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Th i ss e me s t e r ’ ss t u d i oe x p l o r e st h es e r e n ea n dt r a n q u i l t o wn o fT a i p i n g ,as ma l lt o wnl o c a t e dt ot h en o r t ho fMa l a y s i a ’ s c a p i t a l c i t yo f Ku a l aL u mp u r . T a i p i n gi swe l l k n o wnf o rh e rr i c h h i s t o r i c a ls i g n i f i c a n c e ,a r c h i t e c t u r a lh e r i t a g ea n db e a u t i f u l l y l a n d s c a p e dl a k eg a r d e n s .Th es t u d i oe x p l o r e st h ed i f f e r e n t p e r s o n ao ft h et o wni nh e rr e a c t i o nt ot h ed i v e r s ec u l t u r e , s o c i a lr e l a t i o n s h i p sa n de c o n o mi ce l e me n t si nat a p e s t r yo f t h emu l t i e t h n i cc o mmu n i t y , p r a c t i c e sa n dh e r i t a g e . Th es i t es e l e c t e df o rt h ed e s i g ns t u d i oi sa4 s t o r e yb u i l d i n g b l o c kwh i c hi sc u r r e n t l yh o u s i n gaf e wl a u n d r ys h o p so nt h e g r o u n df l o o r a n dr e s i d e n t i a l u n i t si nt h ef l o o r sa b o v e . Ad j a c e n t t ot h i sb l o c ki sa no p e ns p a c ewh i c hi su s e da sad r y i n gy a r d f o r t h el a u n d r ys h o p so p e r a t o r s . Us u a l l yi nt h ea f t e r n o o n s , o n e wi l lb ea b l et oe n j o yt h eu n p r e d i c t a b l ey e te n t h r a l l i n gwi n d c h o r e o g r a p h e dd a n c eo fv a r i o u sg a r me n t sa n dc l o t h i n g a r t i c l e sb a l a n c i n gt h e ms e l v e so nt h i nr o p e s , s u s p e n d e df r o m r u s t yp o l e sb u r i e di nt h eo p e nf i e l d .Th es i t ei so n et h a ti s c a p t i v a t i n ge s p e c i a l l yf o rac i t yd we l l e ra si t i sa l mo s t ap o r t a l i n t ot h es l o we r p a c e dl i f e s t y l et h a t o n l yat o wnl i k eT a i p i n gc a n s t i l l o f f e r . St u d e n t swe r eg i v e nt h ec h a l l e n g et oa n a l y s et h ec o n t e x to f t h es i t ei nh e rr e l a t i o n s h i pwi t ht h et o wna n dt op r o p o s ea d e s i g ni n t e r v e n t i o nt h a t ma yb ea b l et oi mp r o v et h el i v e a b i l i t y o f T a i p i n g . Ba s e do ni n d i v i d u a l o b s e r v a t i o n sa n db yt h ea p p l i c a t i o no fd i f f e r e n tr e s e a r c hme t h o d o l o g i e s ,s t u d e n t swe r e a b l et od e v e l o pc r i t i c a l u n d e r s t a n d i n go f t h e i rp r o p o s i t i o n si n t e r mso fs c a l e ,a r c h i t e c t u r a l s e n s i b i l i t i e s ,a swe l la sd e v e l o p i n go f f o r ms , s t r u c t u r e sa n dt h eu s eo f ma t e r i a l t oc r e a t ea s o c i a l ,s p a t i a la n dt i me b a s e de n v i r o n me n t i nt h eg i v e ns i t e . I no r d e rt od e v e l o pad e e p e rc o n n e c t i o nt ot h es i t ea n dt h e l i v i n gc o mmu n i t y , s t u d e n t swe r ee n g a g e di nu r b a nwa l k sa n d e x p l o r a t i v es t u d i e si nPu d ua n da l s oi nT a i p i n gi no r d e rt ob e a b l et op r o d u c eac o l l a b o r a t i v ema p p i n go ft h es i t e .Th e c o n t r a s t b e t we e nt h e s et woa r e a ss e t t o n e sf o r d i s t i n c t s t r a t e g i ci n t e r v e n t i o ni nar a n g eo fs c a l e s .V a r i o u sme t h o d swe r e u s e di nt h es t u d yo f s i t e , s u c ha s-mo d e l ma k i n g, me a s u r e d d r a wi n g s ,d i s c o u r s ea n d wo r k s h o p s .Th e s ee x e r c i s e s e n a b l e dt h es t u d e n t st of o r mu l a t et h e i ru n d e r s t a n d i n go ft h e r e l a t i o n s h i pa n dc o n d i t i o n so fwo r ka n di n h a b i t a t i o na n d e s t a b l i s ht h es y n e r g yb e t we e nc o mmu n i t y ,p l a c ea n du r b a n l i f ea n dt ot h e np r o p o s ea“ l i v e wo r k ”c o n d i t i o nwi t h i nt h e p a r a me t e r so f t h eg i v e nb u i l d i n ga n da d j a c e n t e mp t yl a n d .
Al iMasoomi Al l o c a t e da ta4 0 0 0 s q ms i t e ,t h ep r o j e c ti sa n a q u a t i cs p o r t sf a c i l i t yt op r o mo t er e l a t e ds p o r t s t ol o c a l sa n di ts e r v e sa na t t r a c t i o nh u bf o r p r o f e s s i o n a l a t h l e t e sf r o ma l l o v e rMa l a y s i aa s t h ec i t yo fT a i p i n gi sl o c a t e dwi t h i nt h ec l o s e v i c i n i t yo f ma j o rc i t i e si nMa l a y s i a . Th ec o mp l e x c o n s i s t so ft h r e ema i nb l o c k si n c l u d i n gi n d o o r s t a n d a r dOl y mp i cs i z e ds wi mmi n gp o o l s ,g y m c h a n g i n gr o o ms ,o f f i c e sc a f e t e r i a ,a n dt wo o u t d o o rs wi mmi n gp o o lf o rl e i s u r ea n dp u b l i c u s e .Th er e s i d e n t i a l b l o c ki saf i v es t o r e yh o t e l wh i c hwo u l db ea na c c o mmo d a t i o nf o rv i s i t o r s a n dp r o f e s s i o n a la t h l e t e swh oa l s owo u l dt a k e t h er e s p o n s i b i l i t yo f a d mi n i s t r a t i n gt h ef a c i l i t i e s . Ane x i s t i n gt r a n s i t i o n a l b l o c kwi t hg a t h e r i n ga n d r e c r e a t i o n a l c a f e t e r i a si nt wol e v e l sb u i l ti n d o o r a n dwi t ha no p e nr o o f t o pf u n c t i o na r e aa d j a c e n t t ot h er e s i d e n t i a l a r e a .
