2009
Proposal
Team A: "Transplantation"
The old urban
district in decline and the prospering new district are developing into polar
opposites. This is a proposal for
transplanting elements from each district to the other in an effort to
strengthen mutual ties and enable them to coexist as the Double-Engines of Taichung.
Team B: "Hotel/Motel"
This group took note
of the motels and hotels that symbolize respectively the new and old urban
districts of Taichung. The proposal is for a new motel prototype and an urban
reorganization in which the development of a network of hotels is tied to the
installation of open spaces.
Team C: "Gear"
The establishment of
a strategic center for the "timescape" that utilizes the surrounding
context and is located between the new and old urban districts. The program and space are likened to
gears. Taichung as a whole is
imagined as being driven by a number of gears of different sizes and rates of
rotation.
Team D: "Motorbike"
The motorbike is the
typical means of movement in Taichung.
This provided the hint for the formation of a distinctive urban
structure. A flexible Taiwan-type
city plan is proposed, one that is different from Japanese city plans which are
based mainly on planned roads and utilizes the mobility of motorbikes.
Team E: "MRT"
A proposal to
connect the two urban districts three-dimensionally by means of the mass rapid
transit (MRT) being planned between the districts seven to eight years from
now. This will add variety to the
sense of speed that now prevails in Taichung and that is based on automobiles
and motorbikes; it will reinforce the distinctive character of the city.
Team F: "River"
The four rivers in
Taichung will be connected and reconstructed so that they flow through the city
three-dimensionally, thus integrating them with urban activities and everyday
life. A new Taichung townscape
that uses the rivers as a water network will emerge.
