THE PRESERVATION OF URBAN IDENTITY UNDER URBAN REGENERATION
Ou, Jui-Huang
Copyright @ 2020 Manchester, England United Kingdom All Rights Reserved Copyright reserved by Jui Huang Ou MA Architecture & Urbanism
Table of Content Introduction 01
Background & Location / 01
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Urban Development / 03
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Super Campus Contemporary Courtyards Reproduction of Cultural Taipei Linked Life Cycle
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Site Analysis / 07 Historical Timeline of Shezi Current Living Condition Connectivity Important Artifacts Flooding Condition Summary & Overlapping Government Master Plan
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Research & Design Strategy / 19 Zone Recognition Vision of Planning General Strategy Cases of Study
Concept & Design Process / 29
Shangri-La Shezi / 35 Master Plan Marine Industrial Area Culture & Commercial Area Leisure & Agriculture Area
Acknowledgement The successful completion is the result of a research and design of the topic and the support and endorsement of a variety of collegues and tutors. "The Preservation of Urban Identity under Urban Regeneration" is the material presented in the following pages. This is a result of an applied research and personal experience discovery conducted during the 2019-2020 academy year at the Manchester School of Architecture in the program MA Architecture and Urbanism which is jointly accredited by University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University. A great thank to both of my instructors, professor Curtis Martyn and Colin Harwood who kindly guided me through the research and design process while assisted me to finalize my work even after the final review. Studio work was never easy to master or full of roses, I am glad I made it through all the difficulties on the way. It was a tough, but meaningful journey with Covid-19 standing on our way stopping the possibility to physically present the project in its appropriate scale and formate, hopefully this piece of work draws your interest on urban issues in my country.
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Introduction Born and raised in the City of Taipei, it is hard for the designer to explain the connection between himself and the city. However, slightly more than a year ago, when he had to do his military service in another city in Taiwan and live there for an extended period of time, he realized how bad he wants to go back to Taipei, the city he calls home. Some friends of him question why people of Taiwan, young and old, tend to enjoy visiting or even move to Taipei in some era of life. At first, he believes it’s due to its rapid development comparing to other cities in Taiwan. However, he finally realizes what Taipei has is way more than that, it is an indescribable trait, a driving force that motivates people to work harder to gain their place in Taipei. Therefore, he believes that the people who have stayed in Taipei to fight often have an intention not to be satisfied with their current status, which is one of the most attractive part of Taipei. Even though the buildings in Taipei seem to be ageing compared to other Asian cities, but the people here still worked hard on their professions, attempting to do something for this society. In the past decade, the city government of Taipei had been under going countless renovations on the infrastructure. Dividing the city into five major focusing areas, these renovation projects had been seen as successful from a general point of view since it had been solving problems including circulation and public living quality. However, these mass developments are also leaving issues behind, old, but important cultural building had been torn down or relocated, urban green spaces had been replaced by steel and concrete, the overall scenery became unified and lack of identity. Therefore, from an architect's point of view we ask, is this what the people really wanted? Or, are we able to make a difference?
This thesis project begins from the research question “Can urban identity be preserved under urban development?�, targeting Shezi Island, Taipei as a site to analyze a potential way to undergo urban development and renewal project while respecting the current urban fabric and the existings. The first half of this thesis project started from understanding the history of development in Taipei and specifically Shezi Island to set up the contextual background of this project and followed with examinations of design and planning methods alongside with cases of study as a more topological approach of the research phase. The second half of this thesis project documents a planning and design hypothesis that conceives how Shezi Island could potentially be developed and have a transformative impact on the entire city. Major issues including flooding and living condition had been addressed throughout the design progression. Finally, this thesis project reveals one over thousands of different possibilities dealing with similar issue. The goal is to raise public awareness on how our city is currently being developed and reconsider the undeveloped possibilities. All in all, the intervention could go way beyond the existing condition while truly make significant changes in an urban scale.
