- Treasure Hill
Treasure Hill (寶藏巖) is a formally illegal settlement in
Taipei City , Taiwan. The community was founded by the Chinese Nationalist PartyKuomingtang veterans in the end of 1940's and served originally as an anti aircraft position. [ [http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2005/12/09/2003283705] - "Taipei Times: A hive of activity at Treasure Hill" Dec 09/2005 ]After co-operating with
NGO GAPP (Global Artivists Participation Project) [ [http://cct.go.kr/data/acf2005/S2_3(Asia%20culture%20Symposium2).doc] - "Kang, Min Jay: Con-fronting the Edge of Modern Urbanity – GAPP(Global Artivists Participation Project) at Treasure Hill, Taipei "Dec 4-5/2005 ] the Taipei City Government [ [http://taiwanjournal.nat.gov.tw/site/tj/ct.asp?CtNode=122&xItem=23720] - "Taiwan Journal: Page of Taipei history closes for overhaul" Jan 31/2007 ] developed the area into an example of environmentally sustainable urban community. [ [http://www.atelier-3.com/mediawiki/index.php/Design_2003.10_Treasure] - "Atelier 3: Treasure Hill" 10/2003 ] With the policy of preservation and revitalization, the old settlement unfolded a new vision of anartivist compound which would respect the existing fabric of the community while fulfilling the regeneration concept of "symbiosis" to incorporate production and ecology in communal living and ushering in the program of an international youth hostel and creative ideas of art to further cultural exchanges with broader international communities. [ [http://blog.yam.com/thcoop/category/728034] - "Treasurehill Artivists CO-OP" Feb 27/2006 ]
The community has been featured inThe New York Times as one of Taiwan's must-see destinations. [ [http://www.taiwan-panorama.com/en/show_issue.php?id=200659505026e.txt&table=2&h1=About%20Taiwan&h2=Cities] - "Taiwan Panorama: The "Art" of Community Preservation-- Treasure Hill" 5/2006 ]Police closed the area in 2007 in order to guarantee safety for restoration work. [ [http://www.ymsnp.gov.tw/HTML/ENG/03news/news_a01_main.asp?sn=49] - "Taiwan Headlines: Police, protesters clash at Treasure Hill" Jan 31/2007 ]
References
External links
* [http://thirdgenerationcity.pbwiki.com/f/urban%20acupuncture.pdf Taiwan Architect 2006: Urban Acupuncture]
* [http://www.eggo.com.tw/blog/marco/designer-blog-232.htm EGGO: Treasure Hill]
* [http://www.culturaldevelopment.net.au/downloads/KangMinJay.pdf Min Jay Kang: Squatting and Legitimizing Treasure Hill, Taipei]
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