Platina Stedenbouw · 2021
Impression of Railway Stadspark
by Ching-I Wu
- A' Design Award in Platina 2021 in Stedenbouw
- CLIENT: S.D. Atelier Design and Planning
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 198,496
- Verification code 5404F324CA · Verify this award
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About Impression of Railway Stadspark
Impression of Railway is een stadspark dat is ontwikkeld rond het treinstation van Taichung in Taiwan. Het park beslaat 15287,57 vierkante meter en werd voltooid in februari 2020. Gesloten spoorwegfaciliteiten zijn omgevormd tot een openbaar recreatiegebied, waaronder een ecomuseum gewijd aan het spoorwegerfgoed. Een groene corridor voor voetgangers verbindt historische en culturele locaties in de centrale, westelijke, oostelijke en zuidelijke delen van de stad. Vier thematische halvedagroutes beginnen bij het station. Het plan behoudt de lokale geschiedenis en verbetert de openbare voorzieningen.
About the A' Design Award in Platina
Impression of Railway Stadspark is winnaar van de A' Design Award in Platina, een uiterst prestigieuze erkenning die wordt toegekend aan werkelijk uitzonderlijke, elegante en magnifieke ontwerpen. De winnaars in Platina zijn wonderen van creatie, getuigenissen van de grenzen van intellectuele creativiteit en tonen het ongeëvenaarde professionalisme en genie van hun ontwerpers. Van deze ontwerpen wordt verwacht dat zij de meest vermaarde werken zijn die de esthetiek van een tijdperk bepalen, bijdragen aan het welzijn van de samenleving en de grenzen van kunst, wetenschap, ontwerp en technologie verleggen. Impression of Railway Stadspark toont een transcendent niveau van uitmuntendheid en maakt de wereld ongetwijfeld een betere plek met zijn voordelige en waardevolle kenmerken. Impression of Railway Stadspark is een werk dat de A' Design Award in Platina heeft gewonnen en dat verlangens oproept, inspireert, verrukt en grote vreugde doet ontvlammen.
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- 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.
- Image Credits
- Image #1-2: Photographer His-Shan Wang, Railway of Impression, 2020.
Image #3-5: Photographer Chi-Ming Wu, Railway of Impression, 2020.
