Taiwan Fund for Children and Families Taitung Center
YEAR
2011 - 2015
LOCATION
Taitung
CLIENT
Taiwan Fund for Children and Families
SITE AREA
1,337 ㎡
BUILDING AREA
1,688 ㎡
STATUS
Completed
TYPOLOGY
The Guanshan Service Office of the Family Support Center is located in the East Rift Valley of Huadong, with Coastal Mountains to the east, Central Mountains to the west, and Beinan River in the town. Most of the residents in the area are engaged in agriculture, mainly planting rice, pineapple, tea, sugar cane, etc. Therefore, the surrounding environment of the base blends the landscape of agriculture and forest. The proportion of aborigines in the families assisted by the service department accounts for about 60%. The family type is mostly single parents, followed by families with foreign spouses. In addition to financial assistance, the service plan focuses on the improvement of parental abilities, self-exploration and self-enhancement of school children, the transmission of health and education concepts and the establishment of children’s self-protection concepts, etc., combining and using local resources to assist poor and disadvantaged families. Because the family room environment of the service target is not very ideal, so in this case, the lobby is arranged as a study room where you can do your homework after school, and there is a counter for baking biscuits, which can make the hall full of the fragrance of biscuits (this is like home) Behind the counter is the kitchen, which can prepare food for everyone in crowded activities.
The north side of the hall is a plaza that usually serves as a parking lot. It is a place to store and recycle relief supplies during the Chinese New Year. On the south side of the hall is a quiet small atrium, which can provide soft natural light sources for the hall and can also be used for activities. Overflowing space. The men’s toilet in the small atrium is a large classroom that can accommodate 60 people. The activities in the classroom can also overflow into the I atrium.
In addition to the large activity room on the south side of the second floor, the space on the second and third floors is dominated by individual consulting rooms. The large activities are not only for physical activities, but also can be used as a chase shop when school children from other centers visit.