Site Background

In late 1991, there was a rise of China coastal cities as emerging factory sites for the world.
Cheap labor and low capital cost also induced many Taiwanese industries to invest there. Nangang industrial district that once flourished is now long gone and irretrievable.


Local residents gained environmental awareness. Nangang, the longtime notorious “dark village of Taipei”, sought reform. In 2004, Nangang announced the closing of its bottle cap factory, freeing these places as open spaces.


Our plan continues the vision of the bottle cap factory but rethinks the opportunity for factory remnants to restart, so that the entire area can be revived.