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The change of the market

Mo, Kuo-Chen / 莫國箴

Meeting PoeticVeterans Friendship Center and Citizen ParkMO, KUO-CHEN / kuochen.mo@gmail.comveteransculturalandfriendshipcenter.blogspot.com

Senior Veterans:According to the De�nition of VAC, ROC, veterans who were born before 1934/12/31, and had already enlisted in the army in Mainland China. The group has a population of 271,495, the statistics of 2009/12.

The veterans become a neglected group as the social shift in new Taiwanese society. They have highly cultural potential for all Taiwanese but the neglected group who is powerless social stage has ever never been taken focus from existing government.

My intention is to create a meeting place that is not just only for veterans group but also for inviting the neighbor communities to participate in and therefore the cultural meeting can be motivate while people interact.

The site is a currently unoccupied children tra�c park with three existing buildings. I would like to reuse the neglected park as a new social resource by infusing the new program of the veteran’s friendship center and citizen park.

There exist various kinds of meeting and I intend to make the meeting poetic. It’s a place for veterans meeting instead of the veteran hospital (where they meet nowa-days) and also a leisure place for the neighboring communities. Besides, it’s a place for di�erent cultures meeting as people join the cultural workshop or when people play-ing Chinese chess under trees together, etc. The place makes chances for encouraging veterans to meet and communicate with the new generation of Taiwanese people by more natural and close methods o�ering the further opportunities to acquaint young age with the great culture assets.

The great migration in 1949, about 1.21 million people.

Taiwan

Mainland China

1 Historical PerspectiveThe ROC Government relocated to Taiwan after the Chinese Civil War in 1949; meanwhile, the movement of millions of people during the great migration to Taiwan, and the largest was a group of the military and dependents.

The new social changing after 1949.

3 Social Perspective1. In the general impression, the senior veteran is a special group of Taiwanese society. 2. Most of them were students or farmers with genuine before they were forced to took part in the Chinese Civil War.3. They were lacking of attention and better treatment during their early years in the army.4. Because of the age or complex reasons, most of them left the military with receiving quite a small amount of pension then entered the local Taiwanese community one after another.5. The majority of bachelors got married with local Taiwanese wives.6. Some other singles went in the company of building illegal houses to live which made of the iron, wood and other simple materials throughout the city.

The great cultural integration from 1949.

Mainland China

2 Cultural Perspective1. They came from di�erent provinces of Mainland China.2. They spoke in diverse accents by their own dialects and eating habits were quite di�erent.3. The local Taiwanese called them the “Mainlanders” .

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The trend of social resource19492010

Military & Dependents Others Tatal

Military & Dependents

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The population of the great migration in 1949

4 Integrate the foreign culture into the local culture

1. The senior veteran’s was a kind of foreign culture for local Taiwanese residents. 2. Taiwan has indeed become the new homeland for these senior veterans after passing by more than half a century of cultural

communication. 3. Many senior veterans married local women and have their descendants. 4. Most of locals and mainlanders live together in common communities, and have a peaceful fusion with their lives.5. A part of them who have higher educational level became teachers in schools under the governmental assistance and cre-

ated their new career, and furthermore took the heavy responsibility of popularizing the national education throughout Taiwan during the most di�cult period.

6. The so-called foreign culture has completely integrated into the local culture and already become a new one that is full of new Taiwanese characters.

1 The social shift and be neglected in new Taiwanese society

1949 2010

The Mainlander

The senior veteran group

The local Taiwanese(Farmers, Laborers)

The Capitalist

The middle class

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1 Calligraphy

Second Sino-Japanese War1937-1945

Paci�c War1941-1945

Chinese Civil War1945-1949

White Terror1945-1987

The 2nd Party alternation2008/05/20

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2 First-hand historical experience of senior veterans1. History is an important and vivid re�ection for the human development, and senior veterans alive in Taiwan now are

indeed the only live-history of the contemporary world.2. New generations of Taiwanese understand that it was cruel and despairing to born in a war era from realizing senior vet-

erans’ sad memory.3. The most authentic teaching material of the society by the change from had a temporary refuge �rst to �nally settle in

Taiwan.4. How to deal with the plight, help each other, and cherish the friendship between their fellows from their simple living atti-

tude and philanthropy.

3 Unsung heroes who quietly constructed the initial stage of Taiwan1. In the early days of Taiwanese social development, the Government needed a large numbers of manual labors

to invest in many major public construction projects while most of local Taiwanese residents usually engaged in farming for their livelihood.

