國際講座/ 棲居之事 簡介與小冊 ｜International Forum/ Introduction and Booklet to Habitat Matters
空總實驗建築計畫「負育群帶聚落」以三場國際講座以延續對話與擴展議題的方式來思考與規劃。接續「建築之外」，第二場國際講座「棲居之事」希望將討論延伸並擴充，從都市規劃、自然與文化地景、城市作為生態系等議題來思考。
當提到「棲地」，彷彿會直接地想到自然生物，但當說到「居住」似乎會直覺想到人。那麼是否可以用「棲居」來思考人與其他生物的共同居住地——城市——以及與城市以外環境的關係。水泥城市是否可以不僅是為了人類的現代便利生活所存在的熱島？城市中其他生物的生活是如何與人們相關聯？都市其實無法自外於都市以外的地區作為支撐系統，臺北與它身處盆地這樣的自然地貌有什麼重要關係？
「棲居之事」希望能夠從生態系的角度來觀看、思考城市的狀態，特別是對於空總這個在臺北市中心的水泥基地未來的發展。因此，我們邀請了來自澳洲 Turf Design Studio 生態地景設計工作室的總監麥可．霍恩，長期對於公民城市或非典型都市規劃實踐進行研究與書寫的侯志仁，擅長用生物地理學與博物學採集角度與方法連結不同議題進行研究的洪廣冀，以及跨域採集團隊的視覺與聲音創作者蔡宛璇、澎葉生和植物專家林暐翔。透過這些講者不同的觀點來談談這個計畫關心與「棲居」相關的事。
TAF Experimental Architecture Project “Collective Negative Space Village” establishes its thought and plan through three international forums in order to continue the dialogue and expand the issues. Following the first forum “Beyond Architecture”, “Habitat Matters” hopes to extend and expand the discussion, considering issues such as urban planning, natural and cultural landscapes, and cities as ecosystems.
When it comes to the word "habitat," it seems that people will think of natural creatures directly, but when it comes to“dwelling", it seems that people will intuitively think of human. Yet it is important to think of “habitat” including the idea of dwelling to reflect on the co-residence space of people and other living organisms, which are the cities — and their relationship with the environment outside of the city. Can a cement city not only be a heat island that exists for the modern convenience of mankind? How are the lives of other organisms in the city related to people? In fact, the city cannot function without what is outside of the city as the support system. What is the important relationship between Taipei and its natural feature as basin?
“Habitat Matters” intends to see and think about the state of the city from the perspective of the ecosystem, especially focusing on the future development of C-Lab, a cement base in central Taipei. Therefore, we invite Mike Horne, the director of Turf Design Studio, an ecological landscape design studio in Australia; Jeffrey Hou, who has studied and written about civil cities and atypical urban planning practices; Hung, Kuang-Chi, who is good at using biogeographical and natural historical perspectives and methods on collecting and connecting different topics ; interdisciplinary collecting team members, Tsai, Wan-Shuen and Yannick Dauby who are visual and sound artists also the plant expert Lin, Wei-Siang. Through the different views of these speakers, the forum means to elaborate the “habitat” concerns in relation to the urban and natural environment and then think about Taipei city.
