Taipei Waterfront, Taipei, Taiwan

摘要

Site A 3,000-foot stretch of riverfront in Taipei, Taiwan, with existing conditions such as a parking garage, a bridge approach, and a nearly 30-foot floodwall. Program A park that incorporates landscaping, pedestrian circulation, highway infrastructure, and public spaces and buildings such as an amphitheater, a sculpture park, and retail. Solution Cities around the globe suffer from languishing waterfronts. Asked to transform an infrastructure-laden stretch of Taipei's Danshui River into a civic amenity, Stan Allen Architect proposed a comprehensive redevelopment of the site, starting with its topography. The architects reshaped the coastline to negate sight-line and site-access problems posed by existing floodwalls and to better accommodate the planned program, which includes a sequence of green spaces, a network of pathways and boardwalks that engages the adjacent urban area, and revenue-generating restaurants and retail.