Community Renewal, Repurposing, and Reliance Enhancement: An Example of Villages in Taipei’s Southern District, Gongguan Area
Cultural sustainability and resilient construction
This year, with the goal of building a sustainable and resilient community, we adopted the villages of Shuiyuan and Fushui near National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST) as an experimental site. We implemented a community disaster prevention and relief plan on the site and introduced the preservation, renewal, and repurposing of historical heritage and spaces to the community to strengthen the bond between it and its residents.
For the sustainable operation of the site, NTUST and its students worked in supporting roles to provide assistance to the community in organizing a disaster prevention association. The roles of the association encompassed disaster preparedness, warnings and evacuation during disasters, and post-disaster recovery. Using disaster prevention and relief as the medium, we engaged community residents in the disaster prevention association and in the renewal and repurposing of their historical and cultural heritage, in the hope that residents would become familiar with one another and identify with the village culture.
The community’s disaster prevention system was designed with reference to two main directions: software and hardware. For the software aspect, we improved the residents’ disaster prevention awareness, established a disaster prevention database, built a disaster prevention association, designed a disaster prevention map, and organized disaster drills and skill training sessions to promote disaster prevention tasks in the community. Regarding the hardware aspect, which concerned typical disaster prevention designs for communities, we improved disaster prevention equipment and devices; designed evacuation signs; planned evacuation routes, temporary meeting points, and evacuation points; and provided recommendations for future disaster prevention infrastructure. We planned to demonstrate the outcomes of the system’s implementation through designs, improve the community’s capacity for disaster prevention, and enhance residents’ awareness of resistance to and evacuation during disasters.
Remembering the community’s origins: Representing the National Defense Medical Center
Located in the American Bureau of Medical Aid to China (ABMAC) Village of Fushui in Taipei’s Zhongzheng District, the staff dormitory was established by Lu Zhide, the former president of the National Defense Medical Center (NDMC), with the help of the ABMAC to accommodate faculty members. The dormitory witnessed U.S. nongovernmental groups assisting in Taiwan’s medical development in the early period after World War II. With the relocation of the NDMC to Taiwan, many outstanding experts moved to Taiwan and contributed their knowledge to the medical field despite the difficult environment.
The history of the NDMC is a valuable cultural heritage in Taiwan’s medical history. Therefore, through resilient community and disaster prevention education, we seek to deepen the residents’ understanding of the history and architectural characteristics of the NDMC located in the ABMAC Village.
For disaster prevention planning, students from NTUST’s Department of Architecture and Department of Civil and Construction Engineering used 3D printing and aerial mapping techniques to produce a large-scale model of the ABMAC and Shuiyuan Villages. This year, because Anzhai No. 3 in the ABMAC Village has been under renovation, students have dedicated their abilities to recording the renovation progress.
Eliminating barriers and transcending national boundaries with love
We do not only focus on domestic communities. Far away in Nepal, a group of children live in an orphanage constantly threatened by slope disasters. Because of local regulations, limited resources, and limited professional capacity, a slope disaster prevention plan has not been implemented. The rainy season is approaching, and the heavy rain will aggravate the risk of slope disasters. What actions can we take now to mitigate the situation?
The COVID-19 pandemic this year has prevented the NTUST slope disaster prevention task force from conducting a field survey or taking disaster prevention actions in Nepal. However, nature’s threats to the children persist; heavy rain has made the slope teeter on the edge of a landslide. Therefore, the slope disaster prevention task force worked remotely with a partner school in the local area of Nepal to collect on-site data, and NTUST students planned a disaster prevention plan. After months of discussion and communication, preliminary remedial measures were developed that involved directing rainwater runoff—which could potentially lead to disasters—away and preventing the loss of soil strength.
In this time of closed national borders, we have endeavored to secure the shelter for these children. We hope that with love, we can reach beyond barriers.
Public participation and connection with the local area
To effectively integrate diverse and complex disaster prevention information, we started from public participation to develop a community conversational robot, connecting intelligent technologies with the local area. With public participation and the bottom-up force, we expect sustainable and resilient thinking to take root in the community.
