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The regeneration of the Taichung Central District old city center includes the improvement of the exterior environment, public transportation and other infrastructures, combining multivariate resources like culture, art, and tourism, promoting the diversity of the city. Against such backdrop, the city government absorbed suggestions and opinions from all parties involved, hosting “Rebuilding Central City” competition. Hence, in order to match up with the mandate and the planning of Taichung City Government, the study used “Folding Street” as basis, providing design solution from three perspectives: green living city, local industry and culture, reutilization of the old buildings.
The study took the Li-Ming Cultural Building as the reconstruction subject with three design targets -- first, renovating Li-Ming Cultural Building, transforming the old city office into the cultural creative mall, catering to the contemporary shopping model; Secondly, exchange opportunities between local and emerging industries are introduced, providing a platform for mutual communication, creation, and exhibition; thirdly, buildings of local features, building languages and street designs are analyzed, bringing in the design of plaza, gallery and green space, further satisfying the shopping and recreational need of the consumers.
Four sections are covered in the methodology. First, literature related to the factors of decline and the regeneration potentiality of the Taichung Central District are reviewed, understanding its advantages as well as applicable resources. Secondly, the study analyzed historical buildings, local delicacies, tourism resources as well as local feature industries, collecting necessary cultural activities into the design. Thirdly, local architect language as well as street typologies were discussed and were utilized as the foundation for design, creating a cultural creative mall with local characteristics. Fourth, the traditional street typology, including “S”, “T”, and “Y” shape is evaluated, and is translated and folded into a three-dimensional display which is applied to the interior space allocation as well as route design.
The main purpose of the study is to create an open, diverse, penetrable, and entertaining three-dimensional street space by employing local building languages to design art space, creating green space through planting, and bringing in activities as well as industries with local characteristics. The study hopes to propose a practical design plan for a mall with local features, green living space, and local street characteristics to the planning and implementation of Taichung old city center regeneration.
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