TAI PI NGAQUATI CSPORTSANDDEVELOPMENTCENTER
SCHOOL OF ARCHI TECTURE AND BUI LT ENVI RONMENT
AngPeiYee T a i p i n gAr ta n dCu l t u r a lCe n t r ee n c o u r a g e s c r o s s g e n e r a t i o n a lb o n d i n g ,p r o mo t e sc u l t u r a l e x c h a n g e ,a n dp r o v i d e sp o s i t i v es u p p o r t s y s t e mst h a t h e l pt oma i n t a i nt h ewe l l b e i n ga n d s e c u r i t yo ft h eo l d e ra n dy o u n g e rg e n e r a t i o n s . Be s i d e s ,t h i sc e n t r eh e l p st op r o mo t ec u l t u r a l d i v e r s i t ya n db u i l d sc o mmu n i t yi d e n t i t y .Th e p r i d eo f t h i sc e n t r el e a d st op o s i t i v en o r msa n d i tb u i l d ss o c i a lc a p i t a lb yg e t t i n gp e o p l e i n v o l v e d . Wi t hs p a c e sf o re n t e r t a i n me n ts u c h a st h eo p e na i r t h e a t r ea n db a z a a r l o c a t e da r e a , t h e s ef a c i l i t i e ss e r v e st op r o mo t ec u l t u r ei naf u n wa y .No t f o r g e t t i n g , t h e r ei samu s i cc l a s s r o o m, a na r ta n dc r a f tc l a s s r o o ma n dac o mmu n i t y l i b r a r yt op r o v i d eal e a r n i n ge n v i r o n me n t t h a t i s c o n d u c i v ef o rt h ec o mmu n i t y . Th e r ewo u l da l s o b ea ni n f o r ma t i o nc e n t r et oa i dv i s i t o r sf o r e n q u i r i e sa n dh o me s t a ys e r v i c e st op r o v i d e t o u r i s t sa nu n f o r g e t t a b l ee x p e r i e n c eo f t r a v e l l i n g i nT a i p i n g .Ac t i v i t i e ss u c ha sc u l t u r a ls u r v i v a l b a z a a r ,o u t d o o re x h i b i t i o n s ,p e r f o r mi n ga r t s , a n da r ta n dc r a f two r k s h o p swi l l b eh e l di nt h e c e n t r et oa t t r a c tt h ee l d e r l ya n dy o u n g s t e r s . Th e s ee v e n t se n c o u r a g ep e o p l eo fa l la g e st o g e tt o g e t h e r ,e v e n t u a l l yb r i n g i n gt h e mt ou n i t e a so n e .
TAI PI NGARTANDCULTURALCENTRE
SCHOOL OF ARCHI TECTURE AND BUI LT ENVI RONMENT
Ar yt onKong Mo me n t o .L o n ga g o ,i twa sd e f i n e da s s o me t h i n gt h a t s e r v e sa sawa r n i n go r r e mi n d e r o ft h ep a s t .Ho we v e r ,i nt h ec u r r e n tc o n t e x t ,i t me a n sas o u v e n i r ,a no b j e c tt h a tc a p t u r e st h e mo me n t ,b ei tt h ep l a c eo rt i meo famo me n t . Si mi l a r l y ,t h ed e s i g ni n t e n t i o no ft h i sb u i l d i n gi s t or e mi n do re d u c a t et h ep u b l i ca b o u t T a i p i n g ’ s h e r i t a g ei d e n t i t y wh i l ec r e a t i n g wo n d e r f u l mo me n t sf o ru s e r sa n dp a s s e r s b yt h r o u g ht h e f a c i l i t i e s wi t h i ni t sb u i l d i n g .Th i sb u i l d i n g f u n c t i o n sa sap u b l i cl i b r a r yf o rt h ec o mmu n i t i e s n e a r b y .Be s i d e s ,i t sl o d g i n gf a c i l i t i e sc a t e rf o r t o u r i s t s ,s oi te n c o u r a g e sh e r i t a g et o u r i s m. Th e r ei sa l s oac a f ét h a ts e r v e st r a d i t i o n a l d e l i c a c i e ss u c ha sMe eRe b u s ,‘ Ho rGaSa i ’ ( a d r i n kwh i c hi sac o mb i n a t i o no f c o f f e ea n dMi l o ) a n dNy o n y ak u i h( c a k e s )t or e mi n dt h ep e o p l e o ft h e i rr o o t s .L a s t l y ,i ti n s p i r e sp e o p l ea n d p r o v i d e st h e ma no p p o r t u n i t yt ol e a r na b o u t T a i p i n g ’ sh e r i t a g eb u i l d i n g st h r o u g hg a l l e r i e s .
MOMENTO:TAI PI NG HERI TAGELEARNI NG CENTER
SCHOOL OF ARCHI TECTURE AND BUI LT ENVI RONMENT
At t anBar t hol omew Si nos T a i p i n gi sat o wnt h a ti si n c o n s p i c u o u s ,h a sa s l o wp a c el i f ea n di ti sg e n e r a l l yp e a c e f u l . Pr o p o s i n gas p o r t sr e h a bc e n t r eh e r ewo u l db e i d e a l a st h et o wni t s e l fc o u l dp l a yar o l ei nt h e h e a l i n go ft h eb o d y ,mi n da n ds o u l .Th i sc o u l d b ea c h i e v e dt h r o u g ht h ei n v o l v e me n t o f n a t i o n a l s p o r t sp e r s o n a l i t i e s ’i np r o v i d i n gs p o r tt r a i n i n g p r o g r a mme st ot h ey o u t h s . I nf a c t , t h ep r e s e n c e o f s p o r t sp e r s o n a l i t i e si nT a i p i n gc o u l di n s p i r ei t s y o u t hr e s i d e n t st ob ea c t i v e l ye n g a g e di ns p o r t s a n dl e a dah e a l t h i e rl i f e s t y l e . Th ef a c i l i t i e s wi t h i nt h i sc e n t r ep l a yap i v o t a l r o l ei ne n c o u r a g i n gy o u t h st op a r t i c i p a t emo r ei ns p o r t sa s p e o p l ea r eb o u n dt ob ea t t r a c t e dt of e a t u r e st h a t b e n e f i tt h e m.Th ef a c i l i t i e st h a tv i s i t o r sc o u l d u s ef o rt h es p o r ta c t i v i t i e si n c l u d et h eg y ma n d j o g g i n gp a t h . Ot h e rf a c i l i t i e si n c l u d et h e n u t r i t i o n i s tr o o m,c a f e t e r i a ,c o n s u l t a t i o nr o o m a n ds oo n .Wi t h o u td o u b t ,t h i ss p o r t sc e n t r e e n c o u r a g e st h ep e o p l et ob eme n t a l l ya n d p h y s i c a l l yf i t .Att h es a met i me ,i tl i v e n su p a i p i n g ’ sa t mo s p h e r ewi t ht h es p i r i to fs p o r t , T b r i n g i n gmo r ep o s i t i v ee n e r g yt ot h ep e o p l e .
TAI PI NG HEALTH&SPORTSREHABCENTRE
SCHOOL OF ARCHI TECTURE AND BUI LT ENVI RONMENT
ChaiKahWai Cu l t u r e ,h e r i t a g e ,d i v e r s i t y -t o g e t h e r ,t h e y c r e a t eT a i p i n g , at o wnwi t hl i mi t l e s sb o u n d a r i e s . Ap l a c ewh i c hi su n i q u ei ni t so wnwa y ,t h e p r o p o s e ds t r a t e g y a i mst ot a c k l et h ec u r r e n t c o n c e r n wh e r eT a i p i n g ’ sf o r me rg l o r ya n d h i s t o r yi sb e i n go v e r l o o k e db yt h ep e o p l e .By r e v i t a l i z i n gt h eu n u s e ds p a c es c a t t e r e dt h r o u g h o u t t h et o wn , t h es i t ea c t sa sa no u t wa r dk i n do f f o r c ewh i c hd r i v ev i s i t o r st oe x p l o r et h ed i f f e r e n t p a r t so f T a i p i n g .Th ec u l t u r a l p a r ki sas e r i e so f b l o c kc o n n e c t e db ya s i n g l es l o p i n gr a mp s t r u c t u r e . Op e nf o r t h ep u b l i c , t h i smu l t i p u r p o s e b u i l d i n gs e r v e sa sav e n u et ob er e n t e do u tf o r e v e n t ss u c ha sp e r f o r ma n c e sa n de x h i b i t i o n s . I t a i mst op r e s e r v et h ev a l u eo fT a i p i n gt h r o u g h e x p l o r a t i o na n de d u c a t i o n . Th e1 2 5 ml o n gr a mp c o n n e c t st h el a k et ot h er o o f t o po ft h el a u n d r y b u i l d i n g .I ta l l o ws v i s i t o rt ov i e wT a i p i n g ’ s t o wn s c a p ea n dt h en a t u r a ll a n d s c a p eo fBu k i t L a r u tf r o mt h er o o f t o p . Al o n gt h ej o u r n e y ,t h e r e a r ep i t s t o p sf o rr e s t i n ga n dv i s i t o r sc o u l dr e f e r t ot h ed i r e c t o r i e sp r o v i d e dt omo v ea r o u n dt h e a r e awi t he a s e .