We performed environmental diagnosis and collected data through interviews with local residents regarding their needs, creating an information map design for community evacuation and disaster prevention. Combining route navigation with a map and visualized disaster and evacuation information, we produced an intuitive and easy-to-understand communication channel for the exploration of community disaster prevention information.
Gongguan area, which is in Taipei’s southern district, is situated within NTUST faculties’ and students’ living environment. Therefore, in the human–machine interface course, we guided students in developing an intelligent conversational robot for application in disaster prevention and relief as well as in the navigation of historical and cultural heritage. This brings out the community value of intelligent technologies, fulfills NTUST’s responsibility for cultivating college talent, and familiarizes students with the land they live on.
Conclusions
The Gongguan area in Taipei’s southern district contains enriched cultural values of urban villages. NTUST’s implementation of the University Social Responsibility project has boosted the renewal and repurposing of village culture. Furthermore, through the topics of disaster prevention and historical culture, it is expected to prompt interaction among village residents and their identification with the area they live in, thereby taking a step toward a sustainable and resilient city.
This year, with the goal of building a sustainable and resilient community, we adopted the villages of Shuiyuan and Fushui near National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST) as an experimental site. We implemented a community disaster prevention and relief plan on the site and introduced the preservation, renewal, and repurposing of historical heritage and spaces to the community to strengthen the bond between it and its residents.
For the sustainable operation of the site, NTUST and its students worked in supporting roles to provide assistance to the community in organizing a disaster prevention association. The roles of the association encompassed disaster preparedness, warnings and evacuation during disasters, and post-disaster recovery. Using disaster prevention and relief as the medium, we engaged community residents in the disaster prevention association and in the renewal and repurposing of their historical and cultural heritage, in the hope that residents would become familiar with one another and identify with the village culture.
The community’s disaster prevention system was designed with reference to two main directions: software and hardware. For the software aspect, we improved the residents’ disaster prevention awareness, established a disaster prevention database, built a disaster prevention association, designed a disaster prevention map, and organized disaster drills and skill training sessions to promote disaster prevention tasks in the community. Regarding the hardware aspect, which concerned typical disaster prevention designs for communities, we improved disaster prevention equipment and devices; designed evacuation signs; planned evacuation routes, temporary meeting points, and evacuation points; and provided recommendations for future disaster prevention infrastructure. We planned to demonstrate the outcomes of the system’s implementation through designs, improve the community’s capacity for disaster prevention, and enhance residents’ awareness of resistance to and evacuation during disasters.
Remembering the community’s origins: Representing the National Defense Medical Center
Located in the American Bureau of Medical Aid to China (ABMAC) Village of Fushui in Taipei’s Zhongzheng District, the staff dormitory was established by Lu Zhide, the former president of the National Defense Medical Center (NDMC), with the help of the ABMAC to accommodate faculty members. The dormitory witnessed U.S. nongovernmental groups assisting in Taiwan’s medical development in the early period after World War II. With the relocation of the NDMC to Taiwan, many outstanding experts moved to Taiwan and contributed their knowledge to the medical field despite the difficult environment.
The history of the NDMC is a valuable cultural heritage in Taiwan’s medical history. Therefore, through resilient community and disaster prevention education, we seek to deepen the residents’ understanding of the history and architectural characteristics of the NDMC located in the ABMAC Village.
For disaster prevention planning, students from NTUST’s Department of Architecture and Department of Civil and Construction Engineering used 3D printing and aerial mapping techniques to produce a large-scale model of the ABMAC and Shuiyuan Villages. This year, because Anzhai No. 3 in the ABMAC Village has been under renovation, students have dedicated their abilities to recording the renovation progress.
Eliminating barriers and transcending national boundaries with love
We do not only focus on domestic communities. Far away in Nepal, a group of children live in an orphanage constantly threatened by slope disasters. Because of local regulations, limited resources, and limited professional capacity, a slope disaster prevention plan has not been implemented. The rainy season is approaching, and the heavy rain will aggravate the risk of slope disasters. What actions can we take now to mitigate the situation?
