上典景觀－吳靜宜

本案是由民眾倡議保留舊鐵道，而後經政府決策執行的重要市政建設，民眾參與為基礎的都市發展策略，樹立景觀都市主義的新典範。

百年的鐵道文化遺產構成的(Eco-Museum)，將原本阻隔封閉的鐵道交通設施轉變成生態、文化及生活等多元機能的都市休憩空間。周邊原本分散零碎的重要政治、產業及文教的文化資產據點因綠空鐵道串聯為網絡，多元功能的景觀設施配置結合地方故事，造型隱喻鐵道意象，街道家具標示地方文史，民眾在休閒中也能認識台中歷史及都市發展的演變。

綠空鐵道範圍指台中火車站向南北延伸1.6公里的火車舊鐵道，基地內完整保留鐵道文史遺產。

百年前，鐵道興建時配合地勢鋪設高於地面的土堤，穿越道路時天際為跨路的鐵橋，火車通行時轟隆作響，是居民印象深刻的生活回憶。民眾將鐵橋視為台中門戶意象並暱稱穿越鐵橋為「過路空」，沿線串聯多過去100年來台中產業、政治、教育、文化發展的重要據點。

鐵路高架化之後舊鐵路停駛，釋放出帶狀開放空間，與綠川呈十字交錯，為台中新的藍綠交織的綠色天際線。鐵路提供運送農產品、通勤、通學的功能，透過交通的移動使得都市人口與產業興盛因而都市空間分布呈現有機生長，台中市因1908年台灣縱貫鐵路通車而成為中部興盛的大都市。以移動與理解城市、空間群聚的串聯、台中的舊地圖、鐵道後城市的發展的相互連結。 

This urban development strategy, as a crucial municipal construction based on public participation, was initiated by people advocating the preservation of the old railway afterwards implemented by municipality, thus presenting a new paragon of landscape urbanism.

The Eco-Museum composed of the century-old heritage of railway culture renovates the closed railway facilities into an urban recreational area with diverse features of ecology, culture, life, etc. The railway area of Taichung Overpass surrounded by the separate pollical, industrial, cultural and educational assets therefore evolves into the area with multiple functions, landscapes and facilities, where the appearances imply railways, and the furniture on the streets show the local history .At this area, people can learn the changes of Taichung history and urban development in their leisure tour.

Taichung Overpass includes a 1.6km old railway which extended from Taichung Railway Station’s north to south, including well-preserved railway culture heritage.

Hundreds of years ago, railways were built on embarkments and bridges, along with the sounds of passing trains that was the precious memory for local residents. The image of Taichung is signified by train bridges, which are named by people as “overpass”. The railways have connecting numerous important industrious, educational and cultural sites in Taichung over the past 100 years. The new elevated railways which crossed through the Green River have replaced the old ones, merging the sky and the landscape as the new skyline. 

The railway developments of Taichung are connected by the progress and comprehension of city, the combination of spaces, and the old city map.