TAI PI NG WALK:CULTURALPARK
SCHOOL OF ARCHI TECTURE AND BUI LT ENVI RONMENT
ChoKenYi ng Th eT a i p i n gEd i b l eFa r ms e e k st oc u l t i v a t et h e i d e ao f s u s t a i n a b l el i v i n gt h r o u g ht h es e t t i n gu p o fs h a r e dc o mmu n i t yg a r d e n sf o rme mb e r so f t h ec o mmu n i t yt og r o wt h e i ro wnv e g e t a b l e s a n de x p e r i e n c et h ej o yo ff a r mi n ge v e ni na n u r b a ns e t t i n g .Th eo r g a n i cv e g e t a b l e sf a r me d h e r ea r ef o rt h ec o n s u mp t i o no ft h ec o mmu n i t y me mb e r so rc a na l s ob ema r k e t e df o rt h e g e n e r a t i o no fi n c o met ou p k e e pt h ef a r mi n g f a c i l i t i e s .Ap a r tf r o mt h i s ,c o mp o s tma k i n g t e c h n i q u e sa r ea l s ob e i n gi n t r o d u c e dwi t ht h e a i mo fr e u s i n gk i t c h e na n do t h e ro r g a n i cwa s t e t h a two u l di nt u r nb e n e f i tt h es o i lwi t hr i c h n u t r i e n t s .Th ep e d e s t r i a np a t h wa y sa l l o wsf o r a c t i v ei n t e r a c t i o n sb e t we e nme mb e r so ft h e c o mmu n i t ya si t we a v e si t s e l f f r o mt h eg r o u n dt o t h eh i g h e rl e v e l so ft h es t r u c t u r ea l l o wi n ge a s y a c c e s st ot h ed i f f e r e n t l e v e l sa n dv a n t a g ep o i n t s wi t h i nt h ef a r ma n dt ot h es u r r o u n d i n gs i t e .
TAI PI NG EDI BLEFARM
SCHOOL OF ARCHI TECTURE AND BUI LT ENVI RONMENT
ChongThei nWai Th eT a i p i n gSe n i o rCe n t r ep r o j e c ti sma i n l y p r o mo t i n gt h ei d e ao fp r o v i d i n gc o mmu n a l s p a c e sa n dc a r i n ga c t i v i t i e sf o r T a i p i n g ’ se l d e r l y . I nt h ewa yi tc r e a t e sac o mmu n i t yb e t we e n r e s i d e n t si nt h ec e n t r ea n dt h o s eo u t s i d e . Sp a c e sa n dp r o g r a msa r eme a n tf o rs h a r i n gt o p r o v i d ec o mmu n a l l i v i n gl i f e s t y l ewi t hl o v ea n d c a r e ,t of o r m ac o mmu n i t ywi t h i nt h es e n i o r c i t i z e n s ,s t r e n g t h e nt h eb o n d i n gb e t we e nt h e m t h r o u g h o u ti n t e r a c t i v el i f e s t y l ea n da c t i v i t i e s , a n dt or a i s et h ea wa r e n e s so nt h ei mp o r t a n c eo f t a k i n gc a r eo f e l d e r l yi nt h ef a mi l i e s .
TAI PI NG SENI ORCENTRE
SCHOOL OF ARCHI TECTURE AND BUI LT ENVI RONMENT
Dal t onEnr i kKami j an Th ei d e ai st oc r e a t eap l a c ef o rt h er e t i r e e st o s p e n dt h e i rt i mep e a c e f u l l ywh i l ec o n n e c t i n g t h e m wi t ht h ey o u n g s t e r si nT a i p i n g .Be s i d e s , l o o k i n gi nt h ea s p e c t o f c h i l d r e n ’ se a r l yd e v e l o p me n t ,t h e i ri n t e r a c t i o n wi t ht h ee l d e r l ywi l l e v e n t u a l l yl e a dt oa ne v e r l a s t i n gc u l t u r ea sa t a y o u n ga g e , c h i l d r e nc o u l dl e a r nt h er o o t so f t h e i r c u l t u r ee a s i l ya n dt h i sc y c l ec o u l db ec o n t i n u e d f o rg e n e r a t i o n s .I ns h o r t ,t h ee l d e r l yt e a c h i n g t h ey o u n g s t e r sa n dt h ey o u n g s t e r sh e l p i n gt h e e l d e r l yi sag o o dwa yt oc r e a t ea wa r e n e s si nt h e c o mmu n i t y .
TAI PI NG RETI REMENTVI LLAGEANDCHI LDCARE
SCHOOL OF ARCHI TECTURE AND BUI LT ENVI RONMENT
DouaaMansourAl iMut hana Sp o r tL i n k ,i ti saf a c i l i t yt h a ti n t r o d u c e st h e i n t e g r a t i o no fa nu r b a nl i f e s t y l ei n t ot h es ma l l t o wno f T a i p i n gwi t ht h ea i mo f c r e a t i n gamo r e c o h e r e n ta t mo s p h e r eb e t we e nt h ey o u t h sa n d t h es e n i o r si nt h et o wn .St u d y i n gT a i p i n g ’ s h i s t o r y ,i ti sr e v e a l e dt h a tT a i p i n g wa s we l l k n o wnwi t hs p o r t sa n dl e i s u r ef a c i l i t i e s wh i c hs e r v ea so n eo f t h ema i na t t r a c t i o n so f t h e c i t y .As i mi l a ry e tn o n e i d e n t i c a la p p r o a c hi s p r e s e n t e di nt h en e wp r o j e c twh e r et h e f a c i l i t ywi l l i n c l u d eb o t hs p o r t sa n dl e i s u r ei n a d d i t i o nt oa nu r b a na mb i e n c es h o wc a s i n g d i v e r s i t y a n dmo d e r nd y n a mi ca r c h i t e c t u r e wh i c ha r et r a i t so f ac i t ya t mo s p h e r e . Th i sn e w l o o kwo u l db et h ea t t r a c t i o nf a c t o rt o wa r d s y o u t h sa st h ei n t e g r a t i o no fd y n a mi c i t ya l l o ws t h eb u i l d i n gd e s i g nt oa d a p t wi t ht h e e v e r c h a n g i n gt e c h n o l o g ywo r l dt h a tt h en e w g e n e r a t i o n sa r el i v i n gi n .
TAI PI NG SPORTCENTER
SCHOOL OF ARCHI TECTURE AND BUI LT ENVI RONMENT
Fr anci sPoh T a i p i n g He r i t a g e Hu ba i ms t op r o mo t e a wa r e n e s sr e g a r d i n gT a i p i n g ’ sh e r i t a g ea n d p r e s e r v et h ei d e n t i t yo fT a i p i n gt h a ti ss l o wl y f a d i n ga wa y .Th i ss l e e p i n gt o wni sr e j u v e n a t e d t h r o u g ht h eh u b ’ sp r o g r a mme swh i c hi n c l u d e e d u c a t i n gt h ey o u n gg e n e r a t i o n ,p r o mo t i n g t o u r i s ma n dc r e a t i n gah e r i t a g es o c i e t y .Th i s h u bs e r v e sa sac e n t r a lp o i n tt oe n h a n c et h e h e r i t a g et r a i l t h r o u g hc o n n e c t i n ga n dr e c o n f i g u r i n gt h er o u t ef r o mt h ec i t yt ot h eT a i p i n gL a k e Ga r d e n .Fu r t h e r mo r e ,t h en e e d so ft h es o c i e t y a r en o tf o r e s e e na st h eh u ba l s op r o v i d e sa n a u d i t o r i u ms p a c ef o r t h ep e o p l et oe x p r e s st h e i r t a l e n t st h r o u g hp e r f o r mi n ga r t s .
