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Managing urban transformation through integrated regeneration of inner city : Taipei strategy and its deployment Charles Lin Deputy Mayor of Taipei City, Taiwan │ APR. 2018 2 CONTENTS 2 Taipei, the core of megalopolis, 01 enhances the capital area Three Strategic Development Plans 02 - The West Gateway Plan - The East Gateway Plan - Government-led Regeneration Program 03 Next step: Taipei Vision 2050 3 Taipei enhances the capital area Taipei, the Core of capital area 4 Keelung Taipei Harbor Harbor Taipei City Taoyuan Airport Keelung City Songshan Airport New Taipei City Taoyuan City Taipei City Total Population 2.69 million (2017) Total Area 272 km2 Taipei is home to 30 colleges and universities, and also 20% of the country’s R&D hubs. In addition, more than 90% of Taiwan’s venture capital Taiwan congregates here in Taipei. In other words, this is where the best talent and industrial support High Accessibility 5 Taipei, The core of Capital area Taipei Harbor Keelung Harbor Railway Taoyuan Airport MRT West Gate Plan East Gate Plan Taoyuan Airport Songshan Airport Taoyuan City New Taipei City Taipei City Keelung City 40 km from Taipei to Taoyuan │ 9.5 km from Taipei center to Nankang│ 18.6 km from Nankang to Keelung Metro City 6 5 railway in Taipei Metropolitan Area 117 MRT Stations Smartilization in Taipei Metropolitan Area 131 kilometers in total length 87 MRT Stations in Taipei City MRT Station in Taipei Metro City Increase Circle line in the future 7 49 kilometers in total length Circle line 42 MRT Station Industrial Center 8 Taipei Keelung City City Taoyuan City New Taipei City International Logistics Tertiary Sector Business HQ’s Warehousing Innovation, R & D Innovation, R & D R & D hub Manufacturing Manufacturing Manufacturing Financing services Taoyuan City New Taipei City Taipei City Keelung City Taipei as a SMART HUB 9 in the Cooperative City category(WeGO) Smart city Gold Award Prize The 6thof the top 25 high-tech cities(Business Insider ) 2017 ITS Asia-Pacific Municipal Government Achievement Award High-tech and ICT industry cluster Smart Station 10 Three Strategic Development Plans Three Strategic Development Plans 11 Taipei Innovation Delta East Gateway West Gateway GOVERNMENT-LED URBAN REGENERATION PROGRAMS The West Gateway Plan 12 Historical Landscape Pedestrian Walkway Smart City Gateway Image Industrial Investment The West Gateway Plan 13 West Gateway (1978) West Gateway (1950) West Gateway (2016) The West Gateway Plan 14 Explanatory Session Taipei Smart Station former City Council Hall site Travel City Plaza Airport-MRT Transport Joint Development Datong Mitsui Warehouse District Railway Administration Museum Park Taipei Post Office Government-led Urban Renewal Project Railway Administration Dormitory Old House Culture and Creative Park Pedestrian Beimen Plaza Yuquan Park Climate Wanhua District LuoyangBeimen ParkingPlaza Lot Activities 2014.12 – West Gateway14 Plan The West Gateway Plan 15 The West Gateway Plan 16 Representative development programs E1 and E2 Taipei Post Office Joint development Special District revived project of C1 and D1 National financial technology Business, Offices, Hotel center, national post and Transport hub communication museum 27,551㎡(Site area) 31,593㎡(Site area) 14,227㎡(Site area) 2 A total of 860,000 m of land would be available for financing, services, technology, commercial, Hospitality Industry The West Gateway Plan 18 National Fin-Tech Center and National Museum A connective plaza that links national monuments and new buildings The East Gateway Plan 19 Nangang-East Gateway Project Taipei Harbor Keelung Harbor Taoyuan Airport MRT West Gate Project East Gate Project Taoyuan Airport Songshan Airport The East Gateway Plan 20 Brown field in the past The East Gateway Plan 21 8 Development Schemes of East Gateway Plan • Transportation and transfer service hub Plan：7 • National biotechnology industry strip：6 • Integral cross-district re-zoning and urban renewal：5 • Pop music and creative industry：3 • Public housing community：4 • Software and MICE：2 • Public space Reconstruction Project：4 • Overall review of Nangang District：2 Xiaoman Nangang Bus Station Public Housing (East and West) Dongming Taipei Railway(BR-1) R16 Public Housing Nangang Software Public Housing Park Sta. Government-led urban renewal Northern Pop Music Center National Exhibition and Convention Center Nangang Exhibition Center Nangang Bottle Cap Exhibition Center Station Kunyang Factory Nangang Bus Nangang Park Station No.62 Nangang Sta. Station(East) Nangang Songshan DepotProject National Biotechnology Industry Station Biotechnology Cluster, a BOT Project Research Park Zhongnan Section Houshanpi Taipower Public Housing Station Nangang (AR-1,CR-1) Park Government-led 202 Arsenal Acadeia Yucheng Park Sinica urban renewal Government-led National Biotechnology Research Property-led Park The East Gateway Plan 22 Five Innovation Transfer Biotechnology Software