The earliest settlement in this marginal area of Taichung was Kengkou Agricultural Autonomous Village (坑口農事自治村), an experimental farming area funded by members of the prominent Lin family of Wufeng. In the post-war era this village was appropriated as part of a plan to relocate ROC government employees from Taipei to Taichung. A “new town” development sprung up around the original village in 1956, designed with Garden City (花園城市) principles and USAID funding, and featuring Taiwan’s first rainwater-sewage separation system. Severely damaged by the 921 Earthquake in 1999 and largely vacated after provincial government restructuring, it was registered as Taichung’s first cultural landscape in 2012. Now partially revitalized as a youth entrepreneurship base with cafés, studios, and creative businesses, but many abandoned residences remain.
The name of the village mounted on a white picket fence.
A simple bench painted with ROC insignia.
Scenic vines cover the gateway to a disused residence in the village.
One of several larger buildings in the center of the village.
Red brick walls surround almost all of the buildings in the village. More were probably knocked down in the earthquake and subsequently rebuilt.
Laneways between a number of larger homes in the village.
A peek inside one of the older residences.
A calendar dating this abandonment to 1995.
Wooden cladding study.
Numerous cats prowl the abandoned streets of the village.
Abandoned dormitories at the back of the village.
A repurposed piano bench outside another disused residence.
I am a web application developer, photojournalist, urban explorer, and history enthusiast passionate about the open web and documenting my experiences on this planet. This project was founded in the early 2010s and has evolved into a sort of personal Wikipedia of places that interest me (and often the photographs I’ve taken there). I’m originally from Toronto, Canada, but spend most of my time residing in Taiwan.
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