Impression of Railway Parc urbain by Ching-I Wu

Impression of Railway Parc urbain by Ching-I Wu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award de Platine in Urbanisme Competition Category.

PlatineUrbanisme· 2021

Impression of Railway Parc urbain

by Ching-I Wu

Client: S.D. Atelier Design and Planning

A' Design Award de Platine Winner in Urbanisme Category

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The Design

About Impression of Railway Parc urbain

Impression of Railway est un parc urbain aménagé autour de la gare ferroviaire de Taichung, à Taïwan. Le parc s'étend sur 15 287,57 mètres carrés et a été achevé en février 2020. Des installations ferroviaires désaffectées ont été reconverties en un espace récréatif public, comprenant un écomusée consacré au patrimoine ferroviaire. Un corridor vert piétonnier relie les sites historiques et culturels des quartiers centre, ouest, est et sud de la ville. Quatre parcours thématiques d'une demi-journée partent de la gare. Le projet préserve l'histoire locale et améliore les équipements publics.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Platine

Impression of Railway Parc urbain est lauréat de l'A' Design Award de Platine, une reconnaissance extrêmement prestigieuse décernée à des designs véritablement exceptionnels, élégants et magnifiques. Les lauréats Platine sont des merveilles de création, des témoignages des limites de la créativité intellectuelle, et démontrent le professionnalisme inégalé et le génie de leurs concepteurs. Ces designs sont censés être les œuvres les plus renommées, qui définissent l'esthétique d'une époque, contribuent au bien-être de la société et repoussent les limites de l'art, de la science, du design et de la technologie. Impression of Railway Parc urbain affiche un niveau d'excellence transcendant et rend sans équivoque le monde meilleur grâce à ses caractéristiques avantageuses et précieuses. Impression of Railway Parc urbain est une œuvre lauréate de l'A' Design Award de Platine qui éveille les désirs, inspire, enthousiasme, ravit et fait naître une grande joie.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The development of this project awakens the local citizens to preserve history and culture. The government, meanwhile, hopes to renovate the image of city with the magnificent cultural assets. Believe to make Taichung, a city full of culture and life, rise again.
Dimensions & Packaging: The project is 15287.57 square meter.
Tags: Urban Landscape, Planning, Design, Park, Public Facility
Production Technology: The designers integrated areas around Taichung Railway Station with urban environment, land utilization, industries development, urban image and cityscapes. The integration reorganizes the resources, reforms the surrounding environment and improves the quality of public facilities with the cultural and pedestrian-friendly urban corridor, which enriches the cultural development of the city centre.
Design Challenge: Green corridor, as a medium, will attract numerous people and bring them to different historical sites. There will be four different themes of half-day sightseeing tours, including art exhibition, Japanese-style dormitory, plain life along Green River, and cycling. Every need of sightseeing can be satisfied by visiting here. All these four routes of sightseeing start from Taichung Railway Station. Different routes may have different spots, every route nevertheless has one essential place where tourists can experience the local culture and food. The final spot of each tour is accessible to other business districts in Taichung City. Tourists are free to decide if they want to prolong their half-day tours.
Research: Taichung Railway Station symbolizes the origin of Taichung city. Its surrounding area is exclusive in historical significance. After the railways are being elevated and transformed into the rapid transit systematization, the areas under the viaducts and surrounding the station are redeveloped by implementing the flagship plan that, based on stitching the urban space and preserving the city’s historical features, connects the historical and cultural assets in the central, western, eastern, and southern Taichung City, as well as the urban stitching plan.
Inspiration: Taichung, a city born by the construction of railways. Since the opening of Taiwan Trunk Line has opened to traffics in Taichung in 1908, the development of entire city has emerged accordingly. The development of Taichung City is linked to the growth of railways. The heart of Taichung, after centuries, is changing through the developments and constructions in other areas, discovering the role of the old city of Taichung in the future urban plan.
Project Duration: The project finished in February 2020 in Taichung, Taiwan.
Operation Flow: This urban development strategy, as a crucial municipal construction based on public participation, was initiated by people advocating the preservation of the old railway afterwards implemented by municipality, thus presenting a new paragon of landscape urbanism. The Eco-Museum composed of the century-old heritage of railway culture renovates the closed railway facilities into an urban recreational area with diverse features of ecology, culture, life, etc.
Team Members: Designer: Ching-I Wu
Designer: Fu-Chu Hsu
Image Credits: Image #1-2: Photographer His-Shan Wang, Railway of Impression, 2020.
Image #3-5: Photographer Chi-Ming Wu, Railway of Impression, 2020.