In Visible Cities: Taipei 在看得見的城市：台北-- 階段成果分享會

在 看 得 ⾒見 的 城 市 ： 台 北 A manifesto & open call for data-augmented urban innovations

March 2017

InVisibleCities

1960 Kevin Lynch

2015 Eric Fischer

Taipei Transportation

Visualization

Taipei Streetlight & Stealing Locations

Taipei Demography Elderly vs Youth

Taipei Garbage Truck Routes

How do we go from interpretation to implementation?

1972 Italo Calvino

Our impression, feelings, perceptions of a city, most of which used to be invisible are now becoming visible.

With new tools at our hands, how do we designers better design for our cities?

‘InVisibleCities’ is a self-initiated, experimental urban research project aiming to explore a new design approach incorporating data-driven thinking.

Defining the problem

Research Insights & Concepts

Crafting Ideas & Strategies

Deliver & Put to Action

Data-Thinking

21 Everyday Places, 4 Types of Time

21 Everyday Places, 4 Types of Time 17 Participants

21 Everyday Places, 4 Types of Time 17 Participants

= 180 City Impressions

Impressions

180 City Impressions into 22 Daily Living Pain Points 9 Special Spaces 6 Pleasures

白天晚上反差很大的場所

自由移動的個人空間

沒有時間感的地方

交集不同人群的場所

特定時間出現特定人群的空間

老人較多的場合

煩惱找不到車位

人多擁擠、雜亂

排隊等位

覺得沒有選擇 空氣汙染與異味

私人領域空間不足

非活動時段死氣沈沈，成為城市死角

天氣讓人煩 覺得孤獨、空虛、寂寞

悠哉的Life Style

空虛時候的慰藉

覺得”揪甘心”

令人想特別路過的場所

滿足虛榮心 精打細算、省錢

非活動時段死氣沈沈，成為城市死角

天氣讓人煩 覺得孤獨、空虛、寂寞

悠哉的Life Style

空虛時候的慰藉

覺得”揪甘心”

非活動時段死氣沈沈，成為城市死角

天氣讓人煩 覺得孤獨、空虛、寂寞

悠哉的Life Style

空虛時候的慰藉

覺得”揪甘心”令人想特別路過的場所

滿足虛榮心 精打細算、省錢

白天晚上反差很大的場所

自由移動的個人空間

沒有時間感的地方

交集不同人群的場所

特定時間出現特定人群的空間

老人較多的場合

白天晚上反差很大的場所

自由移動的個人空間

沒有時間感的地方

交集不同人群的場所

特定時間出現特定人群的空間

老人較多的場合

9 Pain Points, 6 Special Spaces, 6 Pleasures

9 Pain Points, 6 Special Spaces, 6 Pleasures = 43 Creative Ideas

Creative Solutions

43 Ideas categorized as Sharing Economics, Customization, Events & Social.

Agenda Consolidation

“Passive Space Remake”

“YouBike+”

“My Way”

“My Way” While walking in cities, what really matters? What do we care besides distance and time? Can way-finding be more than point A to B? Can it takes advantage of the city’s own characteristics?

My Way

Arcade in Rainy Days

Shopping Mall Passageway

Underpass

Passageways Free from Bad Weather

Passageways of Green & Shading

Shortest Shortest

Banal Way-finding

85% Dry when raining +800% Oxygen for jogging

Contextual Way-finding

85% Dry in raining days

+800% Oxygen while jogging

95% Free Wifi when no 3G

5° Cooler in the summer

50% Free Air-conditioned

20 dB Quieter when hate noise

80% Less Couple on Valentine’s

50% Delightful when depressed

Contextual Way-finding

What’s Next? What do people in Taipei really care? Who are the stakeholders and what are their incentives? Can it tie back to urban infrastructure/ management? What form would be the application?

“YouBike+” There are nearly 300 YouBike stations in the city, and few more hundreds are to install in the future. How to better facilitate the network? What can be added on top of the station, especially in its vacant hours? Is there a way to turn station-to-station from inconvenience to advantage?

YouBike+

YouBike Concentration Visualizations

Station Profiles Visualization

YouBike Weekday Profiles | Average Bike Quantities

eg. MRT S.Y.S Memorial Hall Station eg. Jian-guo Rd. Nong-an St. Intersection

Multiple peaks rather complicated user types?

Single peak single user types?

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Office workers Commute to work

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Office workers Short distance business

Students Off-school

to home

Office workers Off-work for dining or recreation

MRT S.Y.S Memorial Hall Station

8-9 AM Office Workers Space for baggage placement? Defining queuing area and amenities?

4-5 PM Students Zone for temporary gathering/waiting?

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Office workers Commute to work place

Vacancy Office workers Back home

Jianguo Rd. Nongan St. Intersection

8-9 AM Peak Hour Breakfast Vendor? Food Truck?

16-19 PM Vacant Sports field? Skateboarding?

Reutilize the vacant space? Temporary lease for vendors? events? activities?