TAI PI NG HERI TAGEHUB
SCHOOL OF ARCHI TECTURE AND BUI LT ENVI RONMENT
HeahWenJui n Th i sb u i l d i n gd e s i g ni sa ni n c e p t i o no f b e h a v i o u r a li n f o r ma l i t ywi t ht h ei n t e n t i o nt o b r e a kc o mmo n l yp e r c e i v e dme t h o d so fl i v i n g . Byr e e n a c t i n gan o s t a l g i ct r a d i t i o n a ll a u n d r y a c t i v i t yd i s p l a yi na r c h i t e c t u r a l f o r m,i tp r e s e n t s awi l di n t e r f e r e n c eo fe x c i t e me n ti n t oo r d i n a r y p r a c t i c e s .Pe r c u s s i o na n dt h er e v e r b e r a n t o f a mo v ea r emo r p h e da l o n gt h ea n t h r o p o me t r yo f c i r c u sc a b a r e t , wa v e so f a c t i o n , c a r v i n go u t t h e s p a c e sf r o map l a i nb l o c k “ J u s t b yb e i n ge p i c l y h u ma n . ” On eo f t h ema i nd e s i g nf e a t u r e sh e r ei s t h ev e r t i c a l e l e me n t ma n i p u l a t i o n . De r i v e df r o m p o i n t s ,l i n e sa n dp l a n e se x t e n s i o no fp o i n t sa t d i f f e r e n td i s t a n c e sa n do f f s e t t i n gp l a n e si n r h y t h m,a f o r mo fh a r mo n i z e dl a n g u a g ei s c a r v e do u tb e t we e nt woc h o i c e so fma t e r i a l s t h a t d e f i n es p a c e sj u s t b yu s i n gs i mp l et we a k s . Ul t i ma t e l y ,t h e yc o n v e r g ei n t oas i n g l ep i e c e . Be s i d e s ,t h ewa v e sf o rf a ç a d ewh i c hu s e st h e s e r i a lp l a n ea sb o t hi n t e r i o rf i n i s h i n ga n d e x t e r i o rf e n e s t r a t i o nc l e v e r l ymo r p hsi t s e l f t of i t t h ed e s i g nc o n c e p t . No to n l yt h a t ,i ta l s o c o n t r o l sh o wt h es u nh i t sa n de n t e r ss p a c e s f r o mt h eo u t s i d e . An o t h e r v i t a l d e s i g nh e r ei st h e o p e n i n gi t s e l f .Ma d ewi t has e mi p e r me a b l e ma t e r i a l , t h es i z ep o s i t i o n i n go f o p e n i n g s , a l o n g wi t hi t sc r o p p e do u t me t h o dd e f i n e si t sp u r p o s e a n de n h a n c e su s e re x p e r i e n c e .
PERCUSSI ONMORPHOLOGY
SCHOOL OF ARCHI TECTURE AND BUI LT ENVI RONMENT
Hew WooiKean Th eT a i p i n gSp o r tCe n t r el o c a t e dn e a r b yt h e b e a u t i f u lT a i p i n gL a k eh a sap a r t i c u l a r l yr i g i d u r b a nf a b r i ca n dt h el o n gv i s t a sa l o n gr o a d sa s we l la sj u n c t i o n sa r ec l e a r l yn o t i c e a b l e .Fr o m t h a t , t h i sc e n t r ewo u l df o s t e r t h ed e v e l o p me n t o f T a i p i n gL a k eb yi n t r o d u c i n gan e ws p o r t a c t i v i t y wh i c hi sp o p u l a ra tEu r o p e a nc o u n t r i e st ot h e y o u n gp e o p l e . Ane l e v a t e ds k a t ep a r kwo u l db e d e s i g n a t e da t t h e1 s t f l o o r / 1 s t u p p e rf l o o ra n di t i sa c c e s s i b l et h r o u g ht h eRC.r a mpl o c a t e da t g r o u n df l o o r . Th r e et r a i n i n gz o n ewo u l db ep a r t o ft h ed e s i g n b a s i cs k i l l sz o n e ,a r t i s t i cs k a t i n g z o n ea n de x t r e me / f r e es t y l es k a t i n gs k i l l sz o n e . Be s i d e s ,t h eT a i p i n gs p o r tc e n t r ep r o v i d e sa l e i s u r ep o o lf a c i l i t ya tt h e1 s tf l o o rs l a bt o c o r r e s p o n dt ot h ec o r o n a t i o np o o l( u r b a ns i t e c o n t e x t ) . Wi t ht h ea i mt op r o v i d ea‘ g r e e n ’ l i v i n g e n v i r o n me n t ,t h eh o s t e l ’ sd e s i g ni sap r o t o t y p e o f l i v i n gi nas p o r t e n v i r o n me n t wi t hg r e e n e r i e s . Th ef a c a d eo r i e n t a t i o nv i e wc e n t r a l st o wa r d s t h es p o r t sa n de c o f r i e n d l ya r e a s .Fa c i l i t i e s s u c ha st h el a u n d r y ,r e s t a u r a n ta n ds h o p p i n g ma l lh e l pt op r o v i d ec o n v e n i e n c et ov i s i t o r s . L a s t l y , 2 n dKLc i t yn i g h t wo u l db ei n t r o d u c e da t T a i p i n gSk a t eCe n t r ea n di t g i v e so p p o r t u n i t yf o r v i s i t o r st oc a t c ht h eb e a u t yo fT a i p i n gn a t u r e wh i c hwep r o p o s e dt ob eb u i l ta tt h e4 t hf l o o r / r o o f d e c kl e v e l .
TAI PI NG SKATECENTRE
SCHOOL OF ARCHI TECTURE AND BUI LT ENVI RONMENT
JobelChua T a i p i n gc o mmu n i t yl i b r a r ya i mst ob r i n ga l l t y p e s o f u s e r s ’ t o g e t h e ra n da l l o wt h e mt oe x p e r i e n c e a na t t r a c t i v ej o u r n e yb ys h o wi n gt h e md i f f e r e n t s o c i a l a n dc u l t u r ea s p e c t so nt h es i t et h r o u g ha n a r e ab e t we e nt h et o wna n dT a i p i n gl a k eg a r d e n . Th ef o c u si sn o t me r e l yo nt h eb u i l d i n g , b u t a l s o t oc r e a t ea ni d e n t i t yf o r t h ea r e aa sawh o l e . Th i s c o u l db ea c h i e v e db yl i n k i n gt h et o wnc e n t r et o t h el a k eg a r d e n .
