Taipei。台北

the less than fluid project

This is an international architecture project from Portland State University. The project incorporates two different perspectives of Taipei City.

From the perspective of The Student, who was born and raised in Taipei; and after being away from Taipei for nearly seven years, she has finally come back to the city. She is re-introduced to the city, through researching, looking, listening, walking, and experiencing.

There is also the Professor's point of view. The Professor has never been to Taipei, he is being introduced to Taipei for the first time. Through images, sounds, and poetry; The Professor will make out his own unique imagination and vision of Taipei.

FOR MORE DETAILS ON THE PROJECT, GO TO THE LABEL 'SYLLABUS' ON THE RIGHT---------------------->

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Research 2/ Taipei

The City of Taipei is located in the Taipei Basin in the northern tip of Taiwan. It is bordered by the Xindian River on the south, and the Danshui (Tamsui) River on the west.



Taipei is divided into 12 districts:

中正區 Chung-cheng
大同區 Ta-t'ung
中山區 Chung-shan
松山區 Sung-shan
大安區 Ta-an
萬華區 Wan-hua
信義區 Hsin-yi
士林區 Shih-lin
北投區 Pei-t'ou
內湖區 Nei-hu
南港區 Nan-kang
文山區 Wen-shan

The size of Taipei:

City: 271.7997 km² (104.9 sq mi)
Water: 2.7 km² (1.0 sq mi) 1.0%
Urban: 2,457 km² (948.7 sq mi)


The population of Taipei as of June, 2008
City: 2,630,191
Density: 9,678.14　/km² (25,031/sq mi)
Urban Area: 6,752,826
Metro Area: 10,072,918
Population Ranked 2nd of 25 cities in Taiwan

Public Transportation Includes:
Bus, the Metro, Taiwan Rail, and Taiwan High Speed Rail

Climate:
See chart at BBC Weather
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Anonymous said...

This needs more development. You need to offer more colors and connections to these areas. Or zoom in on one area in particularly. Thanks for the overview. Could we get a collage of the map and specific information with rain and water? How about doing a gesture model now?

October 29, 2008 at 11:49 AM

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