| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺灣海洋大學 === 河海工程學系 === 101 === The rapid transit system has become indispensable to urban life. Tens of thousands of passengers use the rapid transit system everyday, and it is also the most convenient and fastest way of commuting. Moreover, it is a large-scale public construction project, creating new centers which draw crowds. The installed billboards have become effective media to disseminate information to the crowd, and the squares and hallways have also become a popular destination for recreation.
The display of artworks in rapid transit facilities has become a modern trend in the world. However, the installation of certain artworks which lacks careful planning is in fact viewed by commuters as disturbance, or the artworks cannot be displayed on a long-term basis which is generally viewed as the discontinuance of such display. Furthermore, other countries emphasize region characteristics in their design of public art displays in order to show regional characteristics. However, the design witnessed in Taiwan still focuses on uniformity without giving due regards to regional characteristics, which is certainly a pity.
The Council for Cultural Affairs (CCA) was established in 1981, which was promoted to the Ministry of Culture in 2012. Since that time, Taiwan has enacted many culture related laws, such as the Cultural Heritage Preservation Act, the Culture and Arts Reward Act as well as the Regulations Governing the Installation of Public Artwork, to plan and promote cultural development. Paragraph 1 of Article 9 of the Culture and Arts Reward Act stipulates that one percent of the building construction cost shall be set aside for the installation of public artworks according to the “Regulations Governing the Installation of Public Artwork.” In the case of failure to install public artworks, Article 32 of the same Act sets forth, “Any person who violates the standards set forth in Paragraph 1 of Article 9 shall be punished with a fine of more than NT$ 100,000 and less than NT$ 500,000.” However, Paragraph 2 of Article 9 of the Culture and Arts Reward Act stipulates that “Large-scale governmental construction projects shall install public artworks to beautify the environment. The value of such artworks shall be exempted from the percentage limitation set forth in the preceding paragraph.” Thus, the budget set aside for the installation of public artworks is relatively low, ranging only from million to tens of million dollars, in a public construction project which is worth tens of billion dollars.
In terms of underground construction projects, cut and cover is still the favored construction method. Although the bottom-up construction method is relatively simple and safe, it has greater impacts on the traffic flow. Hybrid covering decks can resolve problems arising from road excavation, but other issues remain unsolved, such as unclear marking on the surface, insufficient friction causing falls and noise created by vibration from the passing of large vehicles. Adverse effects arising from the above issues include the decrease in business of stores in commercial zones, noise in education &; culture, residential zones affecting teaching quality and quiet accommodation. Although Taiwan is a small island, it has accomplished many eye-catching achievements in the world. Now is the time to introduce new engineering methods in public construction projects.
This study examines the existing public artworks displayed in the rapid transit facilities in the Taipei metropolitan area, and uses the station(s) currently under design and planning as the case to project the desired results in view of facilitating the future installation of public art.
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