TAI PI NG I NFORMATI ONANDCOMMUNI TYLI BRARY
SCHOOL OF ARCHI TECTURE AND BUI LT ENVI RONMENT
Jonat hanNgu
MAXWELLHI LLRETI REMNETRESI DENCE
SCHOOL OF ARCHI TECTURE AND BUI LT ENVI RONMENT
Li m ChauYang T a i p i n gwa sp l a n n e da sac i t yi na ni d y l l i c e n v i r o n me n t s e t t i n g–l a k e s , h i l l sa n dwa t e r f a l l s . Th eT a i p i n gL a k eGa r d e n ,Bu k i tL a r u t ,ah i l l s t a t i o nwi t hma t u r et r e e swi t h i nt h ec i t yi s r e g a r d e da st h ec i t y ’ sn a t u r a lh e r i t a g et h a t n e e d st ob ep r e s e r v e da n dp r o t e c t e d . Th e s ea r e i mp o r t a n te l e me n t so ft h ec i t yt h a tc r e a t ea b a l a n c e de c o s y s t e ma n db e t t e rl i v i n ge n v i r o n me n tf o rt h ec i t y ’ si n h a b i t a n t s .Th e r e f o r e , c o n s e r v a t i o n ,p r e s e r v a t i o n ,u p g r a d i n ga n dn e w d e v e l o p me n t s h o u l db ea i me da t e n h a n c i n gt h e c i t y ’ ss t r e n g t ha n dc h a r a c t e rt oma i n t a i ni t s h i s t o r i c a lp a s t .Myd e s i g na i mf o rt h i sT a i p i n g n a t u r a lh e r i t a g ec o n s e r v a t i o nc e n t r ei st o c o n s e r v et h er i c hh i s t o r ya n dc u l t u r eo ft h e c o l o n i a lp a s t ,r a i s i n gt h ep r o f i l eo ft h ec i t y g l o b a l l ywh i l s ts h o wc a s i n gt h eb e s to fh o r t i c u l t u r e -“ Co n t i n u et oe n h a n c et h eT a i p i n gI ma g e Ga r d e nc i t y ! ”
TAI PI NG NATURALHERI TAGECONSERVATI ONCENTER
Li m YuongAnn Ur b a nPa r k :ACo n n e c t i o n b e t we e nT a i p i n g Ci t yCe n t r ea n dT a i p i n gL a k eGa r d e n . Th ep r o p o s e ds i t ei ss i t u a t e db e t we e nT a i p i n g Ci t yCe n t r ea n dT a i p i n gL a k eGa r d e n .Th i s g i v e sa no p p o r t u n i t yt od e v e l o pap r o j e c ts i t e wh i c hb r i n g st h ec i t ya n dl a k eg a r d e nt o g e t h e r i n t oo n ej o u r n e y . Fo u rp a r k swe r ed e s i g n e d a c c o r d i n gt ot h e i rr e s p e c t i v ea d j a c e n ts i t ei n wh e r e b yEn t r a n c ePa r ka n dT r a n s i tPa r kl e a d t h ec o mmu n i t yt owa l kt h r o u g ht h ec i t yc e n t r e l a k eg a r d e n ,So c i a l Pa r ka l l o wsp e o p l et owa l k f r o mt h en e i g h b o u r h o o dt h r o u g ha na d j a c e n t o p e ns p a c ewh i l eL a u n d r yPa r ki so p e n e df o r e x i s t i n gl a u n d r ya c t i v i t i e s .Ont o po fa l l ,t h e r e wo u l db eaSk yPa r kwr a p p i n go v e rt h eu r b a n p a r ka n dt h i sc r e a t e san e wp l a t f o r mf o rt h e c o mmu n i t yt ov i e wt h eu r b a np a r ka n da d j a c e n t s i t ef r o mad i f f e r e n th e i g h ta n da n g l e .Ov e r a l l , t h i sr e s i d e n c yb r i n g so n ec l o s e rt on a t u r e t h r o u g hd e s i g n ss u c ha si t sc o n c r e t ewa l l wh i c h i si n t e g r a t e dwi t ht i mb e r .
THEPARKS’RETI REMENTRESI DENCY
SCHOOL OF ARCHI TECTURE AND BUI LT ENVI RONMENT
LoJi ngYi ng T a i p i n gAr tRe t r e a ti sf o r me db yt h e wi n d d i r e c t i o no fT a i p i n g .Di f f e r e n tv e n t i l a t e ds p a c e s a t d i f f e r e n t t i me sc r e a t emo r ea c t i v i t i e so p p o r t u n i t y . I t h e l p si np r o mo t i n gt h et o u r i s mo f T a i p i n g ; t h u s ,p r o v i d i n gap l a c ef o rb o t ht o u r i s t sa n d l o c a l st ob u i l dc o n n e c t i o nt h r o u g hc o mmu n i c a t i o n . L o c a l sg e t t oc a r r yo u t t h e i rd a i l ya c t i v i t i e s a tt h i ss t r u c t u r et h e r e b ya l l o wi n gt o u r i s t st o k n o w mo r ea b o u tT a i p i n g ’ sl i f e s t y l e .Wi t ha n i mp r e s s i v e l yg i a n t t o we r i n ge x t e r i o rwa l l ,t h e s t r u c t u r ec a nb er e g a r d e da sau n i q u e , a t t r a c t i v ea r tmu r a l i nT a i p i n g .I nawa y ,t h ea r t mu r a lr e v e a l st h ec u l t u r eo fT a i p i n gt h r o u g h i ma g e s ,c r e a t i n gas t r o n gme s s a g ed e l i v e r yt o a u d i e n c e s ,e n a b l i n gt h e mt op i c t u r et h el i f eo f p e o p l ei nT a i p i n g .
TAI PI NGARTRETREAT
SCHOOL OF ARCHI TECTURE AND BUI LT ENVI RONMENT
LoSokMi n T a i p i n gCu l t u r eI n f o r ma t i o nL i b r a r yi sd e s i g n e d t og a t h e rt h ec i t y ’ sc u l t u r a l f u n c t i o n su n d e ro n e r o o f .Ap p r o x i ma t e l y4 , 0 0 0s q u a r eme t r e s ,t h e c u l t u r el i b r a r yi s a mu l t i p u r p o s eb u i l d i n g e n c o mp a s s i n gf a c i l i t i e ss u c ha sa l i b r a r y , e x h i b i t i o na r e a ,c u l t u r ec i n e ma ,b o o kc a f éa n d a c c o mmo d a t i o nb l o c ki nwh i c ha l l f a c i l i t i e sh e l p s i ne mb r a c i n gd i v e r s i t y . Ac c o r d i n gt ot h ed e s i g n c o n c e p t ,t h ema s s i n ga l o n gt h et r a c e so ft h e n a t u r a ll i n e so ft h es i t ec o r r e s p o n d st ot h e4 ma i n d i r e c t i o n s ( r e s i d e n t i a l ,c o mme r c i a l , e d u c a t i o na n dT a i p i n gl a k e )f a c i n gt h es t r e e t . A l a r g et r a n s p a r e n t g l a s sp a n e l r o o f a t t a c h e dwi t h i r r e g u l a rwo o d e ns t r i p e sf a ç a d eh e l p st oc r e a t e as e n s eo f v i s u a l c o n n e c t i o nb e t we e nt h ei n s i d e a n do u t s i d et h eb u i l d i n g .Cu l t u r ei n f o r ma t i o n s u c ha sb o o k s , s c u l p t u r e s , e x h i b i t i o ns i t e sa n da c i n e mawi l l b ep l a c ea l o n gt h eb u i l d i n ga st h e y c o u l dh e l pi ns p r e a d i n gc u l t u r a l i n f o r ma t i o n .
