Graduation Project by Sun Li Chen

Sun Li Chen

PORTFOLIO 2020-2021, Tamkang University, Department of Architecture, Graduation Project

Beyond the Border : The symbiosis between Chenghuang Temple and Vendor Urban

Hsinchu

Temple

Market

Border Isolated Release

Vendor

Contents The local temples in Taiwan have often closely connected with local food culture.

However, people still get surprised when they walk into the Hsinchu Chenghuang Temple:

The stalls in front of the temple do business directly on the temple court, and even tables and chairs were set up next to the incense burner, hiding the Temple among the crowded vendors. The crowds of pilgrims and the foodie feasting on food seeking back and forth. Vendors and faith gather in front of the temple court, presenting a wonderful symbiotic relationship.

Contents 01 How to identify a city?

-Whose city?

-The clue of Hsinchu -The memory of Hsinchu Chenghuang

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-Types of vendors -Site observation and analysis -Field forming -Renew strategy

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-Plan -Section -Study models -Final models

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02 The Life on the Borders

03 Beyond the Borders

Q: Whose city is this?

Taiwan｜Taipei

This is the city in the eyes of a taxi driver.

Gotham City｜ Batman Comic

This is the city in the eyes of a superhero.

Kiki’s Delivery Sevice Movie Scene

This is the city in the eyes of a witch.

Nolli Map｜ Giambattista Nolli

This is the city in the eyes of an architect.

“How to identify a city?”

I sometime wonder.

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The clue of Hsinchu

“Find the biggist temple and the biggist market on Zhongshan Road, and get to know these two places; in this way, you can already know half of the town.”

(Wang Hao Yi, 2015)

I am a native of Hsinchu, but I am also not a qualified one. Using the way above to test my understanding of my hometown, I found that I knew very little about this land, so I decided to start a journey to re-understand Hsinchu.

天公爐

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First, walk on Zhongshan Road in Hsinchu, which is also a main road starting from the city government.

Zhongshan Rd. found!

The second step is to find the biggist market on Zhongshan Road.

The central market, food vendors and the central shopping mall, which are closely related to daily food and daily life to the residents here.

Market found!

市集 創 商圈 農．文 形象 手做．小 中央

市 新竹

手做 ．小 農． 文創

商圈 農．文 形象 手做．小 中央

市集 創 商圈 文 形象 做．小農． 中央 手 市集

中央 形象

商圈 中 手 市 央 形象 做．小農 集 商圈 ．文創 市集

新 竹 市

創

The last step is to find the temple. But after going round and round, I can’t find the temple; where is the Hsinchu City God Temple?

新竹都城隍廟 歡迎蒞臨參拜

潤

郭

餅

冬瓜仙草絲 自製仙草

溫度 32℃ 新竹貢丸第一品牌 專賣店

仙草撞奶

新

竹

都城隍廟 廟 口 小 吃 福源花生醬

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海瑞貢丸 海納百味

瑞食萬千

專賣店

聖光牌

純

含米量100% 沖泡

The memory of Hsinchu Chenghuang

It turned out that the Chenghuang Temple was hidden in the layers of the market. And after visiting it, i found it’s such a complicated and messy place around.

So I began to think, what made the Chenghuang Temple today?

People who came from other cities to enjoy food here seldom paid attention to the central shopping mall and Chenghuang culture.

Everyone is always in a hurry and hungry; there is no spare time for such an ancient and gentle place.

Here!

IDK...I’m just here for the egg cake.

“Would you like to know about this local petition?”

Excuse me, is the Temple entrance here?

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No thanks, I’m in a hurry to the Temple.

Types of vendors

Stay

Food

食

Plan to move

Clothes

衣

Dry goods

貨

Old gate

食

食 貨貨

食 食

食

食

食

食

食

食

食

食

食食 食 食

食 準備區

食

食

食

食 飲

飲

食 食飲 飲 貨 食 食 貨

彩

玉 食 食 食

衣

美 衣

香

食

食

食 食 食

食

食 食

食

Chenghuang Temple 食

食

衣

布

衣

貨

衣

香

卦

卦

衣

衣

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Drink

飲

4

Insence

香

3

Office

協

Fabric

布

2 7

Salon

美

5

Jewelry

玉

5

Fortune-telling

卦

2

Instrument

樂

1

Lottery

彩

1

食

準備區

衣

40

衣

衣

玉

衣

協

衣

玉

布

衣

衣

布

布

協

衣

衣

衣

美

衣

玉

衣

衣

美

衣

衣

貨

布

樂

布

香

貨

美

衣

美

玉

布

衣

Observation of Chenghuang Temple Chenghuang Temple Central markets Central shopping mall Temple food vendors Stores&Residents

