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Bellwether
Taiwan sits among some of the most
ecologically rich and diverse atoll reef ecosystems on Earth. These
“rainforests of the sea,” constitute one-tenth of the ocean surface yet provide
for twenty-five percent of all marine life. Extremely sensitive to
environmental pollution, these sentinel habitats are chief indicators for
changes in local and global environmental health.
While Taiwan is among one of the
wettest places in the world, it suffers from extended periods of drought. The atoll,
which is comprised of reef and lagoon, is used as an analog for developing the
topography and hydrology of the site in order to manage Taichung’s environmental
volatility, which is increasing due to rapid urbanization and global warming. The
reef acts as the primary structure to organize circulation (people, cars,
bikes), program (forests and occasionally flood fields), and water (pathway channels
and constructed wetlands). These areas comprise the more managed and maintained
areas of the park. This reef frames a series of dispersed, circular low-lying ‘lagoons’
that index and adapt to intensifying environmental instabilities. These figures
can be taken “off-line” in terms of maintenance, in cases of water shortage or
financial shortfalls or, alternatively, provide space for temporary events, such
as inundation by water or people. The material/activity cycles of the ‘reef’
are juxtaposed to the material/activity cycles of the ‘lagoon’; they are seen
in direct contrast to each other and are perceptibly distinct at the
experiential scale; however, the repetition of relationships across the entire
park registers a certain consistency among different zones. In other words, there
is regularity in the relationship among higher forested ground, lower wetland,
occasionally flooded field, and the more volatile depressions of the circles.
It is the repetition of these associations that makes legible the tiered
structure of the park and its connection to water flow, flooding and drought. The
pattern of the fabricated atoll is used to make the less predictable environmental
patterns of the site visible.
ecologically rich and diverse atoll reef ecosystems on Earth. These
“rainforests of the sea,” constitute one-tenth of the ocean surface yet provide
for twenty-five percent of all marine life. Extremely sensitive to
environmental pollution, these sentinel habitats are chief indicators for
changes in local and global environmental health.
While Taiwan is among one of the
wettest places in the world, it suffers from extended periods of drought. The atoll,
which is comprised of reef and lagoon, is used as an analog for developing the
topography and hydrology of the site in order to manage Taichung’s environmental
volatility, which is increasing due to rapid urbanization and global warming. The
reef acts as the primary structure to organize circulation (people, cars,
bikes), program (forests and occasionally flood fields), and water (pathway channels
and constructed wetlands). These areas comprise the more managed and maintained
areas of the park. This reef frames a series of dispersed, circular low-lying ‘lagoons’
that index and adapt to intensifying environmental instabilities. These figures
can be taken “off-line” in terms of maintenance, in cases of water shortage or
financial shortfalls or, alternatively, provide space for temporary events, such
as inundation by water or people. The material/activity cycles of the ‘reef’
are juxtaposed to the material/activity cycles of the ‘lagoon’; they are seen
in direct contrast to each other and are perceptibly distinct at the
experiential scale; however, the repetition of relationships across the entire
park registers a certain consistency among different zones. In other words, there
is regularity in the relationship among higher forested ground, lower wetland,
occasionally flooded field, and the more volatile depressions of the circles.
It is the repetition of these associations that makes legible the tiered
structure of the park and its connection to water flow, flooding and drought. The
pattern of the fabricated atoll is used to make the less predictable environmental
patterns of the site visible.
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