著漫射的光。
建築基地位於校園主要道路的端點，原為體泳館入口前廣場，並供校車及客車迴轉及停放。在這些不連續且沒有定義的場所中，卻有著最美的景觀——水平無盡延伸的關渡平原。因此，我們將碩大的黑盒子用四個巨型結構抬昇懸吊，在下方創造一個多功能的「大雨遮」。除了滿足原本體泳館及科藝館入口、校客車迴車、暫時停放之外，同時又可以是藝術展演、學生活動、甚至是公眾參與的場所。從這個場域連接向上，有著一條漫遊的路徑，時而貼近、時而滲透於黑盒子的週邊，綿延遼闊的關渡平原就在眼前。
Flotation is the imagery that encapsulates our vision for this architecture at the Taipei National University of the Arts (TNUA).
The Technology and Art Pavilion is an experimental foundation devoted to new media and technology in art. The architecture is composed of several "boxes" of different scales that form the main structural facilities. In addition to performances, exhibitions and lectures, The Pavilion accommodates an operations center, offices, lecture halls, laboratories and workshops.
The design for the Technology and Art Pavilion stems from two parallel concepts: one is to echo the architectural tradition and forms found in TNUA, and the other is to connect with other spaces on the campus to invent a new field for art experimentations.
Most of the existing buildings are symmetrical structures with inclined roofs and solid buttresses conforming to the sloped contour. Spatially these buildings often composed of atriums and courtyards. As an experimental facility for new media art, however, the new Technology and Art Pavilion is crafted to embody the spirit of the "contemporary" and the "futuristic." As such its design departs from the traditional styles by deploying "black boxes" and "gray boxes" that hover in mid-air and form the main body of the architecture. The "black boxes" and "gray boxes" are spatially defined to achieve both functionalism and structuralism. The outer spaces, or “skin” of the "black boxes" consisted of ramps satisfying the service function while acting as channels for natural ventilation. In the meantime, the "gray boxes" are spaces of undefined functions, with their “skin” constituting an expansive net to allow transparency and light diffusion.
The building is situated at the end of the main road on the campus. The site originally was a plaza that leads to the Sports and Swimming Center and was used for bus turnaround and car parking. The site seemed to serve disparate functions. But it commands the most beautiful view of the campus, overlooking the Guandu Plain that stretches for hundreds of miles into the horizon. For this very reason, we deployed four large structures to elevate the enormous boxes and create a "rain cover" underneath. This space continues to serve its original functions of parking lot, turnaround, and the entrance to the Sports and Swimming Center. But It also readily transforms into a site for art exhibitions, student activities and public participatory events. Connecting upward from this space is a wandering path, sometimes adjoining, sometimes probing into the periphery of the black boxes, as you take in the breathtaking view of the vast Guandu Plain.