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The relationship between Chenghuang Temple and Zhuqian City

Geography/Historical Center

南門 South Gate

From the location of the ancient city gate, it can be known that the Chenghuang Temple was the earliest developed area of Zhuqian City, and in the current urban planning axis, the two axes passing through the ring and the city government cross at the location of the Chenghuang Temple.

東門 East Gate

龍鯉廣場 Longli Square

中正市場 ZhungZhen Market

中央商場 Central Market

東門市場 Dongmen Market

Chenghuang Temple

中央商場 Central Mall

Chenghuang Temple

圓環 Roundabout

[ 城市軸線 ] [ Axes of City ]

藥行 Medicine

餅舖 Cake

米舖 Rice

化妝粉舖 Makeup Powder

香行 Incense

Chenghuang Temple

[ 日常採買 ] [ Daily Necessaries in City Center ]

西門市場 Ximen Market

新竹市政府 Hsinchu City Hall

Chenghuang Temple

[ 城門舊址 ] [ Ancient City Gates ]

The annual celebration culture of the Chenghuang Temple, including the parade, night visiting and the Chenghuangye detour, all start from the temple and visit the neighborhoods around one kilometer along the road.

Festivals in Ghost Month

北門 North Gate

Chenghuang Temple

北門市場 Beimen Market

Daily Life in Downtown

西門 West Gate

南門市場 Nanmen Market

中央商場 Central Mall

Chenghuang Temple

[ 歷史老店 ] [ Century-old stores in City Center ]

[ 年貨大街 ] [ New Year Shopping in City Center ]

竹蓮市場 ZhuLien Market

Other Temples

Chenghuang Temple

Chenghuang Temple

Other Temples

Other Temples

Observed from the purchasing habits of the residents in the city center and the composition of shops, it is also developed around the Chenghuang Temple. [ 夯枷消業 ] [ The Parade of Breaking Karma ]

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6

[ 查夜暗訪 ] [ The Night Pilgrimage ]

[ 繞境賑孤 ] [ The Pilgrimage of Cheng-huang Ye ]

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Field forming

Tongzhi Office

Hsinchu Hall

Chenghuang Temple Vendor

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/1834/ Late Qing Dynasty

Next to the temple is the Tamsui Government Office. Stalls from various places come to the temple to set up and provide meals to nearby public officials and pilgrims. Food stalls has been a long history in Han culture, but at this time, it is still mainly in the form of fair.

/1905/ Japanese occupation

Food stalls are still thriving, with a schedule of opening at sunrise and closing at sunset, but they have not yet developed into steady stalls.

After the Japanese came to Taiwan, they noticed the deeply rooted culture of stalls and decided to control the scale of it. Although it is allowed to set up stalls in private spaces, it is restricted to doing business within a specific time and area. Such a controlling policy has made the grocery cart business arise.

/1951/ Restoration

The vendors set up their own enclosures when the temple has no time to control them. After the enclosure has been formed, the temple reached an agreement with them. The content includes: In the case of major festivals in the Cheng-huang Temple, the temple can ask the stalls to move out if necessary, and stalls should also provide voluntary assistance. It forms a major feature of Hsinchu today.

/2020/ Now

Nowadays, the surrounding area of Cheng-huang Temple has become a well-known food court. Many people even come to worship and dine on weekends. The neighboring Central Market has also become an important place for Hsinchu citizens to buy groceries. In Ghost month, the parade will depart from the Cheng-huang Temple as the center place, and walk within a radius of one kilometer. The surrounding neighborhoods are fully engaged in Hsinchu’s most grand religious activity. The Hsinchu Cheng-huang Temple can be said to be the heart of Hsinchu.

It pushes faith and market culture to the surroundings and injects the freshest energy into the oldest Hsinchu.

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The current activities on site

Temple-Vendor At the border of the market and the temple, the dining table is next to the incense burner, and people lining up to order the food turn into the temple.