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01 Background & Location Taipei is the capital city of Taiwan but it is a relevantly small city. The tips from north to south is shorter than 30km and the width is around 20km from east to west. Covering an area just over 270km2, it is around one-fourth of Hong Kong and even smaller than one-third of Seoul or one-third of Singapore. Even if we consider the entire Greater Taipei as a whole, it can still be fit into the CBD of Beijing, therefore, it is easily seen that compared with other Asian metropolises, Taipei is only a small place. Despite being small, the overall population of Taipei is not a small number, it currently owns a population slightly over 2.6 million, which is one-third of Hong Kong, one-fourth of Seoul and two-thirds of Singapore. Flooded with inhabitants alongside with the small overage of land, no wonder Taipei became such a crowded and high-density city. However, it’s not always a disadvantage to be small and high density, it is convenient to move from place to place within the city, even possible crossing the city after dinner for a late-night drink. It is also easy to tell how crowded Taipei is looking at the population density. The average population density of Taipei is 9,663 people per square kilometer, which is not a small number compared with other Asian metropolis, however, considering that only around 45% of land is habitable with the remaining being mountain or river, the actual density should be 2.2 times more than that on statistic, with Daan district being the highest on population density. After the 1990s, the growth of population had come to a halt in Taipei. Unaffordable living cost and the construction of metro system draws people to move towards nearby cities to seek a better living environment, especially the younger
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generations. This had caused the composition of inhabitants within the city to age while creating numerous problems, forcing the city government to spend countless funding. located in the center of Taipei within two major rivers, Keelung river at its east and Tamsui river to it west. Shezi Island is a peninsula which is mainly occupied by agriculture and a bit of small business or family run factories. With less than 3km 2 of land, it is a place where more than 10,000 people call home, with a great portion of them being urban and rural immigration or their sons and daughters, fighting for a spot in Taipei. Taipei
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02 Urban Development
The recorded history of Taipei began with the Han Chinese settling of the Taipei Basin in 1709, leading up to the formation of the national capital of Taiwan and high-tech industry hub and that is now Taipei City. Other notable dates include the 1895 annexation of Taiwan by Japan, during which Taipei began to grow more rapidly, and in the 1950s, the USA's provision of financial assistance to the Taiwanese government, after which the city continued on a path of fast structural and industrial growth. Kang-Hsi Taiwan Map, Collection of National Taiwan Museum 03
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Dalongdong
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Dadaocheng Post City of Taipei (Qing Dynasty)
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Urban Development of Taipei: 1877
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Airport
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Sun Yat-Sen Freeway
After the 1990s, after two decades of building urban underground railway traffic, fast roads and early Taipei MRT network, such as bus lanes, had to be completed to a considerable extent relieve the pressure on traffic. In addition, Taipei has continued to construct a more convenient environment of Humanities and Education, and in a more open public conceptualism, and gradually establish a service-based, and diversity goals towards the development of the city forward. After a few years into the 21st century, the Taipei though after the ruling party, have occurred in 1997 murder of Pai Hsiao-yen's security crisis, the collapse of the East Star Building 921 earthquake events in 1999, 2001 Typhoon Nari loss of hundreds of millions of dollars, 2002 Taipei drought and water crisis of 2003 SARS crisis and other major livelihood events, but does not affect the Taipei city into an international process.
