Image Credit : Motif Planning & Design Consultants
Project Overview
The Grass Mountain Teen Club, a brick compound on Yangming mountain that served as a club for US soldiers and their families stationed in Taiwan from the 1950s to the 1970s, has reopened as a public space for music, food and nostalgia.
Project Commissioner
Motif Planning & Design Consultants
Project Creator
Motif Planning & Design Consultants
Team
Landscape Architecture: Motif Planning & Design Consultants,
Architect : HC design
Structural Engineer: Justin C. H. Shih Structural Engineer & Associates
Contractor: Guangli Construction
Photography: Shuyuan Wu , Pin Ho , Monica Kuo , Shu Yi Tseng , HC design
Client: U-Tech Media Chairman
Project Brief
The project was undertaken under the Old House renaissance program launched by the Taipei City Government in 2012. Private investors were encouraged to join the project to restore “cultural properties” that had been abandoned and “revive” them by transforming them into cultural and creative spaces. ---Taipei Times
Project Innovation/Need
The Beginning
When we first embarked on the project, the brick compound in Yangmingshan that once served as a club for American soldiers stationed in Taiwan was in a ruinous state with overgrown grasses and vines. The configuration of the space and the garden setting were not clarified until several reconnaissances and cleanings. During the decades of oblivion, nature had taken over the place. The segments of walls and columns we once called a building became the sidekick. Therefore we strive to retain the wildness of the newly designed landscape that blends in with the surrounding landscapes of Yangmingshan and Shamao Mountain, while the building floats on the canvas of this picturesque landscape
Design Challenge
The Beginning
When we first embarked on the project, the brick compound in Yangmingshan that once served as a club for American soldiers stationed in Taiwan was in a ruinous state with overgrown grasses and vines. The configuration of the space and the garden setting were not clarified until several reconnaissances and cleanings. During the decades of oblivion, nature had taken over the place. The segments of walls and columns we once called a building became the sidekick. Therefore we strive to retain the wildness of the newly designed landscape that blends in with the surrounding landscapes of Yangmingshan and Shamao Mountain, while the building floats on the canvas of this picturesque landscape
Sustainability
The Beginning
When we first embarked on the project, the brick compound in Yangmingshan that once served as a club for American soldiers stationed in Taiwan was in a ruinous state with overgrown grasses and vines. The configuration of the space and the garden setting were not clarified until several reconnaissances and cleanings. During the decades of oblivion, nature had taken over the place. The segments of walls and columns we once called a building became the sidekick. Therefore we strive to retain the wildness of the newly designed landscape that blends in with the surrounding landscapes of Yangmingshan and Shamao Mountain, while the building floats on the canvas of this picturesque landscape
Landscape Design - International
This award celebrates creativity and innovation in the use of practical, aesthetic, horticultural, and environmentally sustainability components, taking into account climate, site and orientation, site drainage and irrigation, human and vehicular access, furnishings and lighting.
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