Taipei Metro Linear Park

Parasite Temple

/ Turning the infrastructure to a linear park

Holing Chang Architect Inc. (Collaborate with Ecoscope Design & Fieldscape Design) Competition, First Prize My Work: Underground Shopping Street: Concept Design, Drawings, Renderings Autumn, 2016

The site was initially a linear park with an underground shopping street that is lack of connection to the local community and shopping district. Our office was in charge of the underground part. Rather than demolishing all the existing design, we decide to keep most of the existing part. With our analysis to the local district, we tried to make the tortuous shopping street straight and simple. We inserted several light boxes and improve the quality of public space. The light box lights up the original dim shopping street and also serve as a commercial ad box and sign box. Moreover, we input more street furniture that respond to the exit to the ground in order to keep people gathered together. With our design, we successfully vitalize the original lifeless shopping street. 1 / Straighten the Circulation