我們觀察到臺北市內存在有兩個城市－城南與城北。城南被三個主要的區域所界定，分別是博愛特區、信義金融區以及臺大大學城。城北沿著基隆河兩岸開發為較現代化的重劃區、高科技及文化產業區。介於城南、城北之間的城市紋理，則缺乏區域特色及規劃邏輯，而我們的基地正好座落於這條切分城市南北的軸線上。

請想像一條綠廊能夠提供重新體驗探索城市的可能性，這條綠色基礎設施讓原本以車行為主的城市重新釋放公共空間讓居住其中的長輩漫步、擴展年輕人對於城市生活的嚮往、賦權予不同需求的各色社群的城市日常。

臺北城市轉盤計畫提出不斷迭代的迴圈腳本，將城南的政經教育區塊與城北的現代藝文高科技產業區塊進行動態的串聯。而本案所在的基地位置、方位及尺度皆足以適切地消弭南北城區間的隔閡。

捷運紅線一路從台北車站延伸到淡水河口，則更強化了基地在都會區和周邊生活圈之間的聯繫角色。本案基地僅呈現捷運淡水線地面層線形公園的一小段，但我們認為中山北路、承德路與線形公園匯集成一束縱貫南北的廊道軸線，不僅凝聚城市生活體驗並界定從花博園區與台北車站這段極富潛力的城中都市再生基地。心中山線形公園在這個催化過程中能夠扮演重塑區域特色示範角色，未來由此段往南北兩向延伸，確保連結人們的同時，能夠保持再生聚落獨特的況味。

綠廊中的林蔭提供遮陽避雨的基本功能外，並使得街道生活舒適且令人嚮往。連續的樹冠層也讓城市中的動物能夠穿越都會區，大大增加了交叉授粉、增加生物多樣性的機會。為了達到臺北市未來永續發展的願景，我們必須制定連續型的喬木植被網絡策略。本基地可成為完整林蔭迴路的實驗計畫，展現樹冠層不侷限於區域條件，應整合周邊都市林相，未來的城市將會被一系列完備且多核心的樹網覆蓋。

We observer two cities within the city of Taipei: a northern city and a southern city. The southern city is defined by three major vertices, an administrative district based around the Presidential Office Building, a financial district marked by the Taipei 101 office tower and an educational district built around the campus of The National Taiwan University. The northern city is defined by more recent urban regenerative operations. It speaks of a modern Taipei with a hi-tech cultural district and loosely defined by the Keelung River. The areas between the northern and the southern cities have a more diffuse identity and less zoning logic. Our site is located on the axis of this north-south divide. 

Imagine a green infrastructure that allows for a new way to navigate the city and an enabling infrastructure that provides an alternative to automotive-based urban reality. It will emancipate the elderly, expand the imagination of the young and empower dependent and marginalized social groups. The Taipei Turntable proposes an ever-recurrent circular narrative between the administrative, financial and educational districts of the southern city and the modern hitech cultural districts of the northern city. The site’s location, orientation and size are of instrumental strategic values abolishing the north-south divide. 

The extension of the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) to the Tamsui River reinforces the metropolitan and regional connectedness of our site. It represents a small segment of the linear park along the MRT’s red line. Zhongshan Road, Chengde Road, and the MRT linear park are urban arteries along the northsouth axis that enhances the experiences of urban life. Their boundaries define a potential corridor for urban regeneration between the Expo Park and Taipei Railway Station. The linear park will be a major catalysis in the regeneration process and reinventing the district’s identity. The continuation of the linear park north and south will ensure the interconnectedness between distinct districts and regeneration projects.

Tree canopies can provide a degree of shelter from the sun and rain, making street life pleasant and desirable. A continuous tree canopy allows for wildlife across the city, increasing opportunities for cross-fertilization and biodiversity. The vision of a sustainable future for the city of Taipei must necessarily mandate a strategy for a continuous network of trees. The site is conceived as part of a pilot projects within a metropolitan circuit of tree canopies. The design proposal showcases the potential of canopy not just locally but for future implementations along other segments of the metropolitan circuit. The future city is imagined to be organized around a complex network of overlapping andeccentric canopy circuits.