2. The Government drafted many of veterans who were single or just could work as the manual labor again to engage in these projects throughout Taiwan.

3. Taiwanese complete mainly major infrastructures now actually were established by their great contribution.4. They paid their loyalty and contribution whole their life much more than obtained the respect as the feedback.

Central Cross-Island Highway, 1956.7.7~1960.5.9

1. It’s the �rst highway through the rugged central mountains and connected the eastern and the western Taiwan.2. Mobilized more than 10,000 senior veterans.3. The length is190.830km.

Zeng-Wun Dam, 1967.10.31~1973.10.31

1. To supply the irrigation and general living water for the main farmland and both for power generation of the southern Taiwan.2. Mobilized more than 3000 senior veterans.3. The catchment area is 481km2.4. Total storage capacity: 608.317 million cubic meters.

The value of senior veterans’ culture during the social change

Veterans’ cultural potential

1. Senior veterans played the role of the core for Taiwanese social stability in the past half-century. 2. It has tended to over-utilitarianism as the main social value of Taiwanese society during recent decades.3. Through some politicians adopted abominable and extreme manipulations and radically aroused many locals’ exclusion of

senior veterans’ original culture in the process of Taiwanese democratic progress and development.4. The Veterans Hospital is in a di�erent form as their regular meeting place for many senior veterans nowadays.

5 Relative disadvantaged under the capitalist & political manipulation

Senior veterans' new year meeting Senior veterans' common meeting

2 Chinese Opera

4 The Fence Village3 Chinese Snack

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About Taiwan and Veterans

Flying hours to the other main cities in AsiaTaiwan in the world

2 The New 6 Regions Since 2010

3 The density of veterans in Taiwan

Keelung CityTaipei CityNew Taipei City

Yilan County

Hualien County

Taitung County

Taoyuan County

Hsinchu CountyHsinchu City

Miaoli County

Taichung City

Changhua County

Nantou County

Yunlin County

Chiayi CityChiayi County

Tainan City

Kaohsiung City

Pingtung County

Capital City

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Tainanmetropolitan area

Taoyuan metropolitan area

Taichungmetropolitan area

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4 Demographics of Veterans in Taiwan

Keelung City

Taipei City

New Taipei City

Yilan County

Taoyuan County

Hsichu County & City

Miaoli County

Taichung City

Changhua County

Nantou County

Yunlin County

Chiayi County & City

Tainan City

Kaohsiung City

Pingtung County

Hualien County

Taitung County

The O�shore Island Areas

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5 Distribution of Veterans in Taiwan

Taipei metropolitan area

Taoyuan metropolitan area

Taichung metropolitan area

Tainan metropolitan area

Kaohsiung metropolitan area

Eastern metropolitan area

The O�shore Island Areas

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The population of senior veterans (65 years & over) More than 10,000/year decreasing

End of 2004 End of 2005 End of 2006 End of 2007 End of 2008 End of 2009 Jan. 2010

332,053 318,816 306,866 295,265 283,225 271,495 270,500

Location: Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.Paci�c Ocean, 120 km o� the coast of mainland ChinaCoordinates: 23°46’N 121°0’EArea: 35,980km2; (the 38th island in the world)Capital City: TaipeiLargest City: TaipeiHighest point: Yushan Mountain 3,952m (12,966 ft)Population: 23,098,049(as of 2009)Density: 668 /km2; (the 9th in the world)GDP (PPP): 31,900 USD

1 General Information of Taiwan

Taipei ImageAbout Taipei City The Busy Multi-layers

Terrain Section

Taipei BasinLinkou Tableland Taipei Qixing Mountain

The capital city of Taiwan

Coordinates: 25°2’N 121°38’EArea: 271.7997 km2Population: 2,607,428 / Urban Metro: 6,752,826Districts: 12Density: 9,593.20/km2Highest Building: Taipei 101(509.2m)

About Zhongzheng District

Coordinates: 25°01’N  121°31' EArea: 7.6071 km2Population: 158,752 (2009.12)Density: 20,856/km2Postcode: 100

It’s the home base of the main national government buildings of Taiwan. This includes the Presidential O�ce, the Executive Yuan, the Control Yuan, the Legislative Yuan, the Judicial Yuan, and various government ministries. This district of Taipei City is named after the late President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek.

