L E T T E R O F M OTIVATIO N A Brief Summary
With a rich and diverse histor y influenced by many different cultures, as a Taiwanese, it is often a complicated question to define one’s identity. However, in recent years, the importance of cultural identity slowly dawn on the young generation in Taiwan. Events like Sun Flower Student Movement, such grassroots movements revealed the social cohesion the young generation obtain. Since space and society are closely connected and inseparable, urban landscape plays an important role in delivering a space with collective memor y and shared value for the nation. I believe that cherishing histor y is to respect the trace that time have left behind. I’m especially interested in “memorial space”, which interpret the invisible human feelings. I’d like to work on a memorial space project in Taiwan, focusing on the unspoken histories that were once hidden and sensitive due to political manipulation, therefore, to create a memorial space toward transitional justice with tenderness. Cultural landscape preser vation is cr ucial to a sustainable human society, however, aside from the beauty of fine craftsmanship and natural landscape, there is a shared dilemma swaying
back and forth between economy growths and remaining local lifestyle. With a skillful spatial design, heritage landscapes possess the soul of a culture and perhaps may bring solutions to the question. As Taiwanese starting to realize the cultural identity, preser ving and maintaining cultural heritages became even more influential. After almost two-year working experience in a landscape architecture fir m that focus on participator y design, I have seem that bottom-up design process is highly beneficial to a sustainable urban planning. I would like to explore a way to deliver a mechanism that will bring the society to higher citizenship through the design process of open space and therefore hope to for m bottom-up community awareness for a sustainable urban landscape.
sessed with eastern culture backg round, integ rating with western culture, I seek to equip myself with advance ability to put Taiwan’s natural and cultural resources to a good use to develop something belongs to the newly emerging Asia.
Settling in a liberal national with modern design, rich histor y and diverse culture, TU Delft has the top design training that values both practical application and academic theor y. It provides me a possibility of different perspective and critical distance. I believe that landscape architecture not only brings nature elements to human society but also merges cultural legacy with nature in har mony. Pos-
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