TAI PI NG CULTUREI NFORMATI ONLI BRARY
SCHOOL OF ARCHI TECTURE AND BUI LT ENVI RONMENT
NgBoonSung T a i p i n gBi c y c l eCo mmu n i t yCe n t r ei sd e s i g n e d t og a t h e ra l l t h ec y c l i s t si no n eme e t i n gp o i n t . I t a i mst oa t t r a c t t h ey o u n gg e n e r a t i o nb yc a t e r i n g t ot h e i rp r e f e r e n c e sa n da tt h es a met i me , e n c o u r a g et h eo l d e rg e n e r a t i o nt oj o i nt h e c o mmu n i t yt oc y c l ea r o u n dT a i p i n g .Ap p r o x i ma t e l y4 0 0 0s q u a r eme t e r ,t h eT a i p i n gBi c y c l e Co mmu n i t yCe n t r es i t sa mi d s tt h ec i t y ,l a k e , r e s i d e n t i a la r e aa n ds e v e r a lh e r i t a g es i t e s , f u n c t i o n i n ga sap u b l i cs q u a r et oc o n n e c tt h e p e o p l e .Fa c i l i t i e sf o u n dh e r ei n c l u d e sa n i n f o r ma t i o nc e n t r e ,h e r i t a g et o u rh u b ,b i c y c l e s e r v i c ea n dr e n t i n g ,b i c y c l e wo r k s h o pf o r r e s i d e n t i a l a n dv i s i t o rt oma i n t a i n tt h e i rb i c y c l e , BMXp a r k , a n dc y c l ec r o s st r a c k .
TAI PI NG BI CYCLECOMMUNI TYCENTER
SCHOOL OF ARCHI TECTURE AND BUI LT ENVI RONMENT
Ni col eHer nandez e Gr o wL a n ei sd e s i g n e dt oc u l t i v a t ee d i b l e p l a n t sa sa ne s s e n t i a l p a r t o f t h es t r a t e g ya n di t s k e yc o mp o n e n t sa r ec o mmu n i t y ,c o o p e r a t i o n , a n dc o u n t r y s i d e .I tb r i n g st h el i v e so fe v e r y d a y c i t i z e n si n t of o c u s ,a i mi n gt ov i s u a l i z ear o b u s t a n ds u s t a i n a b l eu r b a nn e i g h b o u r h o o df o rt h e f u t u r e . I nd o i n gs o , i t a p p l i e se l e me n t s ’ o f u r b a n d e v e l o p me n tt o wa r d sa ni n d i v i d u a l ’ sp h y s i c a l a n dame n t a ll e v e l -Pe o p l ed i gt h e i rc i t y ,t h e y c a r ea b o u ti ta n dt h e ywa n ti tt og r o w.By c u l t i v a t i n gt h i si nt h e i rmi n d s e ta n dt h e i r a c t i v i t i e s ,i tg i v e san e wf o c u st of o rt h ef u t u r e . He n c e ,a na c t i v ec i t yi sc r e a t e d .Pr o p o s e d p r o g r a mme sa r es u c ha so u t d o o rg a r d e n i n g c l a s st oe d u c a t ep e o p l eo nwa y st og r o wc r o p s e v e no nwe t l a n d , f a r mi n ga c t i v i t i e sl i k eVe r t i c a l Fa r mi n ga n d Hy d r o p o n i c sa s we l la st h e i n s t a l l a t i o no fp l a n t e rs c r e e ni n t o Ve r s i We b c e l l s .
eGROW LANETAI PI NG
SCHOOL OF ARCHI TECTURE AND BUI LT ENVI RONMENT
Ri niHast en T a i p i n gDa yCa r eCe n t r ei samu l t i p u r p o s e b u i l d i n g f o rr e s i d e n t i a l ,c o mme r c i a la n d i n s t i t u t i o n a l p u r p o s e swh i c hma i n l ys e r v e sa sa d a yc a r ec e n t r e . T a i p i n gDa yCa r eCe n t r ei sf o r b o t ht h ee l d e r l ya n dc h i l d r e nwh e r et h e yc a n i n t e r a c t wi t he a c ho t h e r a n dt h i si swh i c ha swe l l a sb e n e f i c i a l f o rb o t ho f t h e s ea g e sg e n e r a t i o n .
TAI PI NG DAYCARECENTER
SCHOOL OF ARCHI TECTURE AND BUI LT ENVI RONMENT
SassiRekhaM. Raj oo T a i p i n gHe r i t a g eL i b r a r ywa sd e s i g n e dwi t ha n i n t e n t i o nt ou n i t ep e o p l ea r o u n dt h ea r e a , e s p e c i a l l yk i d sa n de l d e r l yp e o p l e . Th e p r o p o s e dp r o j e c ta c t sa sa ni n t e r me d i a t o r b e t we e nk i d sa n dt h ee l d e r l yt os h a r et h e i r t h o u g h t s ,e x p e r i e n c e sa n dk n o wl e d g eo ft h e p a s t ,p r e s e n ta n df u t u r e .Th ei n t e n t i o no ft h e p r o p o s e dp r o j e c ti st oc r e a t ea ne n v i r o n me n t t h a tb a l a n c e sb e t we e nl i v i n ga n d wo r k i n g e n v i r o n me n ti d e a .Th i sme s s a g ei ss o me h o w d e l i v e r e dt h r o u g ht h r e ed i f f e r e n tb l o c k s ;l i b r a r y , h e r i t a g ec e n t r ea n ds e r v i c ea p a r t me n t . Wi t ht h e c o n c e p t o f t h ep r o j e c t i st oc r e a t i n ga ne n v i r o n me n t t h a t i sr i c hwi t hk n o wl e d g ea n da c t i v i t i e s , i t a i mst ob o n db e t we e np e o p l ewi t hp e o p l e , p e o p l ewi t hn a t u r ea n dp e o p l ewi t ht h ep a s t h i s t o r yt h r o u g hs t o r yt e l l i n gme t h o d .T r e a s u r e , c o n f l i c t , a n dp e a c ea r et h et h r e ek e ywo r d st h a t we r eu s e dt oi n t e r p r e t t h i sc o n c e p t .
TAI PI NG HERI TAGELI BRARY
SCHOOL OF ARCHI TECTURE AND BUI LT ENVI RONMENT
Sebast i anKwon Wi t hT a i p i n gT o wn ’ sr i c hh i s t o r ya n de n d l e s s p o s s i b i l i t i e s ,t h ev i s i t o rc e n t r eg i v e st h el o c a l s a n dv i s i t o r sap r e v i e wa n di n s i g h to fwh a ti s a r o u n dt h e m.Th ev i s i t o rc e n t r ei n c o r p o r a t e s i n t oap u b l i cp a r kt oc r e a t eav i s u a l ma z ef o r t h e u s e r s . Th i sp u b l i cp a r ki sme a n t f o rt h ec o mmu n i t yi t s e l ft oa n di sb u i l tt ou t i l i z et h ea v a i l a b l e s p a c e se v e nt h o u g ht h ev i s i t o rc e n t r emi g h t n o t b eu s e d .I ta i mst oc r e a t ea wa r e n e s sf o rt h e c o mmu n i t yt ok n o wt h a ti ti sn o tj u s tap u b l i c p a r kb u t av i s i t o r c e n t r et o o . Ac o mmu n i t yl i b r a r y i sp r o p o s e dt ob r o a d e nt h ek n o wl e d g eo ft h e l o c a l c o mmu n i t ya swe l l a sv i s i t o r s .Th el i b r a r y wo u l di n c l u d ep r o g r a mss u c ha sa f t e rs c h o o l t u i t i o na n de d u c a t i o n a l l e s s o n s . L o c a t e do nt h e g r o u n df l o o r ,ai n f o r ma ll i b r a r yc a t e r i n gt ot h e c h i l d r e nh a sal i v e l yd e s i g na t mo s p h e r es ot h e y wo u l de n j o yt h ea r e a . Att h eu p p e rf l o o ro ft h e l i b r a r y , t h ed e s i g ni smu c hmo r ef o r ma l t oc a t e r t oo l d e ru s e r sa n dp r o v i d e st h eu s e r smo r e p r i v a c y .
