“Nowadays, there are not many young people who would like to farm and the town is no longer flourishing as what it was looked like before.” (The Happy Rice, 2004)Vanishing Memory The Happy Rice is a documentary film illustrating the risk of shrinking farming culture in Taiwan these days. This film inspired me to start a journey in discovering how can a urban designer contribute his/her profession in seeking a balancing design between preservation and development. I chose the regional open space in-between cities in Hsinchu Metropolitan area as my study and design area. Two main issues I tackle with are urban management and landscape design. Creating a Eco-landscape framework through the tracing memory from paddy fields patterns. Using landscape as the infrastructure to guide the conurbation process gives the spirit to it. Although my major is urbanism, the graduation project is a platform for me to combine different approaches, such as regional planning, landscape design and urban design. This study between different approaches give me a brand new perspective to perceive the city problems. So far, I pretty enjoy in the trip and I am eager to discover more.
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