| Summary: | 碩士 === 淡江大學 === 建築學系 === 86 === This thesis is an action research I applied to study the participatory design of Da-hsin Rd. in Hsinkang. In this case, I find the same two problem which have existed in any street in Taiwan. First, all the streets as a type of public space and as part of the bureaucratic system are out of the local people''s control and power. Second, the government, though with much power and responsibility, fail tl manage and make the most of these streets. As a result, all the streets, occupied by private purpose, lose their proper functions for public use. My purpose in this study is to recover the original role of the streets as public space through the community participation to replace the now-prevailing street construction system.
The significance is not only spatial but also social. It has something to do with the redefinition of street and the reallocation of the space resource. Initially, my team encounters big objection, for our proposal bring up the conflicts between private benefits and public use, but later on, most of the residents favor our proposal in the hope of enhancing the humble image of Da-hsing Rd.. During the conflict, I find that local people see the street as their self-owned benefit domain. The unequal power relationship in the community make the design process be led by the property owners and the senior males. With the lack of proper alternative strategy raised by the professional team, the traditional social relationship remains the same. Accordingly, the community participation as a force to reconstitute the public space is not very fruitful, and it is in actuality the true dilemma we find in the common conflicts between private benefits and public use of the streets.
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