The time waiting for the gods to eat is also the time for the pilgrims to feast at the entrance of temple.

點餐 用餐 燒香

休憩

燒香

拍照

The symbiosis of temple and vendor is through seating and dining spaces.

神明戲

城隍廟側門

Temple-City

廟口攤位

對外店鋪

The temple is surrounded by a circle of vendors and shops, including the temple entrance and stage.

Vendors selling food, clothing and beauty salon sevice. The square often gathers in pilgrims during the day and crowds of citizens visiting food vendors at night.

城隍廟

廟口牌樓

Although the temple currently has no exclusive entrance, this way of first contacting the market also integrates the symbiosis system of the city and the temple, which has become a major feature of the Chenghuang Temple.

古牌樓

Temple-shopping mall-vendor

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The central shopping mall is mainly composed of two buildings, with a roof built in the middle to form an internal street. A shopping mall that used to be a street for New Year's goods.

Hsinchu was famous for selling fabrics and clothing in the early days. The central shopping mall acts as a transitional space between temple vendors and the central market.

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(m)

算命行

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服飾店

美容店

手工藝品

布行

The central shopping mall acts as a transitional space between vendors and the central market, and has the potential to attract the crowds.

Obsevations of site

out of sale!

2 burritos

How much?

I’ll have some

He traveled...

Can’t hear from here!

Please bless our family...

Change seat?

*cough*

The annual detour begins now!

Get on the bus!

Where’s the take out line?

Let’s go home

so quite...

Grandma!

Take a look!

How does he went out...?

There he comes!

So tall!

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C’ A’ D’ B’

8:00-13:00

D B C

A

border

pilgrim

diner

AA’-Keep

shopkeeper

resident

away the temple after sunset

Convenience store

BB’-The

Zhongshang Road Night market

老牌阿忠肉圓

進香參拜

戲曲放送

瞭望廟口 勝光米粉

柳家肉燥飯

Vendors

Dining seats

Temple-court

Chenghuang Temple

House

insulator between temple and market 早市採買

商場漫遊

進香參拜

瞭望城隍 障保門金 第一銀行

First Bank

第一銀行

東門分行

Shop

CC’-Night

First Bank

Dongmeng Street

Night market

Vendors

Temple-court

Chenghuang Temple

House

早市採買

商場綠地

淨手淨果

第一銀行

瞭望城隍

Shop

柳家肉燥

元珍齋蚵仔湯

by the night maket 迎風廊場

東門分行

Night market

進香參拜

DD’-Plaza

Zhongshang Road

馬家骨仔湯

淨手淨果

戲曲放送

瞭望廟口

Shop

First Bank

Central Market

market by Zhongshan Road

林魷魚羹

第一銀行

Central Shopping Mall

Chenghuang Temple

First Bank

Plaza

Night market

Vendors

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Central Shopping Mall

Central Market

House

C’ A’ D’ B’

17:00-22:00

D B A

border

Zhongshang Road

diner

shopkeeper

傍晚用餐

廟口飲食 勝光米粉

Convenience store

pilgrim

Night market

老牌阿忠肉圓

柳家肉燥飯

Vendors

Dining seats

Temple-court

Chenghuang Temple

House

黃昏市場

商場漫遊

外帶飲食 障保門金 第一銀行

First Bank

第一銀行

東門分行

Shop

First Bank

Dongmeng Street

Night market

Zhongshang Road

Chenghuang Temple

House

黃昏市場

第一銀行

Temple-court

商場綠地

Shop

東門分行

Vendors

淨手淨果

First Bank

柳家肉燥

元珍齋蚵仔湯

外帶飲食

迎風廊場

第一銀行

Night market

馬家骨仔湯

Central Market

淨手淨果

傍晚用餐

廟口飲食 林魷魚羹

Shop

Central Shopping Mall

Chenghuang Temple

First Bank

Plaza

Night market

Vendors

Central Shopping Mall

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Central Market

House

C

resident

Site analysis and design strategy Green space connects the central shopping mall

Plaza

Zh o

ng

sh

an

Ro a

d

Dongmeng Street

Central Market

Pocket Garden

Market green space

Courtyard

Vine space

Pedestrian circulation(reconnects temple and market)

