Origins 01

In 1968, Tse-Lan Hsiu, a Taiwanese architect, built her ideal i magination of community in suburbs of Taipei city. It was located on the h ills and became the first hilly community “Hua Yuan Hsin Chen”(HYHC) in Taiwan. Buildings in this community was based on topgraphy and became various features. HYHC was seemingly an UTOPIA, which included thier own roads, water, transportations , schools, markets and restaurants. During the period, residents who lived in HYHC including politicians, celebraties ...etc. It was a place which people can hard to move in even they were wealthy.

However, along with bankrupt of Hsin Chen Company, the UTOPIA n o longer exists. Public facilites was hard to work without a team . The rights between public and private were also hard to deal with. Therefore, HYHC became an isolate island and residents started moving out.

Maybe it was not that gorgeous like it used to be, but since th ere was no strict restrictions anymore, it owned more capacity. Low hou se price and great quality of nature attracted some people, such as arti sts and ecologists. New residents started to make a stand, hold art act ivities and own committee as well.

During five decades, Hua Yuan Hsin Chen lives from prosperity to failure and becomes a normal community nowadays. Residents in different periods have different understanding and memories with HYHC. The failing of public space obstructs the relationship between peop le and groups. However, there should be more imagination and possibilt y in HYHC. Thus, we hope to provide a new perspective for residents and see HYHC in different ways. Inspring people to make their own me mories in current era.

Hua Yuan Hsin Chen cannot be changed with a great scale. Also, residents already set their own culture, which was connected with nature and peol ple. What we want to do is not to resuscitate the old life and scene in this communi ty, but open up the next page for HYHC.

We choose three symbolic points and hope to extend from these t hree design. Compeleting the part which was disappear, then filling in our co mprehension and the positive power to HYHC by approching their characteristic, past , and changes. We are not going to tear down any buildings in HYHC but to re-s hape them in a soft way, which can make people really walk into. We name it as “Pro menade”.