The COVID-19 pandemic this year has prevented the NTUST slope disaster prevention task force from conducting a field survey or taking disaster prevention actions in Nepal. However, nature’s threats to the children persist; heavy rain has made the slope teeter on the edge of a landslide. Therefore, the slope disaster prevention task force worked remotely with a partner school in the local area of Nepal to collect on-site data, and NTUST students planned a disaster prevention plan. After months of discussion and communication, preliminary remedial measures were developed that involved directing rainwater runoff—which could potentially lead to disasters—away and preventing the loss of soil strength.
In this time of closed national borders, we have endeavored to secure the shelter for these children. We hope that with love, we can reach beyond barriers.
Public participation and connection with the local area
To effectively integrate diverse and complex disaster prevention information, we started from public participation to develop a community conversational robot, connecting intelligent technologies with the local area. With public participation and the bottom-up force, we expect sustainable and resilient thinking to take root in the community.
We performed environmental diagnosis and collected data through interviews with local residents regarding their needs, creating an information map design for community evacuation and disaster prevention. Combining route navigation with a map and visualized disaster and evacuation information, we produced an intuitive and easy-to-understand communication channel for the exploration of community disaster prevention information.
Gongguan area, which is in Taipei’s southern district, is situated within NTUST faculties’ and students’ living environment. Therefore, in the human–machine interface course, we guided students in developing an intelligent conversational robot for application in disaster prevention and relief as well as in the navigation of historical and cultural heritage. This brings out the community value of intelligent technologies, fulfills NTUST’s responsibility for cultivating college talent, and familiarizes students with the land they live on.
Conclusions
The Gongguan area in Taipei’s southern district contains enriched cultural values of urban villages. NTUST’s implementation of the University Social Responsibility project has boosted the renewal and repurposing of village culture. Furthermore, through the topics of disaster prevention and historical culture, it is expected to prompt interaction among village residents and their identification with the area they live in, thereby taking a step toward a sustainable and resilient city.
-
University characteristic Startup Stage Project
-
Taipei City
-
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
455votes
Further reading
Measures for Leaving a Message to Enter the Draw for the Live Streaming of the Opening Ceremony
-
Event Period
From 13:00 to 14:00 on December 12 (Saturday), 2020
-
Event Measures
Log in to your personal Facebook or Google account to proceed with leaving a message; each account with a successful message of #2020usrexpo left before the end of the live streaming of the opening ceremony will have an opportunity to enter the draw, and each account is restricted to winning the prize once only.
-
List of Winners
On December 14 (Monday), 2020, the list of winners will be announced on the event official website https://2020usrexpo.org/) Announcement of the list of winners
Event Prize Content
-
1st Prize
“Huei Yeh” Power Extreme Massage Gun 1 winner
-
2nd Prize
Nestle Dolce Gusto Genio 2 1 winner
-
3rd Prize
KINYO Bluetooth 5.0 Wireless Speaker 2 winner
-
4th Prize
7-11 Gift Voucher valued at NT$200 27 winner
Announcement of the list of winners
The various prizes are expected to be notified via email and also announced on the event official website on December 14 (Monday), please will the prize winners pay attention to the prize-winning information, and send back the relevant documents according to the notices & explanations; no separate notification will be issued.
Notices
- The event period for this event is based on Taiwan time, and the delivery of the rewards is restricted to regions including Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu.
- Please refer to the actual products for the event rewards, the pictures used on the website are for reference only; no request for changing colors, specs, transfers, or cash redemption will be accepted.
- Our event organizer will not be liable for the follow-up warranty and maintenance of the winning rewards; once the rewards have been collected, signed, and accepted, no reissuance of the rewards will be available if the rewards have been lost, peculated, discarded, or damaged. Please refer to the actual products for the prize rewards, no return or exchange will be accepted; the prize winner must contact the manufacturer of the rewards if there is any issue regarding malfunctioning, damage, or maintenance.
