4 September 2014
The theme of the 5th UCLG ASPAC Congress, “An adaptive city—embedding design into city governance”, is the goal that Taipei aims to achieve as World Design Capital 2016. For Taipei, being appointed World Design Capital demonstrates our resolution to pursue urban development and regeneration.
The term “adaptive city” means utilizing innovation
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| resources. The adaptive city is a forward-looking city with a design vision and is driven by the innovative power of design. The second plenary session, on 4 September, discussed how design can be used to stimulate urban innovation and create an attractive and desirable city with a design vision.
This session was chaired by Dr Eric Chuang, Assistant Professor at the Graduate Institute of Architecture, National Chiao Tung University, who is also the curator of the upcoming 2014 Taipei Design & City Exhibition—City Fusion. The moderator of this session was Dr Chung-Chieh Lin, Director of Taipei City Urban Regeneration Office, who has been actively promoting urban regeneration projects in Taipei. Dr Lin reiterated the importance of cultural heritage and collective memory to the pursuit of urban transformation.
The first speaker of this plenary session was Ludo Campbell-Reid, Design Champion of Auckland, who shared his experience stimulating culture industries in cities. Richard Perez, Director of World Design Capital 2014, Cape Town, shared his insights into using design to formulate new policies and solve developmental problems in cities. Dr Wei-Gong Liou, Commissioner of the Department of Cultural Affairs, Taipei City Government, talked about the adaptive city, describing Taipei’s attempts to utilize grassroots power and stimulate innovation with limited resources. According to Dr Liou, the more a city reflects on itself, the more it will be able to solve developmental problems. Taipei City uses collective wisdom in a more creative and flexible way to solve complex urban problems in order to improve public well-being and create a better, more beautiful, happier and more livable city. The second plenary session ended with a fruitful discussion among attendees.
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