TAI PI NG I NFO &COMMUNI TYLI BRARY
SCHOOL OF ARCHI TECTURE AND BUI LT ENVI RONMENT
SerEnMi n Th i sc e n t r ewi l l s e r v ea sas e l f s u s t a i n i n ge l d e r l y c o mmu n i t yc e n t r ewh e r et h eo l df o l k swi l lf i n d p e a c ea n dc o mp a n i o n s h i p ,a n da tt h es a me t i me ,e n g a g i n gwi t hp u b l i ci nt e r mso fo r a l h i s t o r yo fT a i p i n ga n di nc o n d u c t i n gs i mp l e h a n d s o nwo r k s h o p .I ti st h ei n t e n t i o no ft h e c e n t r et h a tt h ee l d e r l ywi l lb ea b l et of i n d p u r p o s e ,c o mp a n i o n ,h e a l t ha n dp e a c e .Th e c r e a t i o no f af o c a l p o i n t p r o v i d e sa ni n t e g r a t i o n o fb o t hl i v i n ga n dwo r k i n gc o n d i t i o n sf o rt h e e l d e r l y .
SELFSUSTAI NI NG ELDERLYCOMMUNI TYCENTRE
SCHOOL OF ARCHI TECTURE AND BUI LT ENVI RONMENT
Si m Chi ngCheng T a i p i n gL i v i n gCa r e&Re t i r e me n tCo mmu n i t y Ce n t r ei sap r o p o s a l t oc a t e r t ot h en e e d so f t h e h i g hn u mb e r o f t h ee l d e r l yc o mmu n i t yi nT a i p i n g wh e r eme d i c a lc a r ep r o g r a msa r ep r o v i d e dt o f a c i l i t a t ec a r ea n ds u p p o r t . Th ed e s i g ns c h e me c a l l sf o rac o mf o r t a b l ea n ds a f ep l a c ef o rt h e e l d e r l yt os t a ya n di sa l s oag a t h e r i n gp o i n ti n t h et o wnt h a tma yb ea c c e s s e do nf o o t .Th i s wo u l de n c o u r a g et h ee l d e r l yt owa l ka saf o r mo f e x e r c i s e .Th ec e n t r ea l s os e r v e sa sap l a t f o r m f o r t h ey o u t ha n dt h ee l d e r l yt ome e t . Th ed e s i g n s t r a t e g ya l s oa l l o wss t u d e n t s ’t owa l kt h r o u g h s p a c e so f t h eb u i l d i n gf r o mt h er e s i d e n t i a l z o n e t oi n s t i t u t i o n a l z o n ewi t hp r o v i d e du s i n gas a f e a n dc o mf o r t a b l ep a t h wa yt oe n g a g e wi t h f r i e n d l yt h ee l d e r l ya n db e a u t i f u ll a n d s c a p e s . Gy m&Bo d yi saf a c i l i t yf o r t h ee l d e r l ya n dy o u t h t op e r f o r ms p o r ta c t i v i t i e ss u c ha st o n i n g , d a n c i n ga n dT a i Ch i a t a r e a sn e a r b yt h eT a i p i n g L a k ea n dt h eb u i l d i n gi t s e l f .Ev e r yo p e ns p a c e f a c i l i t a t e dwi t hs e a t i n ga n dc o mf o r t a b l ev i e ws a n de n v i r o n me n ti su s e da saf a v o u r i t eg a t h e r i n gs p o tf o rt h ee l d e r l yt oh a v et h e i ro wn a c t i v i t i e s .
TAI PI NG LI VI NG CARE&RETI REMENTCOMMUNI TY
SCHOOL OF ARCHI TECTURE AND BUI LT ENVI RONMENT
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TAI PI NG GARDENANDHOMESTAY
SCHOOL OF ARCHI TECTURE AND BUI LT ENVI RONMENT
SohJi ahShi n Th ed e s i g ni n t e n t i o ni st o' En h a n c e ' t op r o mo t e T a i p i n g n a t u r e a n d i mp r o v e h u ma n l i v e h o o d ; ' Ex p a n d ' b r i n gt h en a t u r eg a r d e ni n t o t h ec e n t r ea n dc r e a t el i v i n ga n dn a t u r ee n v i r o n me n t t h r o u g hi n n o v a t i o np a r t n e r s h i p ; ' Co n n e c t ' a san e t wo r ko f i mp r o v e / b u i l dag o o dn e i g h b o u r h o o dr e l a t i o n s h i p .Co n n e c t o r sa r et h ek e y c o mp o n e n t f o r ' Ec o . Ze n ' r e s e a r c hc e n t r ea n da s ab r o a d e ri n i t i a t i v et os t i t c ht h eu r b a nf a b r i c b e t we e nt h eT a i p i n gt o wna n dT a i p i n gl a k e g a r d e nt oma k ei tmo r ep e d e s t r i a nf r i e n d l y . Ec o l o g i c a l i n t e r c o n n e c t i v i t yo fc e n t r er e s o u r c e s h e l p sp r o mo t e sp e d a g o g i c a lg o a l s wh e r e l e a r n i n ga n de d u c a t i o n wi l lc o n s i s to fr e s e a r c h z o n ewh i c hwi l lp r o v i d ea ni n t e r a c t i v el e a r n i n g e x p e r i e n c et h a te mp h a s i z e se n v i r o n me n t a l a wa r e n e s sa n de d u c a t i o n .
ECO. ZENFLORA&FAUNARESEARCHCENTER
SoonBengThye Th ep r o p o s e dT a i p i n gEs p o r ta n dT e c h n o l o g y Co mmu n i t yCe n t r ea i mst ob eac u t t i n ge d g e t r a i n i n gf a c i l i t yt oe q u i pt h ec o mmu n i t yo n c o mp u t e rb a s e ds k i l l s ,r e g a r d l e s so ft h ea g e g r o u po re d u c a t i o n a lb a c k g r o u n d .Th ema i n i n t e n t i o no ft h i sc o mmu n i t yc e n t r ei st op r o v i d e a d e q u a t ee x p o s u r ea n dt r a i n i n gf o rt h ep e o p l e o f T a i p i n gt ob eo np a rwi t ht h es k i l l s e t so f mo r e u r b a nc i t i e se s p e c i a l l yi nu s i n gt h ei n t e r n e t a sa me a n so fn e t wo r k i n ga n di nc r e a t i n gawi d e r ma r k e tf o ra n yb u s i n e s ss e t u p s .Th ey o u t h s wo u l db ea b l et oe n r o li np r o g r a mmi n g wo r k s h o p st oe q u i pt h e ms e l v e swi t ht h ea b i l i t y t of o r ms t a r tu pv e n t u r e so n l i n e,ma k i n gi t p o s s i b l ef o rt h e mt or e ma i ni nT a i p i n gb u t h a v e t h ei n t e r n a t i o n a ln e t wo r ko fb u s i n e s sp a r t n e r s . Th eo t h e r ma i nr o l eo f t h ec e n t r ei st ob e c o mea p r o f e s s i o n a lEs p o r ta c a d e my a n d Es p o r t Co mp e t i t i o nAr e n a .A p l a c et ot r a i nt a l e n t y o u n g s t e rt ob eap r o f e s s i o n a lEs p o r tAt h l e t e a n dap l a c eo fEs p o r tCo mp e t i t i o nf o rt h e n a t i o n .
