Caoxiedun Public Parkade

Date CapturedFebruary 6th, 2017 at 10:11 UTCCameraNIKON D3100LensAF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED IIApertureƒ / 9Shutter Speed1/500 secFocal Length18.0 mmISO400Exposure Value15.3 EVOriginal Size1800 × 1200

Cǎoxiédūn Public Parkade (草鞋墩公有立體停車場) is an intimidating structure looming over one of the main commercial shopping streets in Caotun, Taiwan. I was there in search of an abandoned theater but was immediately impressed with the strikingly quasi-brutalist design of this multi-storey car park. It is merely a place to park so there’s little more to say, though it would seem that it was recently derelict. Probably the only other tidbit of information worth conveying is that “Caoxiedun” refers to the original name of the town. You can be sure the first settlers never imagined this monument to honest architecture standing in their newly sown fields.