Da'an DistrictWanhua District

Taipei County

Zhongshan District Songshan District Datong District

Zhongzheng District

Site Government InstitutionGreen Space

Veterans

Residential AreaEducational Institution Multi-layers

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Related Information

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Taipei Main Station

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Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall

Zhongxiao Fuxing

Guting Station

Taipei Metro Connection

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Viaduct & BridgeUnderground TunnelRoad

Riverside Viaduct to New Taipei City

Road System

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Riverside Bikeway Urban Bike Lane

Bike System

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Site Existing Situation & Analysis

The SiteThe main site area is 4.03 hectares. It was built in 1991 for the Children Traf�c Museum and now is unoccupied.

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Children tra�c theater

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Simulate driving track

Metro vent

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The Departure - Architestural ideas & Dav inspiration Architestural ideas & Dav inspiration

Observe the phenomenon during the process of infusing the color into the pure water.

Di�erent elements have a progressive meeting

The program bases on activities

Di�erent tests on the same kind of intreface Di�erent tests on the various kind of intreface

Test the possibility for the extension of urban activities

1 Infuse the neglected culture as a social resource 4 Meeting Poetic with smelling, touching, seeing, hearing and feeling

5 Universal & Walkable 6 Reshape the structure system

2 Reuse and extend the existing resource

The veteran’s culture is like a negelected element in Taiwan nowadays. It could be a better way for encouraging di�erent group of Taiwanese to meet by reusing the veteran’s culture potential as a social resource instead of passive social walfare.

Infuse new ideas into the existing system

Reshape the space system under the existing condition

Existing buildings but not use now

Before 1949 During 1949~1987 1987~2010 & After

Inner China From China to Taiwan Inner Taiwan

Integration cause of war

Living Net

Parallel Lines

Integrationcause of power

Integrationcause of cultural fusion

Cultural Weaving Infuse the sunInfuse the airInfuse the waterInfuse the activityInfuse the identi�cation

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Physical Condition

Elements

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3 Clues for planning

The hot corner for meeting the neighbor communities The separation between the city and riverside Between the most 2 famous night markets in Taipei Connect the underground shopping from metro station

The imbedded axes of the site The invitation of urban green space The frequent year of �ood The connection of the green tra�c

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Exihibition Room Outdoor Chess Outdoor Square Walking PathCalligraphy Workshop

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聚[ju]Grouping / GatheringA place for grouping and collecting people.A feeling for expecting to meet fellows.It’s a gateway for meeting di�erent group.

傳[chuan]Hand downIt’s a space for people meeting veterans’ cultural poten-tial. It‘s also a place that makes chance for young Taiwanese people touching or knowing about veterans’ social value.Here are some cultural workshop for people who have interested in participating and that’s a cultural meeting for people while the interaction.

韻[yun]Rhyme / Harmony of soundIt’s a space for admiring the beautiful traditional Chi-nese opera, music and folk performance.Here is also a place for meeting with practice. People can also exchange their own experience and skills.That’s also a kind of meeting while people come to di�erent kinds of permance play here .

奕[yi]Showing vitalityIt’s a outdoor Chinese chess area for both veterans and neighbor communities. Most of the elder people in Taiwan like to play Chinese chess especially play under trees outdoor.

Playing chess shows the elder’s vitality and also gets them more familiar with each other. Meeting with the elder’s laughing and murmur under big trees is a relax-ing, leisure and peaceful atmosphere.

匯[huei]ConvergenceThere is a underground metro line through the site. By extending the underground shopping street from the existing metro station to the park let people have more comfortable way to the park.

It’s a new meeting point for the citizen instead of busys treet. People can meet friends in a quite and leisure park and touch di�erent kinds of activities at the same time.

饌[juan]Fine food / DelicaciesIt’s a place for meeting Chinese snack. Most Taiwanese like to eat Chinese snack and these food are also a kind of common memory during our childhood.

Meeting friends with �ne food and sit outdoor beside the water make people have a poetic meeting.

澗[jian]The �owing water in forest.It’s a space for people meeting by walking beside the water, hearing the sound of �owing water and smell-ing the plants. Besides, People can also sit on the water side for a relaxing meeting.

逸[yi]Leisure and comfortableIt’s a walking path hides under trees and has a quite space quality. People can enjoy walking and chat-ting side by side with birds singing in di�erent scale of trees. It’s a micro and dynamic situation for meet-ing.

眺[tiao]look into the distance from a high placeIt’s a space for meeting with view and touch the river by seeing. It’s a kind of visual extension for the citizen.

People meet here to have a beautiful riverside view and can look about the whole park at the same time. It’s he peak with the gentle wind , trees smell and wide view for Meeting poetic.

銜[xian]Link with / connect withIt’s a key space for prople extending activities from inner city to riverside park. Beside, It’s also a connection between urban area and natural area.

