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title: Taiwan
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# Taiwan

Posts in this archive: 9

- [Songshan Cultural and Creative Park: A cultural ecosystem incubator in Taipei ](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/taipei-songshan-cultural-and-creative-park.md) — Once the Songshan Tobacco Factory, Songshan Cultural and Creative Park (SCCP) has become one of Taipei’s most significant creative workspaces since its reopening in 2011. Dedicated to preserving industrial heritage and promoting creative industries, the park has established itself as “Taipei City’s Hub for Originality.” Not only is it boosting cultural offerings for city residents and visitors, SCCP also successfully incubates Taiwanese fashion brands for international markets. 
- [Revitalising Cultural Heriatage: Taipei’s Old House Cultural Movement Project ](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/taipei-old-house-cultural-movement-project.md) — Launched in 2013, Taipei’s Old House Cultural Movement Project is a pioneering public–private platform revitalising derelict cultural heritage sites through corporate investment and creative reuse. By offering rent discounts and tax exemptions linked to restoration work, the city incentivises long-term stewardship. With over USD 21 million in private investment by 2024, restored sites now house bookstores, theatres, creative hubs, and wellness centres, preserving heritage while integrating it into vibrant contemporary life.
- [How Taipei is reviving a heritage settlement with co-habitation between artists and residents](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/taipei-co-habitation-between-artists-and-residents.md) — Treasure Hill, once a self-built military settlement in Taipei, has been transformed into a model of living preservation through the Artists & Residents Co-Habitation policy. Since 2010, the site has blended historic housing, low-rent residences, and an artist village to foster community care and creative exchange. New residents apply through community-based proposals, contributing to education, arts, and stewardship. The model preserves cultural identity while building a sustainable, intergenerational community rooted in collaboration.
- [Taipei's art festivals reimagined: online overtures during the pandemic](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/taipei-online-festivals-plan.md) — With the arrival of pandemic lockdowns, festivals could not take place in-person, and were redeveloped in online formats.
- [Culture meets curriculum: Taipei's path to creative learning](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/teipei-the-art-education-in-depth-programme.md) — Taipei City Government is committed to nurturing creative industries in the city, but for a long time the arts were poorly integrated into children’s education.
- [TRENDS](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city/trends.md) — Taipei City wants to connect internationally, especially across Asia, through culture. To draw in other cities as festival and exchange partners, inviting artists of all nationalities to meet in Taipei City for co-creation and co-production, to create an artist-centred network.
- [INFRASTRUCTURE](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city/infrastructure.md) — Taipei Music Centre opened in 2020 as the country’s home for Chinese language pop music. It includes a concert hall which holds up to 5000 people, and a creative hub to cultivate local talent.
- [Street symphonies and art alleys: Taipei makes culture accessible to all](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/art-in-the-community-culture-in-the-alley-and-culture-on-the-move.md) — "Culture in the Alley," supports hyper-local performing arts events, and the Taipei Fine Arts Museum's "Culture on the Move," which focuses on the localised use of museum collections. Both initiatives prioritise making art an integral part of everyday life for the city's residents, enhancing access, and democratising culture.
- [Taipei](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city/taipei.md) — Taipei City's commitment to being a smart city has led it to create new infrastructure through collaboration across sectors and professions, mixing industry with architecture, schools, technology, and business, so that every new addition benefits the wider city ecosystem. This cross-sectoral thinking can be seen in several recently opened landmark cultural buildings.