MICE developmental functions Software Mice Innovation Transfer Biotechnology The East Gateway Plan 23 Estimated Timeline and Objects Dec. 2017 Dec. 2018 Mar. 2019 Jan. 2021 National biotechnology Pop music and Software and MICE Nationa Biotechnology Major industry strip creative industry Center Industry Cluster National Biotechnology Development Research Park Projects Creating4,000 employees 52 performances per year Offering 5,000 booths Creating5,000 employees Bringing 50 bn Conference room for Bringing 33 bn investment investment 4,200 persons 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Jul. 2016 2017-2018 2017-2018 2017-2022 Transportation Park / Green Space Public housing Urban Renewal and transfer service hub Improving / increasing 680,000 passengers per 18.3 ha Government led urban day Building 10,000 units renewal creates 18,000 public housing employees The East Gateway Plan 24 Biotechnology Cluster Forms in Nangang New pharmaceutical Product marketing Fundamental development and clinical and launch research development New medicine testing Clinical trial Academia Sinica Food and Drug Administration, Neihu Technology Park Frontier science Nangang Biotechnology National Biotechnology Research Park food and drug safety management Biomedicine, information & Biochemistry research Cluster Stems from Academia Sinica research Clinical trial phase III communication Integration of Clinical trial phase I & phase II Innovative biotechnology hardware and software Incubation Connecting industrial cluster and national research. Increasing the value to 33.8 billion dollars and offering 5,000 employment opportunities The East Gateway Plan 25 Total private investment of 5 billion USD East Gateway Project _ People’s Rally 2015 Jan 03 25 GOVERNMENT-LED URBAN REGENERATION PROGRAMS 26 Social Service Oriented - Implement by City Government 1. Huarong Market (Regeneration Fund) 2. Yenping N. Rd Police Accommodation Regeneration (Regeneration Fund) 3. Zongshan Regeneration Assist Regeneration - Implementation by City Government 1 4. Lanchou Community (Regeneration Fund) 2 7 Lanchou and Assist Regeneration Siwen Comminity 4 - Resident Forms Regeneration Committee Industry 3 9 Transformation 5. South Airport Renewal Site 1,2,3 10 6 Financial Assistance Dilapidated Area 5 - Implemented by TURC 8 National Land Renewal 6. NTU Shaoxing S. St. Regeneration Social Support and Public Housing 7. Beian Site Regeneration 8. Reian Site Regeneration 9. Nangang Bio-tech Complex 10. Taipei Post Office 26 Lanchou and Siwen Community 27 Current Situation East Gateway Project _ People’s Rally 2015 Jan 03 27 Lanchou and Siwen Community 28 The Taipei City Government started the urban regeneration of the social participation approach since 2015 East Gateway Project _ People’s Rally 2015 Jan 03 28 Lanchou and Siwen Community 29 Held more than 100 community communication meetings Lanchou and Siwen Community 30 Project Workstation 2015 Jan 03 30 LANCHOU COMMUNITY RENEWAL Planner/ Executor Taipei City Government Location Taipei, Taiwan Completion 2015- Taipei City experienced exponential population growth between 1950’s and 1970’s; the average age of Taipei’s buildings is 31.51 years, higher than the national average of 28.28. The extensive structural aging, cluttered cityscape and residential safety are issues facing the city. Nonetheless, the speed at which our urban renewal programs progresses is far slower than the city’s structural aging. Lanzhou Community Lanzhou community is another old neighborhood in the city with dilapidated architectural environment and underprivileged residents. Due to complicated land ownership issues, there is no chance to the community to be redeveloped by private sectors. This is the first public-led urban regeneration project to actually improve the living environment of private residence. Because the city government owns partial land property at the site, after the reconstruction, public land resources will be returned as more public housing units and social facilities for the 31 neighborhood. LANCHOU COMMUNITY RENEWAL 32 LANCHOU COMMUNITY RENEWAL 33 SIWEN COMMUNITY REGENERATION SITE 3 Architecture Design Plot Ratio: 48.37% FAR: 448.3% Building Height: 41.7M Floor：13 Floors +3 underground Unit：322 units Total Floor Area：24,842M² Total Sales：50.5億 34 SIWEN COMMUNITY REGENERATION SITE 3 Before After 35 36 Next Step: Taipei Vision 2050 37 Smart Taipei 25,000 1,000 + 300 50+ 120 Visitors Booths Speakers Countries Cities Next Step: Taipei Vision 2050 38 Journey Toward Taipei Vision 2050 Livable & Smart City Development programs can catalyze urban restructuring, inspire new development visions and thus encourage urban revival. Vision Taipei 2050 takes into consideration the city’s economic, infrastructure, transport services, and cultural programs. An ongoing opinion exchange is in place to engage citizen leaders to further sustain and improve Taipei’s livability. .
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