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Taiwan Strait Climate Change Incubator

The Taiwan Strait separates and links mainland China with Taiwan, and forms the centre of the western side of the Pacific Rim. Recently the two sides are increasingly becoming linked through treaties, exchanges, joint events etc. The former border is opening up. Mainland China pursues a 'one country, two systems' approach, but Taiwan still considers itself a sovereign state. The space linking mainland China and Taiwan is a liminal space, a space of negotiation and co-evolution. It is a design space, a space of imagination.

The chapter in 'Ecological Urbanism' is one example of the dissemination of an 8 year research project into the Taiwan Strait Smart Region. The research on the Taiwan Strait Smart Region is conducted by Raoul Bunschoten with his research office, CHORA (not-for-profit UK charity), in partnership and close cooperation with LMU, Technical University in Berlin, Xiamen University in mainland China and the CNKU in Tainan, Taiwan. The City Governments in both Xiamen and Taichung, facing each other across the Taiwan Strait, have commissioned related studies for city wide scans of energy issues and other themes related to climate change mitigation and adaptation.

The research has also been published by several magazines, including through an interview with Raoul Bunschoten in Domus (Sept 2013). At the centre of the research is the proposed book 'Taiwan Strait Atlas, Manual for a Smart Region'. The Atlas and Manual have the objective to stimulate the creation of the Taiwan Strait Smart Region. It will seek the use and participation of all layers and sectors of society. It will be published in Beijing, Taipei, and London including book launches in Shanghai, Beijing, London and Berlin.