Early Development
Urban Development of Taipei: NOW
For the purposes of the expansion will be a whole, the highest in eastern Taipei, Taipei 101 as the main landmarks Xinyi District started its rapid development, has become the premier central business district of Taipei, the Taring. On the other hand, while actively internationalization, Taipei began to have cognitive and cultural value of traditional architecture. After 2000, Taipei, paying attention to the content and quality of the culture of Taiwan, and began to promote a culture of equality and the right to reproduce the historical memory, emphasizing traditional common people, and promote cultural industries, promote learning and release the Taipei government resources, and create a new culture of meteorological Taipei. Xinyi District, Taipei 06
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03 Site Analysis Shezi Island had a long but miserable story, it all dates back to more than 50 years age, when super typhoon "Gloria" swiped over northern Taiwan, carrying heavy rainfall causing the majority of Taipei flooded for 3 days and 3 nights, with Shezi Island, being low on terrain, severely ruinned. 7 years later, a restriction of construction of the area sets it apart from the rapid development of the city, as it being forgotten for decades. In this chaper of this thesis project, an overall analysis of Shezi Island, starting from the historical background, demography and economy activites to urban environment, including connectivity, important artifacts and the flooding condition will be further addressed, providing a general understanding on the situation Shezi Island is standing.
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Historical Timeline of Shezi Island Sept. 10, 1963 The Flood
Qing Dynasty (Mid 1700)
In the Autum of 1963, super typhoon “ Gloria” swiped ower northern Taiwan, carrying heavy rainfall causing the majority of Taipei flooded for 3 days and 3 nights, with Shezi Island, being low on terrain, severly ruinned.
Japanese Colonial (1895-1945)
As the Japanese government took over Taiwan, most land in central Taipei was taken by the Japanese people, forcing others to move toward the outskirts, including Shezi Island.
Before mid Qing dynasty, there are no records of Shezi Island, since it used to be part of lake Taipei.
Shezi being Shezi 2020
In 2010, after the modification of the flood control plan, the mayor of Taipei levied a new plan for this long abandomed area, though few had came into practice.
Can Shezi Island be developed but still preserve its urban identity?
The Restriction 1970
To deal with flooding situation in Taipei, the “Greater Taipei Flood Control Project”was introduced. Yuanshanzih flood division way completed, successfully control the water height of Keelung river.
Flood Division 2005 Based on the“Greater Taipei Flood Control Project”, Shezi Island was desognated as floodplain. Only 20 years later a systematically planned embankment and pupming station was built, though 4 series floods were still recorded after the construction.
The Construction of Embankment 1993
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Taipei Manhattan 2010
In 2015, the public voting to decide the future of Shezi Island took place. out of the three different options of development, the majority selected “Eco-Shezidao” as the proposed direction. However, numerous issues proved that the project may actually be causing problem in the comming future, forcing it to stop right after starting.
i-voting 2015
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Current Living Condition
Demography
Comparison of Gender
Comparison of Age Groups Taipei City
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Population: 32,000 people
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Population: 12,000 people
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Population: 16,000 people
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草莓 Strawberry
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竹筍 Bamboo 萵苣 Lettice
小白菜 Bok Choy
番薯葉 Leaf of Sweet Potato 蝴蝶蘭 Phalaenopsis
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Electronic Components Textile
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By overlapping the existing condition of Shezi Island, a clear view of how this place is originally planned according to urban fabric can be seen.
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Government Master Plan
Central Highline
Cultural Park
Eco-Friendly Park Smart Campus Public Housing Riverside Park
Path For Public Transit
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In 2015, the city government of Taipei held a public voting to decide the future of Shezi Island. The shown images depicts the winning project- Eco Shezidao, provision a green and friendly living environment. However, the project plan to demolish the entire peninsula with 6 meter tall dirt, covering the existing village, paddy field and any existing charateristic of the plan while planting high rise building. The project also doubled the number of inhabitants living in Shezi Island, though the number of people living in Taipei is actually drooping. People question, if the last virgun land of Taipei, Shezi Island, is meant to under go a series of future developments, is there any possibility to preserve the current urban identity at the same time?