Plaza

Zh

on

gs

ha

n

Ro a

d

Dongmeng Street

Central Market

A field formed by street vendors and central shopping mall

Plaza

Zh

on

gs ha

n

Ro ad

Dongmeng Street

Central Market

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Day: the border between temple(T) and vendor(V)

Dining&pilgrims waiting space

Plaza

Plaza

Dongmeng Street

Dongmeng Street

Chenghuang Temple

Chenghuang Temple V

T

T

an

an

Ro ad

Ro ad

V

on gs h

Central Shopping Mall

Zh

Zh

on gs h

Central Shopping Mall

Night: the border between temple(T) and vendor(V)

Mostly are vendor’s dining space

Plaza

Plaza

Dongmeng Street

Dongmeng Street

Chenghuang Temple

Chenghuang Temple

市 V

V

T

Zh

Zh

on

on

gs

ha

Central Shopping Mall

gs

Central Shopping Mall

ha

n

n

Ro a

Ro a

d

d

T

Festival: the border between temple(T) and vendor(V)

Internal Plaza

Stage

Plaza

Plaza Dongmeng Street

Dongmeng Street

Chenghuang Temple

Chenghuang Temple

T

Ro ad sh an ng

Central Shopping Mall

Zh o

Zh on

gs

ha n

Ro ad

T

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Central Shopping Mall

Types of vendor Food Drink

美

飲

彩

Salon Lottery

衣

Clothes

佛

Artifact

貨

Daily goods

食

Character of outer vendor

Plaza

Plaza

食 貨 貨 飲 食 食 飲 飲 貨 食 食 貨

彩

佛 食 食 食

衣

美 衣

Souvenir

Dongmeng Street

Dongmeng Street

食

Food

食 食 食

食

食

Chenghuang Temple

食 食

飲 食

食

食

Food, Entertainment

食

食

食

an

an

Ro ad

衣

Ro ad

Chenghuang Temple

on gs h

Central Shopping Mall

Zh

Zh

on gs h

Central Shopping Mall

Location of entrances and show stage Facing of show stage

Entrance Show stage

Plaza

Plaza

Dongmeng Street

Dongmeng Street

Chenghuang Temple

n

n

Ro a

Ro a

d

d

Chenghuang Temple

ha gs

Central Shopping Mall

Zh

Zh

on

on

gs

ha

Central Shopping Mall

A.Outer vendors reorganization B.Internal vendors replacement C.Old gates and historical vendors preservation

Plaza

C

Approach of pedestrian and market customers

Plaza

A

Dongmeng Street

Dongmeng Street

Chenghuang Temple

Chenghuang Temple

ha n Zh on

gs

Central Shopping Mall

Zh

on gs

ha n

Ro a

d

Ro ad

B

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Central Shopping Mall

Site renew strategy

Temple

Plaza Vendor Vendor

Mall

Temple Temple Court

Temple

Mall

Vendor

Object

Temple

Plaza Vendor Vendor

Mall

Temple Temple Court

cut&open

Temple

cut&open

cut&open

Temple

Plaza Vendor Vendor

Mall

Temple Temple Court

move

Temple

connect

create public space

Temple

Plaza Vendor Vendor

Mall

Temple Temple Court

define usage

rotate

Temple place program

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Ground Floor Plan: Normal mode

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Ground Floor Plan: Festival mode

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Seccond Floor Plan

Third Floor Plan

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Section

C’ A’ D’

D

B’

B A

C

AA’

BB’

CC’

DD’

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General show in Vendors

Parade in temple-court

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Show stage

e and seats

Green space in the Mall

Patio space in the Mall

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The local temples in Taiwan have often become a center for local food culture.

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People who walk into the Hsinchu City God Temple will be surprised: The vendors business run directly on the temple, even next to the Tiangong insense burner, Tables and chairs were set up on the side, which hide the Chenghuang Temple among the crowded vendors.

The crowds of worship and the foodie feasting on this place, back and forth.Food and faith explode at this area , yet they’re presenting a wonderful symbiotic relationship.

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This kind of chaotic life experience is not a mistake, it is more likely a valuable experience.

Although it is full of vitality, it’s now facing the problem of being forgotten by the new generation of citizens because of isolation.

It needs to be sorted out, planned, and reappeared , and then represent to the citizecs’ eyes.

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Beyond the Border : The symbiosis between Chenghuang Temple and Vendor