The evolving urban fabric and contour of old mountain streets in Taiwan

ABSTRACT

Space acts as a vehicle carrying the development of local culture and economy from one decade to another, and transmits different urban elements into culture complexes. The depletion of a gold vein usually brings an end to a local economy. This pattern has been changed in Jiufen, a small mountain village that has evolved from a golden age, through a recession, to one of the most popular tourism sites in Taiwan. The transformation from mining heritage to great tourist experience came from planning strategy, promotion, and the combined information technology of government and local associations. The created transformation included an evolving urban boundary and tourist-oriented fabric experience. In order to provide evidence of the richness of the second contour, the concept of reverse engineering was applied to reconstruct an as-built 3D environment model and local cultural elements by fulfilling the representation needs of the street cortex and the second contour. Contour variations and an inconsistent pattern are presented under a unique cooperative contribution by tourists, original residents, new residents, sellers, and government departments.

摘要

空间是承载当地文化与经济之载具, 在世代间将异质都市元素转化成文化综合体。金矿旷脉耗尽常导致地方经济的陨落, 然而此既定模式在九份却有转变:该山区小城已从黄金时代、经济衰退演化成当今台湾最受欢迎旅游景点之一。从采矿遗迹到游客杰出体验间的转换出自于策略规划、推广、和结合政府及当地民间单位信息科技之结果, 开创转化的内容包含都市范围演化及游客导向的纹理体验。为提供第二轮廓线丰富性的例证, 逆向工程概念被应用于重新建构三维立体环境模型及当地文化组件上, 以求满足街道皮层与第二轮廓线表达上之需求。轮廓线的变异形式与模式间的不一致性系由游客、原有居民、新居民、销售者、和政府部门间独特的合作而促成。

KEYWORDS:

• Urban fabric
• the second contour
• tourism
• 3D scan
• mountain village
• historical heritage
• gold mining culture
• food tour
• government promotion

关键词:

• 都市纹里
• 第二轮廓线
• 旅游
• 三维立体扫描
• 山城
• 历史遗产
• 金矿文化
• 享食之旅
• 政府推广措施。

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Additional information

Funding

This research is sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) of Taiwan. The involved project number is MOST 105-2221-E-011-014-MY2. The authors express sincere appreciation for this support.

Notes on contributors

Naai-Jung Shih

Naai-Jung Shih received his Master of Architecture and Doctor in Architecture degrees from the School of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan. He is a professor in the Department of Architecture, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, since 1991. In 2004, he was a visiting scholar in CIFE, Stanford University for three months. He has been working on 3D scan projects for cultural heritages, temples, historical settlements in Beipu, urban fabrics of Taipei, and as-built progress monitoring of construction schedule for 15 years.

Chen-Yang Lin

Chen-Yang Lin is a PhD student in the Department of Architecture, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology. He had his Master of Architecture degree in the same university and a certificate of PhD study in Chongqing University, China. With a long-term involvement in 3D scan, digital preservation, and computer-aided architectural design, he worked for several architecture and planning companies in China as a designer, a partner & chief designer, or a director in research and development department between 2005 and 2015.