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04 Research & Design Strategy Zone Recognition
Taking the current land usage and terrain into account, the development of Shezi Island is divided into 4 different zones, each following a core concept or strategy. Zone 1: Situated at the tip of the peninsula, one of the major focus is an existing university, the Taipei University of Marine Technology. Trying to link up the academic approach of the university and surrounding marine related industry, this part of the project devoted to provide space for young professionals to gain experience in the industry. Zone 2: Situated in the central of the peninsula, it can be seen as the heart of Shezi Island while providing most of the administrative and commercial service. An important local temple also took place in this area, which has the potential of being the religious center of Shezi. Zone 3: Situated at the tail of the peninsula, it is currently the area with most inhabitant and degree of development in Shezi Island since it can be seen as one of the gateway between the penisual and the rest of Taipei. Small business and factories sits aside from the major road with some mid-height walk-up apartments in between them. Zone 4: Situated at the northern part of the peninsula, taking up almost one-third of area, this agriculture focusing area depicts the role of Shezi Island in the metropolis of Taipei in the past century. Currently, due to cost issue, most agriculture here are not market-facing but for personal interest or leisure farming, giving Shezi Island a different meaning for the residents of Taipei, a place to escape from the fast pace daily life after a weeks work or a chance for fresh air on a sunny afternoon.
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Current Land Usage Educational Residential Industrial
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Vision of Planning Project Proposal
Population: 16,000 people 20% 12% 7% 11% 27% 12% 11%
Residents
Living
Leisure
User Students
Sale
Manufactor Research
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Young Professionals
Visitors
Considering the potential users to be part of the planning process while linked with existing conditions, a visional map is created while major land usage configurations were decided alongside of some important planning topics, including three diverse, but connected zones.
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Networking Leisure
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General Strategy
LEISURE/TAIPEI
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MARINE INDUSTRY/YOUNGER GENERATION
CULTURE/LOCALS
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From the four zones divided, three of them were chosen Seasonal Infilteration to form the general strategy of this project. Each of them will represent one critical existing facility or topic of issue, to gain a better connection to the urban fabric while under going new development. Apart form that, four different methodologies of planning and design will be introduced to Shezi Island. Further explanation will be levied as below: Marine Industry / Younger Generation: Building up the link between local industry and the university, start-ups and public housing focusing on the needs of recent graduates and young entrepreneur are Industry Regeneration created alongside the campus with a renivated shipyard being the field of experiments. Culture / Locals: Taking advantage of the local cultural center(an iconical temple), small 2-3 story housings similar to existing density & style with private running small businesses on the first floor will be built. Apart from that, to gain a better connection with the proposed canal, a linear green path is created between the temple and the river. Culture Preservation
Pedagogical Colaboration
Leisure / Taipeinese: Taking advantage of the seasonal inflitration lake and existing farn land, a structure connecting water and land is proposed, not only creates a renewed scenario for Shezi, but also a new relation with the surrounding city of Taipei. The application of the above-mentioned strategies and methodologies is believed to give Shezi Island a better chance to strike a balance between keeping the existing urben identity but also develop aiming a more suitable living environment to meet the needs of the locals and residents of Taipei.
University
Factory
Community
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Cases of Study: The New Courtyard Style Name of Project: Chienshueitou Traditional Cluster Location of Project: Kinman, Fujian Located slightly over 300km away from Taipei, the small island outside of river Min owns some of the finest preserved traditional southern China styled architecture that had long been a focus of study on understanding the living and architecture style of the past. Built some 200-250 years ago, this traditional cluster is still home of some local families, while depicts their wealth and sense of culture awareness in the old days.
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DingJie Community
ZhongJie Community
Chinese Style Housing Foreign Style Housing Mix Style Housing
A simple scheme reveals some of the critical elements of the southern China style living clustar, from a more chassical point of view, these pieces of work don't actually represent the whole layout of how it should be build traditionally, but from the perspective of profitting the regeneration project on Shezi Island, it may not be the architecture that is benefitual, but the old school life style and the intermediate space between each cluster or building. Important renovation projects had been done to the traditional clusters while respecting the classic styles, giving the old building a new possibility and better suit the contemporary needs of living. Building Layout Configuration 26
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Cases of Study: The Renovation of Industry Name of Project: The Argonaut Shipyard Regeneration Location of Project: Keelung, Taiwan Standing on the tip of history enables one the foresee a further future. Find youselves a confortable corner looking at the beautiful waterscape, while enjoying a sip of hot coffee with a stranger. Finally, Argonaut is not only a backgroud of a single insident, but a platform full of life, and a place where people gather and enjoy the richness of culture and environment. People experience a different Argonaut as time pass, some with laughter, others with a sense of relief. Focusing on the restoration process, this post industrial heritage provides a different possibility to reuse old architecture.
