近年來的台灣在現代都市人口的集中與交通的擴張中，摧毀了許多具有歷史價值的文化遺產。事實上，不僅是單棟的古蹟，更多無價的都市地景與歷史空間被輕易忽略了。有別於一般單棟歷史古蹟的保存或再利用，本論文設計企圖以都市空間的整體關懷，來重新面對歷史街區中的殘餘的少數無名的日式住宅。 此設計是根據都市紋理與建築形態學（Typo-morphology）的分析方法為基礎，一方面理解台中大和社區歷史變遷中實質空間與社會空間的規律，另一方面積極探討都市層級與建築層級兩者之相互空間關係，以重構未來社區發展可能的空間秩序（spatial order）。 本案以大和村的歷史意象與現代都會的相互關係為關懷焦點。設計方法上，企圖以歷史殘遺留下的少數日式房舍作為基礎，將過去所遺留下來的空間碎片植入新的活動，以旅館社群取代單棟建築，重新編織殖民時期日式住宅的生活記憶，構築整體大和村之都市意象。 就設計概念而言，本案建議一種流變的居住形態，以流動之旅人驛注入荒蕪的歷史街區內。藉由都市紋理的修補與建築形態的串聯，在傳統街區中創造出新的居住模式與歷史對話。 In recent years, many historically significant cultural assets in Taiwan’s modern cities have been destroyed by an influx of people and traffic. The damage has not been limited to single historic buildings, but extends to the loss of far more priceless, though easily overlooked, urban landscapes and historical spaces. Rather than addressing the conservation and utilization of individual historic buildings, this thesis design reconsiders the few local anonymous Japanese houses surviving in the historic district of Taichung in context of their overall relation to the urban context. This project, based on analyses of urban tissue and typo-morphology, seeks to understand the pattern of substantive space and community space in the historical transition of the Tahe district in Taichung. It also actively explores mutual spatial relations on both city and building levels to reconstruct a potential spatial order for the future development of the community. The focus of this project is on the mutual relation between the historical image of Tahe Village and the modern city in which it is located. In terms of design method, the project begins with a few Japanese style homes surviving from the Japanese colonial period (1895-1945), and attempts to implant new activities into this shattered space of the past. The design replaces individual buildings with a “hostel community”, reweaving the living memories of these Japanese homes and building a new urban image for Tahe Village. With regards to the design concept, the project suggests a kind of dwelling morphology in a state of flux, implanting a fluid rest stop for travelers' in this barren historic district. By repairing the urban fabric and forming typo-morphological connections, the design creates a new living mode and historical dialogue in this traditional district.
