The Past and the Future of Dingpu Station
Dingpu MRT Station is located in Dingpu Area, Tucheng District of New Taipei City. It used to be the premise for military transportation troop school and is currently the Dingpu High-Tech Industrial Park, where Foxlink, DBTEL, Foxconn, and other major corporations are located.
Dingpu Section of Tucheng Line is an extension of Tucheng Line, which is a underground high-transport MRT system from the west side of Yongning Station (excluding), heading westward along Section 3 and 4 of Zhongyan Road in Tucheng District, and then stopping Dingpu Station. There is one underground station, horizontal line and two tunnels along the line. The total length of line is about 1.95KM. Dingpu Station is on Taipei MRT Bannan Line and the last station on Bannan Line in operation and the first station of Sanying Line under construction. It will be the second dual-line terminal station in Taipei MRT System, while the other one being Nangang Exhibition Center Station.
The station is located on the fourth section of Zhongyan Road and the station code is BL01/LB01. The station is named after the name of the local area, "Dingpu." It is the starting station for the Sanying Line under construction and the elevated station with reserved extension.
Reference:Wikipedia
Dingpu MRT Station was reported by the professional architecture media, Archdaily, on May 9th, 2016 for its remarkable station design. It is the second MRT Station from Taiwan to be reported by such media, following Daan Forest Park Station. The station design features streamline ceiling made of aluminum plate to create s future-technology sensation. The "Eye of Hall" introduces natural lighting form the ground to provide different lighting and shadowing variations at different time of the day, which becomes the main feature of the station.
Dingpu MRT Station was reported by the professional architecture media
The station design transforms the changes in lighting, including the "light wave," "halo" and "radiance" into the design elements of heaven, earth and wall. In the design of hall level of the station and the floor of the platform, the halo and metaphoric letter, c, are integrated with the floor design. The hall level and the changes in daylight schedule of the platform are incorporated with the "Lighting Cross" LED to form the day and night filled with poetic changes using different colors of LED. In 2017, the station was again published on German calendar, ARCHIPENDIUM.
(Source: JJPan and Partners, Architects and Planners)