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A. The renovation of existing structure.
B. Landscape of historical site.
Axonometric Image of Spatial Activation
C. Section Important Images of The Argonaut 28
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05 Concept & Design Process Super Campus
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Sharing With City
Educational Complex
Community Involving
Connecting the university campus with the couumnity on multiple asspects.
Creating an institution fulfilling not only the needs of ordinary students but also serves the community.
Expanding the idea of campus while intervaning usable space with the community and further more the city.
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Building up the core space of the project while relevant programs connected using a pedagogical path.
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Contemporary Courtyards
A precedent of possible way of designing contemporary courtyard style housing while respecting the spirit and locus.
Courtyard style building built with red brick with rounded wooden columns to support the roof. Depth : Width = 1 : 1 Approx.18-20m
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Building Configuration
Determinant Style
Cluster Style
Renovation of Semi-Public Space
Community Plaza
Street
Play Ground / Park
Courtyard
Iconic Tree
Alleys
Courtyard Style
Spreaded Style
Courtyards and habitational clusters are two of the major building configurations in Shezi Island, therefore, how it can be contemporized to suit the mordern living needs became increasingly important. Starting from a top to toe understanding of the transformation of traditional courtyard housing from an existing historical building on site, the House of Li Ahongji, it is clearly seen that the publicity of semi-public space should be regard as the most important element to deal with. This project aim to renovate but not demolish the accent of tradition but to re-intervene with the existings to promote a better living method while remains part of the local costum.
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Reproduction of Cutural Taipei Composition of Building
Materiality of Building
Shezi Island
Roof Tiles & Dark
Second Row
Wall
Back Row
Arcade & Front Row Patio 16-23m
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Yard 16-23m
Dihua Street
Brick & Mainly Red , Yellow and Light Green
Style of Facade
Taking a nearby community, Dihua Street, which had gone through renovation as a precedent, study on composition of building, materiality of building and style of facade had been done as a reference to how Shezi Island could become in the future. Transformation-Shezi
Minnan Style In the past, most buildings are low rise and low density
In the past 50 years, temp. structure filled up most empty spaces without overall consideration & planning
In the future, mid rise apartments will accommendate most of the resident to give space for green facility while the iconic buildings will be regenerated
Shezi Island had a relevantly special historical background which highly influenced the building of houses and its development process. Before the 1970s, being one of the most importants agriculture and light industrial areas within Taipei, most residentials are low rise and low in density. As time passes, with the rapid development of nearby areas and the restriction of construction, temporary structures flooded into the limited open space without long term consideration on land usage and planning, causing the living conditions to worsen in a relativly short period of time. In the future, as the introduce of project Shangri-La Shezi becomes a reality, mid rise apartments and public housing will accommendate the over growing inhabitants while clearing up space for public green facilities and iconical post-industrial buildings.
