| Summary: | 碩士 === 臺灣大學 === 建築與城鄉研究所 === 95 === For 4 to 5 years, there has been a fever of studio condominiums in Taipei housing market. Not only is the number of new projects growing devastatingly, the selling of these studio condominiums also is at a speed far greater then that of other housing types.
By the influence of the media, people tend to link this phenomenon to “Single phenomenon”, hastily assume the bloom as the consequence of increasing unmarried population in our society. On the other hand, terms like “low price”, “low down-payment”, “easy to sell”, and ”high profit”, overwhelm the consumers and stimulate more investments. In conclusion, it either makes the mistake to speak as the dominant system and hide the real purposes, or only mention the superficial features of studio condominiums’ as one of the “housing product”. But these points of view can’t help us understanding the inner meaning of this particular housing type.
Therefore, in this study, I will look into the process of the production and marketing of residential commodities. I will search through history of the developing of studio condominiums in Taipei and the distinctive mechanism of real estate market in relation with this building type in Taiwan. Special effort is made to analyze the consideration process of producers and consumers in the construction and purchase of studio condominiums, and to understand the special characters of this building type in the housing market.
According to the history research, studio condominium is not a recent invention. In fact, it has occurred in Taipei housing market since early 1970’s. There have been three waves of studio condominium fever since then. The studio condominiums change in location, character and layout followed on the growth of Taipei City. The characters of “profit-oriented” and “high-flexibility” are what remained constant till now.
After analyzing my interviews with the producers and consumers contributing the latest studio condominiums fever, we concluded that although studio condominiums are in nature limited space, meant for the housing of increasing unmarried populations and city workers, they are presented as investments with “high-exchange value” in the housing market now. Other significant meanings are also defined. First, the construction industry uses this building type to revive the failure of pre-sale housing projects. They also use the high unit price of studio condominiums to raise the housing price of surrounding area and create a “real-estate-will-keep-growth” myth. Second, housing consumers (mainly investors according to this study) earn their profit and keep the sense of security by the rent income and the rise of housing price. Some investors even indulge themselves in the atmosphere of investing studio condominiums. Investment in studio apartments has become a game or even a life style for them.
Producers or investors imagine, borrow and shift from the expectancy of future. Studio condominiums have become the elixir of the modern city. This phenomenon has made housing too expensive for those really need and made the use of land more inefficient. This studio condominiums fever has spread seeds that will one day become potential serious problems in our society.
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