Dadong Neighborhood Park | Taichung, Taiwan
The New Neighborhood Park is the latest in a series of publicly accessible spaces created by Pao Huei which stand as precursors to the future development on those sites. Rather than fencing off large parcels of land awaiting future development and working with various public agencies, the Pao Huei Company has a long and elegant history of committing significant resources to the introduction of interim landscapes and other amenity spaces for adjacent neighborhoods. Designed, constructed and maintained by Pao Huei, these extensive investitures of resources into the neighborhoods demonstrate to the local community and general public the value and commitment to public realm that underscores the work of Pao Huei within the urban fabric of Taichung, Taiwan. The Neighborhood Park, within the dense Dadong District, was preceded by an extensive environmental clean-up of an extremely contaminated industrial site and thereby transformed into an unprecedented open space for community events, holiday gatherings, weddings, and the like. The planting of large Metasequoia trees line the surrounding streets and frame a flexible open middle ground punctuated by a central gathering island. Though temporary in nature, the phenomenon of interim public spaces provides a very unique set of conditions related to design criteria and public realm, street edge and public/private dialogue.
Client: Pao Huei Company
Status: Recently Completed
