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This is a research topic about A piece of land that was stolen by a cement company 40 years ago from indigenous people in Taiwan, and how this movement affects the economy, environment, and the people of the Taroko tribe.
The proposal of the ecology park and museum gives the land a second life, not only educating people about the tragic history of the environment but also an economic booster for the local cultural industry.
INSTRUCTOR
Fei Wang
LOCATION
Hualien, Taiwan
YEAR
April 2020
SOFTWARE
Rhino, Photoshop
Taroko
The largest marble canyon in the world
The future of Shinchen quarry
In 1973, Asia cement corp. fraud and forged consent to get the land ownership from the tribe, and jointly with Township Office to cancel the registration of farming rights and occupy the original protected land, causing the residence of 50 households who lived on the plateau were forced to relocate to the foot of the mountain and could no longer set foot on the cultivated land and hunting grounds on which they depended. Whenever a typhoon, torrential rain, or earthquake occurs, the people who are forced to relocate can only beg for fear that God will not let the sliding earth to wash their homes.
It has been 40 years of mining. During this period, environmental assessment has never been carried out, nor has it been informed and approved by the clan. On March 14, 2019, the Ministry of Economy again approved the 20-year extension of the mining permit, and Xincheng Mountain with an altitude of 776 meters will have less than 120 meters in the future. The issues of environmentally sensitive areas, administrative discretion, the inadequacy of the current mining law, and the failure to practice the right of indigenous peoples are highlighted again by the investigation report that the Supervisory Institute released.
Systematic
Diagram
For a better understanding of issues in the aspects of social, environmental, and economic. Find possible solutions and visualize them.
Event Lighting
The projection of these beams of light metaphor the illusion of the mountain, reminding people how tall the mountain used to be.
Corporate Identity System Design
Branding design for the ecology park, such as tickets and signage. Also, use the same design language for the label of the millet wine and souvenir. The blue and yellow crossing marks represent that we weave the wound of the land together.
Conclusion
It’s a new era now, physical goods are no longer a promise to fortune. What more precious are irreplicable knowledge, culture, and memories. The strategy of my proposal is not only focusing on master planning but also cares about how to support the local’s living and a way to pass down the culture. From researching this topic, I’m glad to notice that the environmental awareness of the public is rising over time, and hope the tragedy will not happen again.