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Western Style
Baroque Style
Modernism Style
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Linked Life Cycle Size of circle indicates the scale of each program
Public Housing For Youth
Lab / Office
Showroom
Shipyard
University
Iconic Temple
Store & Apartment
Green Link
Shade of circle indicates number of times people spend using this facility on a weekly basis
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Museum
Water Sports Recreation
Hotel
Pier
Light Rail
Width of the line indecates amount of users and direction of movements between different proframs High Usage Rate Mid Usage Rate Low Usage Rate
Leisure Farming
Villa
Potential Adjacencies are outlined
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06 Shangri-La Shezi Master Plan
The Shangri-La Shezi project is composed by a lot of differnt sectors, each linked up with another. Looking from an aerial view perspective, the new developed area is slightly smaller than the existing area protected by the embankments due to introducing new canals and the seasonal infilteration lake. Starting from the tip of the peninsula, the existing university and local marine industry had merge and expended into a Marine Industry-Pedagogical Zone which focuses on connecting the research or academic studies done in the university and pretical manufacture of componants or skills. Apart from the above, to encourage the younger generations to participate in the marine industry and maybe start-up their own career, a youth focusing public housing with a fully functional start-up hub is also introduced to this zone. The center part of this project is the Zone of Living Culture which occupied the space between an iconic temple of Shezi Island and the proposed canal. Transforing condition from waste land and factory buildings, a green axis is introduced to elevate the overall living conditions of this place with shops and apartments in local style laying beside. Slightly larger commercial space is created right beside the new canal as part of the design to attract visitors. A Leisure and Visitor focusing Zone is created beside the new seasonal infilteration lake to take advantage of some of the best fresh water spots in Taipei. The major programs in this zone includes a water sports recreational center and a museum transformed from an abandomed structure of post industrial architecture. Another highlight of this zone would be the floating villa on the infilteration lake which can only be reached by boat during raining season. Leasure farming also took place in this zone separated with traditional farming. 1. Sketch Master Plan 2. Working Model of Shezi 35
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Showroom
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Terminal / Exhibition
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Marine Industry Area_Visualization
University
Shipyard
Cooperating with the existing university and local indusries located at the tip of he peninsula, the marine industry area devoted to build connection between the younger generations who has an interest on the local industry while assists them on opening up their own career. Taking advantage of an existing pier currently used by the university as a training facility for practical lessons, it is extended and transformed into a small-size shipyard for not only the local industry but also visitors to experience this unique process of ship building, Labs, offices and factories occupied buildings, new and old, in this area, accompanied with a showroom to exhibit the final product and a youth focusing public housing for the young professionals to stay in and interact with other people,
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Showroom Public Housing
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Green Link
Commercial Complex
In-Land Pier
Observation Deck
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Community Plaza
Iconic Temple
Public Housing
Roadside Store
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Culture & Commercial Area_Visualization
Public Housing
Store / Apartment
Pier / Deck
Green Link Temple
Religion had always played an important role in traditional Taiwanese communities, and Shezi Island is not an exception. Located at the central part of the peninsula, an iconic temple and a community plaza represents the culture believe of this place. Starting from the temple acting as one of the knot of this project, a green link connection the temple and the new canal is being introduced with roadside shops sitting aside. At the tip of the green link is a small inland pier and observation deck, allowing residents and visitor to gain connection with other parts of Shezi Island and Taipei with ease. Slightly larger commercial business and a riverside pathway is also introduced to the project.
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Lake-Side Walkway
Leisure & Agriculture Area_Program
Hotel
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Leisure & Agriculture Area_Visualization Leisure Farmland Existing Community Pier Hotel
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Making use of the new seasonal infilteration lake and some post industrial structures, the leisure area provides a place for people to leave daily chores behind and enjoy a day of rest. The major part of this area can be enclosed with a museum showing the history and development process of Shezi Island and a multi-purpose space which can be a cafe or restaurant during day time and a lounge bar or performance hall during night. At the other end of this area is a water sports recreation center owning not only indoor facilites like swimming pool and sauna but also the entire lake for sports like jet skiing, kayaking and banana boating, just to list out a few. There are two places for visitors to stay over night. A hotel on the main land for ordinary high standard living and the floating villa for people to experience a different scenory and perspective of Shezi Island.
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Plaza Exhibition / Museum
Cafe / Restaurant
Floating Villa
Urban & Housing Design Project on Shezi Island, Taipei
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