TAI PI NG ESPORTANDTECHNOLOGYCOMMUNI TY
SCHOOL OF ARCHI TECTURE AND BUI LT ENVI RONMENT
TanXi nKai Bi c y c l eCe n t r ewa sp r o p o s e da st h eh u bf o r c y c l i s tf r o mT a i p i n ga swe l la sn e i g h b o u r i n g r e g i o n st oc o n g r e g a t ea t ac o mmo np i t s t o pf o r p e o p l ewh os h a r et h es a mei n t e r e s ti nc y c l i n g . I nt h er e c e n ty e a r s ,c y c l i n gh a sr e g a i n e di t s p o p u l a r i t ya mo n g s tt h eg e n e r a lMa l a y s i a n p u b l i ca sas u s t a i n a b l et r a n s p o r t a t i o nmo d eo r a sar e c r e a t i o n a la c t i v i t yt h a tc a nb ed o n ei n g r o u p so f f r i e n d so r a saf a mi l y . Th ep r o p o s a l o f t h i sd e s i g ns c h e me s e e k st oe n c o u r a g ea h e a l t h yl i f e s t y l ea mo n g s tt h el o c a lc o mmu n i t y a swe l l a st oi n i t i a t ee f f o r t st ol o we rt h ec a r b o n e mi s s i o nf r o mc a r s .I nt h el o n gr u n ,t h e e s t a b l i s h me n to fs u c hf a c i l i t i e swi l lb ea b l et o e n c o u r a g emo r ec y c l i n gr o u t e st ob ec h a r t e dt o a n df r o mT a i p i n ga n da l l o wi n gf o rmo r ep e o p l e t oe x p e r i e n c et h en a t u r a le n v i r o n me n t si n T a i p i n ge s p e c i a l l yh e rl u s hg r e e n e r ya n dwa t e r b o d i e s .
TAI PI NG BI CYCLECENTRE
SCHOOL OF ARCHI TECTURE AND BUI LT ENVI RONMENT
ThomasLi ng Th ek e yt op r o t e c t i n gt h eh e r i t a g eo fT a i p i n gi s b yi n s t i l l i n gt h ei mp o r t a n c eo fc o n s e r v a t i o n t h r o u g he d u c a t i o ne s p e c i a l l ya mo n g s tt h e c h i l d r e n . Th ed e s i g np r o p o s a l i so n et h a t s e e k s t oa t t r a c t c h i l d r e nt oe x p l o r et h eh e r i t a g eo f t h e i r c i t yt h r o u g ht h e i rp l a y f u l i n t e r a c t i o ni nb o t ht h e c o l o u r f u lb u i l ta n dn a t u r a le n v i r o n me n t .Th e t r a n s p a r e n ta n dp o r o u ss p a c e s wi t h i nt h e a r c h i t e c t u r es e e k st of o r m ac o n n e c t i o n b e t we e nt h eb u i l d i n ga n dt h es u r r o u n d i n g st o e n c o u r a g et h eg a t h e r i n go fp a s s e r b y ’ swh o ma yb ei n t r i g u e db yt h ea c t i v i t i e st a k i n gp l a c e t h e r e . Th el a n d s c a p ewh i c hf o r mst h es e t t i n go f t h eb u i l d i n gi n c l u d e swa t e rf e a t u r e sa n dg r e e n l u n g sa l s oi n t e n d st ob eap l a ya r e af o rt h e c h i l d r e nt or u n ,c y c l ea n de x p l o r e .Ov e r h e a d , t h eb r i d g ec o n n e c t st h et wob u i l d i n gb l o c k sa n d p r o v i d e sf o rav i e wi n gp l a t f o r mt oo b s e r v et h e v a r i o u sa c t i v i t i e st a k i n gp l a c ei nt h i sc e n t r e .
KI DSLEARNI NG CENTRE
SCHOOL OF ARCHI TECTURE AND BUI LT ENVI RONMENT
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TAI PI NG GARDENANDHOMESTAY
SCHOOL OF ARCHI TECTURE AND BUI LT ENVI RONMENT
Vi vi anKuan T a i p i n gi sb l e s s e dt ob el o c a t e dc l o s et ol u s h n a t u r a ls e t t i n g swi t hr i c hb i o l o g i c a ld i v e r s i t y s u c ha st h eT a i p i n gL a k eGa r d e n ,T a i p i n gZo o a n dMa x we l lHi l l .Ho we v e r ,t h ea wa r e n e s so f t h ei mp o r t a n c eo fp r e s e r v i n gt h en a t u r a l e n v i r o n me n t i ss t i l l l a c k i n ga mo n g s t t h eg e n e r a l p o p u l a t i o nd u et ot h el a c ko fi n f o r ma t i o na n d a v a i l a b i l i t yo fr e s o u r c e sr e l a t e dt ou n d e r s t a n d i n gb i o d i v e r s i t y .Th ed e s i g ns c h e mep r o p o s e d o ns i t ei so n et h a t s e e k st op r o v i d et h ep e o p l eo f T a i p i n gwi t har e s o u r c ec e n t r et h a t p r o mo t e st h e r e s e a r c ha n ds t u d yo f t h en a t u r a l e n v i r o n me n t s a n ds e r v e sa sah u bf o rr e s e a r c h e r st oc o n d u c t t h e i ro n g o i n gs t u d i e so nb i o d i v e r s i t y .Th e T a i p i n gBi o d i v e r s i t yRe s e a r c ha n dEd u c a t i o n Ce n t r es e e k st owe l c o met h ep a r t i c i p a t i o no f t h e c o mmu n i t yb ye x t e n d i n gh e rb u i l tf o r mt h a t b r i d g e st h ep a r ka n dt h ec i t yi nwe l c o mi n g i n q u i s i t i v emi n d si n t ot h ef a c i l i t y .
KI DSLEARNI NG CENTRE
SCHOOL OF ARCHI TECTURE AND BUI LT ENVI RONMENT
WongHuiTi eng Th ei d e ao fc h o o s i n gAr tCe n t r ea n dHo t e la s p r o g r a mso ft h i s‘ l i v ea n d wo r k ’p r o j e c ti s d e r i v e df r o mt h er e s e a r c ho f u r b a ns t r a t e g y . Th e r e s e a r c hf o u n dt h a tT a i p i n gs t r e e th a st h e p o t e n t i a l t ob e c o meamu r a l s t r e e t . T oc o n t i n u e t h ej o u r n e yo f t h et o u r i s t , t h es i t eh a sd e s i g n e d wi t hwa l kp a t ht owe l c o mi n gt h et o u r i s t f r o mt h e c i t ya n ds t u d e n t so fHu aL i a ns c h o o la n d Ki n d e r g a r t e n .Th eT a i p i n g Ar tCe n t r eh a s s e v e r a l a r t s p a c e sf o r u s e r t oe x p e r i e n c eMu r a l Ar t Sp a c e , Ha n d so nWo r k s h o p , I n d o o rGa l l e r y , 2Ou t d o o rGa l l e r i e sa n dPe r f o r ma n c eSt a g e . Th e s eSp a c e sa r el i n k e db ywa l kp a t h .Th e r e s t a u r a n to ft h eh o t e li sc o n n e c t e dwi t ht h e p e r f o r ma n c e ss t a g ea n do u t d o o rg a l l e r y ,wh i c h a l l o wst oh e l dwe e d i n gc e r e mo n ya n do t h e r a c t i v i t i e s .I nt h i sp r o j e c t ,t h ep e r f o r a t e dme t a l wi t hv e n t b l o c k ’ sp a t t e r ni swr a p p i n ga r o u n dt h e b u i l d i n g . Th ep a t t e r ni sd e v e l o p e df r o mt h el o c a l v e n tb l o c k s ’p a t t e r n swh i c ho n l yb e l o n g st o T a i p i n g . I t wo r k sa swa l l , r o o f , s t r u c t u r e , f a ç a d e , s h a d i n gd e v i c ea n da l s of o ra e s t h e t i c .
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SCHOOL OF ARCHI TECTURE AND BUI LT ENVI RONMENT
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