People meet here for together going out of the city to enjoy the nature. “Xian” is not just only a pedestrian crossing but also a natural entrance.

闊[kou]Broad / Wide / WealthyIt’s the �rst point out of the urban situation and also the start point of the nature.

People get more open and fresh space quality when leaving the crowded Taipei city. Besides, we can also relief from stress.

Here is a space for people relaxing and have a wider area to meet others. We can ride bicycles, play basketball or tennis without cars horn and tra�c jam.

Just enjoy the nature!!

賞[shang]EnjoymentIt’s a outdoor leisure area with an outdoor stage. People can walk around the hills and have a seat on the woodblock or stones.

Here is the best place to enjoy the outdoor afternoon tea with several fellows under tall trees and summer wind.

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Hiding / PrivacyIt’s a micro scale meeting place for small group or closed friend. Sometimes people need private space just with their fellows.

People can enjoy meeting in the middle of a water pond and be hid by the aquatic plant. It’s a bright and open space without disturbance. Besides, only around with the duck’s quack, birds singing and the nature .

觀[guan]ViewingIt’s the closest riverside area and people can really meet beside the most important river of Taipei City. We can enjoy the red sky cause of sunset. We can also watch the water line changes by the moon everyday. It’s a pure nature meeting space for us!!

尋[shiun]Look for the secret It’s a walking bridge over a water pond. People meet here in di�erent hight and view point for looking for the natural secret that we pay less care in our common life.

While people walk through the bridge, there is a meeting corner for stopping our steps. Just Look for the secret from the top of aquatic plants.

悠[you]Leisurely / Freely It’s a wide natural space for people meeting by walk-ing or chatting. Here is a mezzo and public scale without borders. We can talk and laugh loudly with-out worry about disturb others.

People can yell for releasing the working stress or just sit on the ley, even lie down to say hello to the sky. That’s “you”!!

漫[man]Free / Casual / UnrestrainedIt’s a leisure walking path with a a gentle slope ramp. The path is between the park and the community. The neighbor can easily take a unrestrained walk after their work. Meeting here is a kind of free and casual feeling and can also meet our neighbors while walking .

There are sitting corners in the both sides of the walking path for elder people rest. We’ll see some prople take a walk and others sit beside them at the same situation. That’s a kind of “man”.

登[deng]AscensiveIt’s a long stairs for people ascending. It’s also a short cut from the observatory to the ground. By steping up the stairs people can have a healthy exercise and meet with others who also want get a short cut instead of a long gentle ramp.

The meeting here has di�erent speed from other situations.

The Map for Meeting PoeticBy 18 di�erent kinds of space qualities, situations and atmospheres for people meeting poetic.

Vegetation and LandscapePoetic Nature

Filtration System

Irrigation System

Inner Circulatory System

Transpiration

Birds Nesting Heat Absorption

Microorganism Decomposition

Microorganism Adhesion ( Root System )

Fries Nourishing Room ( Protection )

Residues Sedimentation and Accumulation

Submerged plants create oxygenShading e�ect of reducing the breeding algae

Floating Island

Algae

Solar Energy Sediment Accumulation

Re�ex Heat Biological Absorption

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Floating Island EcosystemsWater Resources Recycling

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Air convection

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Existing Structure System

Connect to Metro Station

Connect to Ground Floor

Connect to Each Floor 1. Workshop( Chinese Snack )

Theme Space

7. Sub-Court8. Metro Porch

Outdoor Connection

9. Courtyard10. Parking yard

Underground Green Belt

2. Parking Lot Lobby

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3. Male Toilet 4. Female Toilet5. Universal Toilet6. Electrical Room

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1. Leisure Corner2. Library3. Performance Hall4. Chinese Sanck Bar

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Outdoor Connection

5. Information / Reception6. Meeting Hall7. Lobby8. Waiting Lounge

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The 2nd Floor Interaction & hand down...

The 3rd Floor Sun lounge

1. Workshop( Calligraphy or Chinese painting )

2. Theme Exhibition Room3. Roof Seating Area4. Auditorium

Theme Space

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Outdoor Connection

5. Lobby6. Friendship Lounge7. Sun Mezzanine8. Waiting Lounge

Common Space

9. Male Toilet 10. Female Toilet11. Universal Toilet12. Equipment Room

Service Space

1. Meeting Lounge2. Administration3. Documentary4. Studio( Flexible Partition 1~4 )

Theme Space

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Facades & SectionsWalkable for universal