Developing Urban Color Spectrums for Kaohsiung City - A Case Study on the Zuoying Old Town, Fengshan New Town, and Hamasen Districts

• Main Authors: HUANG, KUAN-CHI, 黃冠淇
• Other Authors: HONG, MING-HONG
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2016
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/279rkd

碩士 === 國立高雄師範大學 === 視覺設計學系 === 104 === Since the establishment of the administrative office of the county in the Kangxi period of the Qing dynasty, Fengshan New Town and Zuoying Old Town have been two communities with an abundant history of more than 200 years. During the Japanese rule, Hamasen was the center of economic development of the Kaohsiung Harbor. It was a community with a port culture spanning a century. These three communities have their respective deep historical heritage, immense footprints of the life of commoners, and rich cultural traces that were products of their interaction with nature. All these possess an important historical value and occupy an important place in the history of the development of Kaohsiung. Urban Color is a product of the interaction between nature and culture and the fact of the existence of historical culture, carrying in it the characteristics peculiar to a region. This study adopts a scientific method to quantify the data of Urban Color, summarize the findings, and categorize them according to attributes and analogous colors to construct a region-exclusive color atlas. In addition, the similarities and differences of Urban Color in these three communities will be compared based on the analysis results. Research results reveal that the color of natural landscapes in all three communities is mainly in high-saturation hues of green-yellow; as for that of cultural landscapes, the Urban Color in Zuoying Old Town is mainly in high-saturation colors, with red as the most widespread hue. As in Fengshan New Town and Hamasen, their Urban Color is mainly in low-value colors, with yellow-red being the most widespread hue. A comprehensive analysis suggests that the landscape color scheme in historical residences and townhouses among settlements show consistency and popularity, respectively. However, the hues of architectures constructed after the establishment of the Republic of China tend to be multiple. Military dependents’ villages and other relevant historical architectures have an ideology-like uniform color, showing the dominance of a color in landscape. The use of color for Taiwan’s temples has already had a certain standard, so even though building materials are multifarious in modern society, the color used for temples in Taiwan still adheres to traditional norms, possessing cultural commonalities. However, churches enjoy a relatively higher autonomy in the use of color. Past literature confirmed that urban landscapes can reflect the history of urban development, as well as the ideas, fads, and needs of an epoch. Traditional architectures and those with a special purpose can reflect the cultural commonalities and the nature of the characteristics of an epoch through colors. This study recommends that an Urban Color atlas be constructed to locate the overall orientation of the color of a city, set the basic colors peculiar to its Urban Color, and develop Urban Color planning and management in the macroscopic, mesoscopic, and microscopic dimensions with a view to constructing a harmonious and organized environment of Urban Color.