- 1st prize ~ 2nd prize (Winning prizes with a value exceeding NT$1,000 (inclusive): Each prize winner should fill out the “Reward Collection Application and Receipt (will be announced together with the announcement of the list of winners)” within 7 days (including holidays based on the post stamp) starting from the next day with the announcement of the list of winners, and must provide a copy of both sides of the ID card. The copy must be sent to the specified place via registered mail; those passing the deadline will be deemed to give up the prize and rights, and no objections will be accepted from the prize winners.
- 3rd Prize ~ 4th Prize (Winning prizes with a value less than NT$1,000 (inclusive): Prize winners should reply to the prize-winning notifying letter via Email within 7 days (including holidays) starting from the next day of the announcement of the list of winners, to confirm the collection of the rewards and to fill out the relevant info for sending the rewards (to confirm the address for sending the gift), and to accelerate the follow-up qualification review. If the prize winners do not complete the relevant info before the deadline, they will be deemed to give up the opportunity to collect the rewards, and no alternative gifts or reissuance of gifts will be available.
- When the prize winners have completed filling out the prize-winning info, the organizer will double-check the identification data of the prize winners, the rewards will only be sent out when all data is correct.
- All prize-winning qualification needs to be approved by the organizer before it becomes effective, all reviewing standards are based on the organizer as the only reference.
- If the prize winner did not fill in the data complete and correct, or cannot be in contact, or did not send back the required data within the announced time of the rewards, the prize winner will then be deemed to voluntarily give up the prize, no separate notification will be announced.
- According to the R.O.C Tax Act, if the prize winner is an individual residing in Taiwan, and the prize amount (value) exceeds NT$1,000 (inclusive), then a copy of both sides of the ID card will need to be handed in for taxation, which will be incorporated into individual income for the annual taxation. If the prize winner is not an individual residing in Taiwan, 20% of reward tax must be deducted from the reward first regardless of the prize amount before the prize winner can collect the reward. If the prize winner is not an adult, a household registration transcript must be provided along with a letter of consent from the legal representative. If the prize winner is unwilling to pay the tax first, he/she will be deemed to give up the reward, and no objections will be accepted.
- If the prize winner is in violation of the relevant event measures or has other dissents, the organizer is allowed to retrieve the reward and no objections from the prize winner will be accepted. If a judicial dispute is involved, all legal liabilities will be held by the individual. The organizer will not be liable.
- If it is confirmed that the participant used a hacker program or other method that evidently violates the fairness of the event in an attempt to influence the event, the organizer is then allowed to disqualify the participant immediately or to cancel the prize-winning qualification. Compensation will be liable if a loss is caused for the organizer due to this.
- For reasons that the organizer are not liable for, including a computer, network, telephone, or technique issues resulting in the delay, loss, incorrect, unidentifiable, or damaged data uploaded by the participants, the organizer will not be liable for any legal liability, and no objections from the participants and prize winners will be accepted.
- The organizer reserves the rights to review the qualification of the event participants, if the organizer or a third party has reported that the participants are found to use methods that are intentional or evidently violate the fairness of the event, or do not conform to the rules of this event, the organizer will then be allowed to cancel the prize immediately.
- The event measures are stated on the event platform, the organizer reserves the right to alter the event details at any time (participating method, gift content and quantity…etc.); the participants must agree completely to follow and obey the alterations of the event without any objection. Please refer to the announcement of the event measures if alternations have been made to the event measures, no separate notification will be available.
- Unmentioned matters of this event should be handled according to the relevant rules of the civil law; the organizer reserves the rights to maintain, modify, cease and explain the content, as well as to cancel the prize-winning qualification of any prize winner influencing other prize winners’ rights. Refer to the announcement on the platform for the modification info; no separate notification will be available.
- Participants in the event agree to accept the event measures and notices, if, in violation, the organizer will then be allowed to cancel the qualification of the participant or the prize winner, and then request the participant for compensation for the losses caused.
- When the event is unable to be conducted due to force majeure causes, the organizer has the rights to cancel, terminate, modify, or cease the event. Participants in the event are deemed to accept the effectiveness of the rules, for unmentioned matters, the organizer reserves the rights to modify, terminate, and alter the event content details without giving out a separate notification.
TOP