LI-TAO CHEN
又又
Spatial Inflation
Structure of TIME
A Process before workout
Fieds and Wells
REBEL REBEL
RANDOM
Contemporary-Miniature
Better life for elderly
House for Quarantine Sessions
Contemporary-Miniature
A Master Plan
Taipei
2024
Design:LI-TAO CHEN,PEI-QI LIN
We conceived a fictional place—one that seems to be Taipei and yet is not. Just a three-minute ferry from the city, the island presents a condensed panorama of Taipei. People from elsewhere—some priced out, others simply seeking proximity—live here inside another Taipei.
On this one-kilometer island, meticulous planning accommodates a mix of offices, housing, luxury apartments, and a library, as if the city were distilled into a compact whole. The island’s inhabitants perform for Taipei proper: when residents arrive by boat, a modern miniature tableau unfolds, mirroring everyday life in the city.
We began by reading compactness across scales—from the handheld to the infrastructural, from phones to airports. Compression exists to reserve
emptiness. On this island—[this stage]—the population density is envisioned as one hundred times Taipei’s; the deliberate intensification turns space into performance. Spatial allowances run from 1 m² to 100 m² per person. The island accommodates offices, housing, luxury apartments, and a library—as if Taipei had been set intact upon it. Yet the three-minute crossing changes everything: there are no cars here, only boats. Those who live here are never quite Taipei residents; they remain forever 1,200 meters away.
The island does not exist. Its premise is sustained by both Taipei’s citizens and those from elsewhere.