YouBike Weekday Profiles | Average Bike Quantities

Off-peak Highlights | > 2/3 Empty docks

Off-peak Highlights | > 2/3 Empty docks & > 4Hrs

Highly Potential Sites | Off-peak Vacant Periods

Early Morning Vacancy Daytime Vacancy Nighttime Vacancy Multiple Vacancies

110 of 285 stations offer highly reusable vacant space

1,230 m2

each vacancy lasts at average

7hr 54m

with average number of empty docks

35 empty docksin total per station per station

Equals 42,000 TWD /day as car parks*; 420,000 TWD /day as street vendor lease*;*land value calculation: car park14m2, 60TWD /hr; street vendor 1000TWD/ m2 month

What’s Next? Who are the riders and how do they actually move around? How can we better utilize the vacant space? How do we facilitate a self-sustaining distribution system? How do we make it beneficial to all but also financially valuable?

“Passive Space Remake” Although people often complained that owning (or simply using) a space in Taipei is too costly, there are, in fact, plenty of under-utilized space scattered in our city. In a dense city like Taipei, where people flooding in and out everyday, or residing in small and compact neighborhoods, it is crucial to use our urban space smartly. The project is to identify passive spaces in the city and suggest more active use.

Passive Space Remake

Infrastructural Site

Recycling Station

In-progress Urban Regeneration

Unused Parcel

Vacant Old Building

Vacant Old Building

Vacant Parcel as Private Parking

Vacant Parcel as Private Parking

Vacant Parcel as Private Parking

Periodically Vacant Marketplace

Where are the “Passive Space”?

Parks Night markets

Construction sites Empty parcels

Parking lots

Inactive Area Morning

Inactive Area Evening

After-hour offices Schools

Less Streetlights Construction sites

Empty parcels Parking lots

Low Accessibility Area

Negative Factors

Passive Area Overlay

Inactive area Low accessibility Negative factors

The passiveness and the vacuum existed for reasons. Not all space in city should be 24-hour active anyways.

But for those in highly populated area, are they are at their best use? What might be the alternatives?

Population Density of Neighborhoods

High Density Neighborhoods

Passive Area in High Density Neighborhoods

Passive Area in High Density Neighborhoods

Inactive Inaccessible Negative

Opportunities within Passive Area of Highest Density Neighborhoods

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Residential Youth 26% Elderly 18%

Shinju Li

Residential Commercial Youth 31% Elderly 14%

Sanmin Li

Residential Commercial Youth 25% Elderly 13%

Baode Li

Residential Youth 31% Elderly 15%

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Vacant Parcel as Area Stimulus

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Residential Commercial Youth 31% Elderly 14%

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Residential Youth 31% Elderly 15%

Vacant Parcel as Area Stimulus

Revitalization: Community Workshop

Revitalization: Elderly Co-dining Space

Revitalization: Out Door Library

Revitalization: 2nd-Hand Market

But city is dynamic, people moves around during a day, therefore the needs of a place may vary at different times.

What about those places where are periodically populated?

Hourly MRT Passenger Flow Departure

Leaving the area

Arriving the area

Hourly MRT Passenger Flow Arrival

Leaving the area

Arriving the area

Hourly MRT Passenger Flow Net Increase Amount

Leaving the area

Arriving the area

MRT Commuter Net Increase Area 6-10 AM

MRT Commuter Net Increase Area + Passive Space 6-10 AM

Inactive Inaccessible Negative

Opportunities within MRT Service Coverage Commuter Most Increased Area 6-10 AM

Nanjing-Fuxing area land-use:

Songjiang-Nanjing area land-use:

City Hall area land-use:

17,146 commuter increased 18,644 commuter increased 15,695 commuter increased

Nanjing-Fuxing area land-use:

15,695 commuter increased

Vacant Parcel as Area Stimulus

Songjiang-Nanjing area land-use:

18,644 commuter increased

Vacant Parcel as Area Stimulus

City Hall area land-use:

17,146 commuter increased

Vacant Parcel as Area Stimulus

Revitalization: Food Market

Revitalization: F&B Stands

MRT Commuter Net-Increase Area 5-8 PM

Inactive Inaccessible Negative

MRT Commuter Net-Increase Area + Passive Space 5-8 PM

Tai-Power Building area land-use:

Opportunities within MRT Service Coverage Commuter Most Increased Area 5-8 PM

Longshan Temple area land-use:

3,870 commuter increased 567 commuter increased 6,555 commuter increased

Taipei Main Station

Vacant Parcel as Area Stimulus

Longshan Temple area land-use:

3,870 commuter increased

Vacant Parcel as Area Stimulus

Tai-Power Building area land-use:

567 commuter increased

Revitalization: F&B Stands

Revitalization: Outdoor Cinema

What’s Next? What is the most needed in the areas? Can we add new program on top of the unused space? How can the new program improve the passiveness of the area? Will they be long-term or short-term? Non-for-profit or profitable? Who are the stakeholders?

‘InVisibleCities’ is a half-way manifesto, an open call for wider city innovation community to join together for better city making. We are keen to meet more data experts, urbanists, city innovators, designers, policy makers, and interest groups.

Credits: Wei-Chih Huang, Hsiao-Yun Tseng, Chia-Ching Yen, Hao-Che Hung, Roy Yu-Ta Lin

Technical Support: Chieh-Yun Yu, Jer-Ming Lin

All data source were from open data/ public platform data.taipei data.gov.tw openstreetmap.org

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