The City of the Future Looks Like a Former Military Bunker in Taipei
8th December 2023
To some people, at least.
On the south side of Taipei, nestled in the hills behind the Gongguan Metro Station, is a community with a rather unusual history. Once a military outpost, it’s now a cluster of gray concrete, red brick, and sheet metal stacked haphazardly, rising some 260 feet (80 meters) above the surrounding city. Steep staircases lead to twisting alleyways filled with graffiti and confusing sculptures. In one courtyard, tourists can often be seen sitting on a pair of giant fortune cookies.
This is Treasure Hill–a prototype for what one architect believes is the future of sustainable urban living.
Note the key buzzword. Sustainable. This is the world the “Urban Planners” have in mind for us–living like Eastern European immigrants in the early 1900s.