The Research of School Building Integrating Local Culture – a Case Study YuDe Elementary School in Shulin District

• Main Authors: Chen﹐Hui-Chen, 陳慧珍
• Other Authors: Yeh﹐Nai-Chi
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/zc3397

碩士 === 華梵大學 === 建築學系碩士班 === 103 === School building plan has the varied features due to the time progresses, geographical and cultural styles. The concept of new school planning can contribute much developing trend of integration, education, life, humanity, openness, flexibility, and modernization. YuDe Elementary School in Shulin District was established in 1960. It is nearby Shanjia Railway Station and located in the southern tip of Shulin Disctrict, New Taipei City. The school is around Kuron Ridge, Dahan River, Hotsun Chun, Hangaiken Mine Remains, and Shulin Incineration plant. The old building in the school was reconstructed to become the place, which was mainly for students while community resident subsidiary, not only the campus for YuDe Elementary school faculties and students, but also a campus for Shanjia community. Meanwhile, the school planning was expected to integrate natural environment, local culture, and the history of the school. The questionnaire was based on the “sense of place” of YuDe Elementary school students. Through interview in person and painting to explore the visual expression of school’s building, the data were researched by students’ environment consciousness, relevance and impact. Expecting with the extension from the school building to education and cultural inheritance, students could understand their origins and history of the local culture, and generate their sense of identity. The result of the study shows as below: 1.YuDe Elementary School combined local culture and school buildings in order to transform and contribute art to the features of practical, aesthetic perception, and the rich culture. 2.The signs and symbols were decorated on hallways and auditorium. The sign was the cultural rallying point, influencing students’ external behaviors and inner identity. 3.The research was investigated in finding the advantage and the disadvantage of school buildings, integrating humanistic features based on the observation, comparison, and analysis.