Culture After Dark: Three Ways Cities Are Supercharging the Night-Time Economy
Cities from Guangzhou to Toronto are increasingly placing culture at the heart of their night-time economies. Our 5th Edition World Cities Culture Report shows that what was once an.
Songshan Cultural and Creative Park: A cultural ecosystem incubator in Taipei
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.
Revitalising Cultural Heriatage: Taipei’s Old House Cultural Movement Project
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.
How Taipei is reviving a heritage settlement with co-habitation between artists and residents
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.
Taipei’s art festivals reimagined: online overtures during the pandemic
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
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
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.
INFRASTRUCTURE
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.
Street symphonies and art alleys: Taipei makes culture accessible to all
"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.
Taipei
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,.