Study of Taiwan Railway Station Plaza during the Japanese Colonial Period –Focus on Six Main Stations

• Main Authors: Ning Yu, 余甯
• Other Authors: Kenji-Horigome
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/64657415388633018683

碩士 === 中原大學 === 建築研究所 === 100 === Railway was the most important infrastructure during the Japanese colonial period. In 1908, the main railway began the transportation service and more than 240 train stations were established since then. First-class stations were built in major cities and became important traffic centers of the cities. In 1900, the Japanese government carried out the redeveloped urban policy which brought the western-type urban renewal into action. Public space such as schools, shopping district, government offices, streets and parks were expanded and integrated near train stations. The crowd, vehicles and merchandise gathered at the station area, which increased the growth of the city and also complicated the hierarchy of the station plaza and area nearby. Over a century has passed, we attempt to survey the railway development constructed by the Japanese government in objective point of views and choose the six main stations, Keelung、Taipei、Hsinchu、Taichung、Tainan、Kaohsiung as major investigative objects because of their integrated and representative development scale and plenty of relevant documents. The thesis focus on the hierarchy and features of the station area in those days and makes a comparison of the official maps and documents with old pictures of the stations, which reveals the landscape of station plazas in Japanese colonial period. The article contains three different parts in sequence 1.We discuss the role of a station in the six main cities and historical developing process of the station areas in the Japanese colonial　 period. 2.The article also analyzes the pathway and characters of important facilities in the six main station areas with historical documents and drawings. We also compare the features of the six main station plazas which had different policies and industries. 3.The thesis appears the meanings and features of the station plazas under the Japanese colonial period. The comparisons with foreign station plazas are also included. By analyzing and generalizing the development process, the thesis expects to provide thoughts for scheme designers of new station developing programs as a reference.