Community Marketing Seed Library

from Portfolio 2017-2023

by Chun Cheng Yeh

NCKU Main Campuses

Herbal Garden Heritage

[Node 3] Greenfinger Data Center: from market goods to seed distribution

As soon as you leave the new railway station, you can smell the native herbs such as cinnamon and mint, which mark the entrance of SanFong Market Street.

The seed library floats on the formal railway route and has skins that act as seed storage. People may walk around the slope to lend seeds back and plant on nearby gardens. In between the ground level and the underground railway lies a distribution center, to send seeds to nearby schools and outdated industrial areas.

Compared with the old settlements, the other side of the railway is a newly constructed mansion area. The 8-meter melon canopy defines the height of the future publicity while maintaining the overall productivity of the Botanical Garden.

Thoughts:

What if the main industry for a post-industrial city is somehow green, eco-friendly, and full of vibrancy...?

What if the railway constructed by the Japanese for colonization usage could be used as a massive linear urban void space, to connect scarce habitats within a crowded city...?

What if formal massive industrial devices can still serve other purposes in the coming future, and live their new life...?

What if the main urban regenerate strategy is overlapping, instead of wiping all out?

What if manmade constructions can become mediators between human activities and natural landscapes, complex historical and cultural conflicts...?

Playful Pier 02

Playground and bike route alongside Yilan River Bank

Site/ Yilan City, Taiwan (constructed, 2019-2020)

Role/ Project Architect

Contribution/ SD & DD & CD Documentation

Team Member/ Han-Hsun Tsai(CD), Shen-Ju Chen(Construction Supervisor)

Supervisor/ Sheng-Yuan Huang(Principal), Huang-Shie-Yao Liu(CEO), Chih-Chung Yang(Construction Manager)

Reshape the dike from a barrier to a playful landscape

The dike built alongside the Yilan River in 1901 stopped seasonal flood and turned Yilan City into a habitable farming wonderland. By reshaping and distorting the dike, the project aims to build a continual public spatial sequence from a wooden monumental platform of the dike's builder, several lookouts and bike stops, to a playground that merges manmade and natural riverside landscapes together.

Materials that reflect macro environment and playful activities

As the river joins and turns toward the sea, the dike-like landform covered with pebble stones protects the playground from the flood, yet ensure silver grasses' growth, forms a protective yet penetrable landscape.

The enclosed playground with synthetic rubber and terazzo paving shapes a soft and safe area in the middle of the grassland. The shade provided by the viaduct marks the resting area with weather protection.

The stele monument on the concrete dike was constructed for commemorating the embankment. The ironwood platform and basalt stairs define the monumental and timeless area, also downscale the existed massive concrete dike to human level.

Flagship car store x residential space in old block

Site/ Tainan City, Taiwan (2017)

Instructor/ Po-Nian Chen (framework.arch@gmail.com / (+886)4-2475-7612)

Award/ Youth Talent Award, Tainan City Architects Association

From Old Block Context to Future Branding Center

The project aims to combine residential spaces with an automobile brand center together at the intersection of an old city block and a blank street corner that opens to the future. Therefore, I unleash the energy of organic alleys, transform them into a radical architectural form, and turns automobile into both horizontal and vertical moving landscapes.

Site & Program/ the orthogonal street system, organic lanes within, and liberation of context Spatial Experience/ take a trip down organic lanes, and be surprised at the all-around vitality Sensational Void/ the void within hotel Chimera that reinterpretes lane spatial experiences

Organic Context Liberation and Walking Experience Transformation

Being planned in the colony era, the street system of Tainan City is orthogonal with roundabouts for traffic usage. However, the essence of local life lies in the organic lanes and pedestrian zones within blocks. Therefore, the configuration strategy puts emphasis on liberating organic context and transforming rich walking experiences, in pursuit of a sensational marvel when you walk or drive by.